Last year I bought the Denon 910 and back in November decided that the picture did not look as good as I thought it would so I decided to upgrade. Well, my here is what I ended up doing:
**Thanks RAY for introducing me to the 2900**
1. I purchased a 2900 from Crutchfield and a 2910 from Ovations(specialty retailer in Cincinnati, Ohio) and hooked both up to my Hitachi 57T500(CRT,RPTV). This was done the week of Thanksgiving.
2. First I hooked both up via Component and did some A/B comparisons with the two. Then, I hooked up the 2910 via DVI and compared that to the 2900 hooked up via Component.
3. I ended up keeping the 2910 and sending the 2900 back to Crutchfield. I planned on having my TV ISF calibrated and thought after that was done, I would be WOW'd by the player. I also convinced myself that the 2910 "HAD" to be better because it had the newer technology. "RAY" over on another forum introduced me to the 2900 and its pros over the 2910.
4. Then, I had my TV ISF calibrated back on December 22nd and after that was done, the picture looked somewhat better and the audio was a little bit better. But, I did not get "WOW'D" like I had expected to be. Needless to say, I was a little bit disappointed.
5.On December 30th, I went to visit my brother and his family down in Chattanooga. My brother got a new 70" SONY LCD TV for x-mas/birthday and had a 3 year old Toshiba DVD player. Immediately, I told him he should look into getting a new DVD player. So, off to Tweeter's we went. Well, the salesperson ended up talking him into the DENON 3910. Well, we got it home and hooked it up and the picture was absolutely amazing. This made me realize that a upconverting DVD player was not necessary for the TV I had. When we were in there, I overhead another salesperson talking to a customer about the 2900 and he was excited about it. It reminded me of me when I was in audio sales and had a customer interested in something I knew was a great piece to own, but I couldn't afford. Anyways, within a hour after hooking up my brother's TV we were back at Tweeters.
6. The store only had one more player left and it was the floor model, but since my brother had purchased so much from them in the last month, I got the open box for 399.99 plus Chattanooga sales tax, which is like 9% down there.
7. Last night I had the guy who calibrated my TV come back down and tweak a few things and I now I am VERY HAPPY and WOW'D by the picture quality I now have. I also added some Outlaw amps and I think I have finally found a cure for upgradeitis.... for now.
8. Now I have a 2910, that I need to sell.. so if you are interested, check out my ad on Videogon. If you have a similar TV like mine, then I wouldn't recommend it. I would go for a 2900 or 2200. They had a 2200 as well, but the build of the 2900 is very impressive. It reminds me alot of my first DVD player I bought back in 1997.. The Sony DVPS7000(I still have this player hooked up in my office.)
Sorry this is so long. I just wanted to share my rollercoaster ride I have been on for the last month trying to find the perfect DVD player.
-COACH
