denon 3930ci vs. mcintosh mvp861

From what I've read, the 3930 is pretty darn good at audio, too. I'd buy the Denon...

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You could consider the MVP871 perhaps.
Though the price performance ratio of the Denon 3930 is increadible.

i bot denon a1xv5a flagship dvd (1080p) and sold it in 2 months to purchase esoteric dv60. quite expectedly, denon sounded horrible -- thin, screeching. denon's video quality was also not up to the expected standard when viewed with true 1080p 120 inch sony vw100 projector -- white spots and terrible, unnatural color. esoteric dv60 simply tosses around denon in both sound and video.

do not think upconversion stuff can replace a good fundamental video quality. linn does not upconvert but produces far better color than denon. the same for mcintosh, meridian, etc., etc. if you are budget conscious, go for arcam -- a much better choice than denon.

Get the Mcintosh for great music and playing your DVD's. Get a blue ray for just movies for around $400 which will have a fantastic picture, use fiberoptic into pre-amp and HDMI to video. I just bought a MVP-861 for use as a cd/sacd/dvd audio player in my 2 channel system, I paid $2200. My sony blue ray that I have in my movie projector does not play sacd . I needed 2 machines anyway because the stereo and home theater are in different rooms