Looking for good DVD player around$1,000.00 Considering Rotel, Pioneer and Denon (1 Viewer)

[Matt Zielinski]

Looking At brand new DVD player. Its time to upgrade me old Sony 7700. Rotel will allow me to play multiregion DVD's, Denon I think is the best on the market and Pioneer is also good. I don't know much about any of those DVD's, So thats y I came to you for help.
Need good advice.
THX

 

[Don_Berg]

Denon DVD-2900.

 

[BrianWoerndle]

If you want DVD-A and SACD the Denon 2900 is hard to beat. But if you are only looking for DVD playback there migth be better.

 

[Dean Wette]

If you want a DVD player with excellent video and audio, consider the new Arcam DV78 at MSRP $999.

http://www.aslgroup.com/arcam/index.htm

 

[Matt Zielinski]

95% of my usage of DVD player will be for movies. 5% will be for sound.
I have no usage for SACD, but DVD Audio a maybe.
I guess the best picture I'm after and the rest would be a bonus.
Thank you all

 

[Andrew Pratt]

Given that ratio then try and find a Denon 1600 or 2200 and save yourself some money. The 2900 excels at audio but the video performance between them is very close indeed from all accounts.

 

[John Pine]

I second Andrew's suggestion. I believe the video hardware of the 2900 and 2200 are identical. The 2200 can be had for almost half the price of a 2900.

 

[Craig Rup]

The 2200 seems to be the rave and I have not seen any bad reviews, since you had a sony check out the 999ES it can be had at a good deal, the new Yamaha universal player has received seem particularly nice reviews.