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Denon DHT-485DV 6.1-Channel DVD Home Theater System

Denon DHT-485DV 6.1-Channel DVD Home Theater System

List Price: $699.00
Your Price: $649.99
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Features:
  • System package features the AVR-485 surround receiver, the DVD-555 DVD player, and 6 matched and magnetically shielded 2-way loudspeakers
  • Powered subwoofer offers an 8-inch woofer and a 100-watt amplifier
  • 6.1-channel audio/video receiver pumps 110 watts per channel x 6, processes all major surround formats, including Dolby Digital EX
  • DVD-Video player with progressive-scan video output for seamless, flicker-free images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs
  • Plays DVD-Video, video-mode DVD-R/RW, audio CD, CD-R/RW, MP3 CD, WMA CD, JPEG image CD, Kodak Picture CD, Fujicolor CD


Description:

Denon's powerful DHT-485DV home theater unites separate and complementary Denon components in a reasonably priced and easily configured system. Beyond this package, all you need for terrifically exciting home entertainment is a living room, a television, and a place to put the speakers. The system includes a versatile audio/video receiver and DVD player along with 6 speakers and a 100-watt subwoofer.

Denon's AVR-485 provides 6 channels of discrete amplification to drive all the primary speakers in a 6.1 surround sound system (front left/right speakers, rear left/right surrounds, and front/rear center speakers, along with a preamp output for the ".1" low-frequency effects channel, i.e. subwoofer). The receiver packs 110 watts per channel.

You'll never be at a loss for creative surround algorithms, irrespective of your listening source. The receiver's onboard 6.1-channel surround processing includes Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS 5.1, and Dolby Pro Logic IIx (for cinema, music, and games). Dolby Pro Logic IIx processing is the first technology to offer a choice of processing traditional stereo music and movie content into room-filling 5.1 or 6.1 channels.

The AVR-485 owes its high sound quality to premium digital-audio technologies like Melody 32-bit DSP from Analog Devices, whose 24-bit/192 kHz high-resolution DACs ensure premium playback sound from all 7 channels. Separate A and B speaker outputs (left/right only) let you power speakers in a second room.

The receiver features 3 assignable sets of component-video inputs and 1 set of monitor inputs (all with 30 MHz bandwidth). You get 4 sets composite and 3 S-video inputs, a set of 5.1 external wide-bandwidth (100 kHz) inputs for multichannel formats such as DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD, 2 assignable digital inputs (1 optical, 1 coaxial), and a total of 6 analog inputs (not including the unit's built-in AM/FM tuner).

The included slim DVD-555 DVD player will let you enjoy your recordable CDs filled with MP3 and Windows Media Audio files (including WMA 9) in addition to playing DVD-Video, recordable DVD (video-mode DVD-RW and DVD+R/+RW), and recordable CD configured for digital photo viewing (JPEG image CD, Kodak Picture CD, and Fujicolor CD).

For its video stage, the DVD-555 employs dual, discrete 54 MHz, 10-bit video digital-to-analog conversion (1 chip each for progressive and interlaced outputs). Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts (appreciable on high-definition and HD-ready TVs).

A 2 MB memory buffer decreases layer-change pauses or pickup dropouts during DVD playback, and standard composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with just about any television.

The player uses Burr-Brown 24-bit, 192 kHz audio DACs (PCM-1756) for pristine sound from DVDs and CDs, and both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (1 each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection with the receiver.

The speaker system employs 5 two-way satellite speakers, a broad center-channel speaker, and a powered subwoofer, all of which are carefully calibrated to provide seamless, 360-degree sound, whatever your program source.

What's in the Box
AVR-485 receiver, DVD-555 DVD player, receiver/DVD player remote controls, remote batteries (2 AA each), 5 SC-A65 satellite speakers, a SC-C65 center speaker, a DSW-65 powered subwoofer, applicable user's manuals, a stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, a DVD player AC power cord, requisite speaker cable, a service-station list, and a warranty card.

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