Denon Brings Out World’s First Universal BD Player

The Denon DVD-A1UD is hailed as the world’s first universal BD deck– while that sounds interesting, it is primarily a swiss army knife of high end audio playback without any considerable new technologies. It packs a host of technical features starting with an SD / SDHC card slot, DivX support, HDMI 1.3, 1080p60 / 1080p24 output, internal decoding of DTS-HD Master Audio / Dolby TrueHD, 7.1-channel analog outputs, Denon LINK and various other gadgetry that allows you to play your old SACD / DVD-Audio collections. Long-time audiophiles will love this, as they can play most of their archived works on one unit.  For the rest of us, the $5,860 price tag might be a bit too intimidating…. [Engadget via Impress]