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Once again, seeking any information from members that have used the Denon 3910. Have decided the three Sony mega players are going to be eBayed, and replaced with hard drives/digital jukebox storage. Will use the Dennon for movies and individual CD playing when wanted. Any input will be much appreciated.

Virtually everything you see/read says the 3910 is a winner. Also, search around the forum for "2900" - it's an excellent choice as well. Discontinued, but if you can find one, it will be quite a bit less expensive than the 3910.

Thanks Ray, and ya, another decision, 2910 or the 3910, big savings in price going with the 2910. Will think for a few days well getting the Halos up and running I guess.

Dennis

Dennis, (love your new avatar. I'm a big Disney fan )

I just got a refurbed 2910 from [url=http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/shop/detail.asp?dpno=192739]eCOST[/url for $449 shipped. If you click on that link you'll find they've got it listed for $419 now (DRAT! ), although they apparently are not in stock at the moment.

I'm happy as can be with my 2910 but, that being said, If you'll check the Secrets of Home Theater DVD Benchmark, you'll see the 3910 is ranked ahead of the 2910, though not by a great deal (highest 3910 score - 92; highest 2910 score - 86)

You'll notice that there are more than one score for each player. The different scores reflect different settings within the setup menu in each player.

IMHO, if the budget is NOT crucified by the price of the 3910, I'd go for it. If price is a factor, you won't be losing a lot, and can feel good by going with the 2910.

Jack -
Thanks, found Mickey in one of my files today and figured I could use a sorcerer about now to finish up this system. Need to start making some decisons on hardware/software for the jukebox.
As for the budget, think the 3910 can make it, and should be able to get a few years useage from it before something a way better is out. At leas I have myslef convinced of that. [tounge]
Was just seeing if any members have as used one, nice to have the recomendation and not be the first to try it out.

The 3910, 2910 or the 2900 will all work well. Given the price point etc and after seeing them all in action in my own basement, I dumped my 2800MKII and bought the 2900............yes the older one. I thought it had a better picture then the 2910 and although the 3910 had a slightly better picture (At least on my TV), it wasn't that much better and to be real honest, the 2900 does a few things better then the 3910. At the end of the day, I just couldn't justify the price of the 3910.

The link Ajax put up is a good one. Note the 2900 rates higher then the 2910 and only slightly below the 3910. You can't go wrong with a 2900.

Oh sure John, make it easy for me.

Serioulsy, as for the TV, put a Sony KDF-60WF655 (60" HDTV) in back in December, so that is what the Dennon will be using. Info like your is what I was asking about, not going to save money and give up quality, and having personal use helps a lot.

:-) lol I'm only reporting what I have seen and heard in my own house! If you want the honest truth, I think the 2900 is a better Red Book CD player then both the 2910 and 3910 but again that is based on my own system..................ah crap, you seem to have lots of money, go for broke and buy the 5910 for $3500.00!

I would love to try one but even if I could afford it, I would never in this lifetime spend $3500.00 on a DVD player especially when the 2900 or even the 2910 do what they do for a hell of a lot less.

FWIW, I just purchased and refurbed Denon 2900 from eCost. I have very happy with it. Ray was the main influence, but I did a lot of research on my own and came to much the same conclusions that NH did....although I did not have the 3910 or 2910 to compare...it was just reading.

I almost decided to save $100 and go with a refurb 2910...but would have had to wait until refurb units were in stock again. So I pulled the trigger on the 2900.

Jack and Ray have pointed/influenced me toward three items, the MX-700 remote, the Denon 2900, and Ideal-lume bias lighting. All three have proven to be excellent and worthwhile purchases. I think the two of them should put together some kind of buyers guide.

Jump on the 2900 and then look into the bias lighting!

A little off-topic:
After looking at the parts of the Ideal-lume...I think I can put one together myself for less money.....the lamp is readily available, the issue is finding the right fixture.

Thanks Curtis, seems this is all going towards me spending less money, and contray to what it may seem, I'm not wealthy, and save money where ever I can.

In searching tonight, seems what 2900's that are available are selling for as much as the 2910, and since I prefer not to go used off of eBay on this, looks like the 2910 is winning out simply becasue of cost and availability. About to call it a night and make a decicion in the morning. Need to get it ordered, so I can start removing all of the CD/DVD out of the Sony mega players, want to have them out before the Halos go in.

Also working on the hardware list for the jukebox, plan is for storage capacity of 2,000 discs, wirless unit to the network giving access for any music on the machines in puter room, along with music stations online. All this becasue the original 48" television along with all of the equipment was black, then the new TV was the silver, the HDTV Tivo box silver, then the Halos, so now the mega players are totaly out of place.

No wonder why the companies change thier equipment colors frequent.

Thanks for the info and expierances with the Denon players, it has really helped me arguing with myslef which way to go.