Originally Posted by David E
Any thoughts on this, are there other univeral players that I have missed?
Sony announced a no holds barred ES unit at CEDIA. I think it is now shipping, but I haven't read any reviews of it. I'd hold off for the moment. The Oppo BD-83 unit is supposed to be introduced in February (we should know more from CES) and at $500-$600 plus Shawn's mod it should be a giant killer not only for Blu-ray but for SACD and DVD-A as well. For SD-DVDs, the Denon might have the edge as it's HQV Realta deinterlacer/scaler is probably a bit better than than the ABT solution in the Oppo - but at a significant cost differential.

561, DSP5500s, DSP5000C, analog sides and rears