|
|
 |
Scroll down for 14 Hot Deals! |
|
 |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
Systems
based on
Denon AVR-4308 |
|
The
4308 represents Denon's vision for the future of Home Cinema. In
this brave new world, AV amps don't just produce glorious sound, they also act
as powerful, high definition multi-media switching hubs. Central to this theme,
is the 4308's astonishing ability to interface with no fewer than 13 media formats.
What's more, if you happen to have broadband with a wireless router in the same room
as the 4308, then many of these sources can be accessed totally wirelessly from your PC, including
internet radio.
This puts the 4308 way ahead of the competition, but Denon then build on
that lead by giving the 4308 an absolutely fabulous technical spec, including DAB radio, multi room, excellent iPod connectivity, a new GUI menu system, four HDMI 1.3 inputs, Faroudja 1080p upscaling and (for icing on the cake) two HDMI
outputs. The latter facility is very useful if you have more than one High Definition TV, or a projector and TV.
The only fly in the Chardonnay is the 4308's price tag of £2000 - or
at least it would be, if that's what we were selling it for. Our Hot Deal of £1599 puts what is undoubtedly
Denon's most technologically advanced amp ever, within spitting distance of its
main rival, Onkyo's TX-NR905 - and that makes a BIG difference.
Denon's superb AVR-4308 represents a new breed of AV receiver - welcome to the
future! |
|
|
Scroll
down for
14 Hot Deals |
|
click here for a comparison chart,
showing
all of
Denon's
amp range! |
Scroll
down for
14 Hot Deals |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
| Denon AVR-4308 Specification |
|
|
- Full compatability with HDMI 1.3 including Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master.
- 4 x HDMI in + 2 x HDMI out (all HDMI 1.3)
- A genuine 7 x 140watts of full bandwidth power.
- Three transformers.
- Advanced Faroudja DCDi 1080p video scaler.
- Auto switching output stage - run 7.1 for Home Cinema and still be able to run bi-amp fronts in stereo mode - nice!
- Compressed audio restorer - considerably improves Mp3 and iPod performance.
- Two switchable USB inputs (one on the front).
- Ethernet port for connection to PC network, plus wireless capability.
- Ultra low standby power (to help save the planet!) - unheard of on an amp of this size.
- Two remote controls (one for Zone 2).
- Multi EQ XT Audyssey room calibration - the most sophisticated yet.
- Assignable Zone 2 component output.
- Denon Link 3.
|
|
| Denon AVR-4308 - High def GUI (Graphical User Interface) Menu System |
|
|
 |
3-D colour menu! |
|
| Old HDMI vs New HDMI 1.3 (which is why future formats will use HDMI 1.3 !) |
|
|
 |
| What’s new in the HDMI 1.3 Specification? |
- Higher speed: Although all previous versions of HDMI have had more than enough bandwidth to support all current HDTV formats, HDMI 1.3 increases its single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) to support the demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions, Deep Color and high frame rates. In addition, built into the HDMI 1.3 specification is the technical foundation that will let future versions of HDMI reach significantly higher speeds.
- Deep Color: HDMI 1.3 supports 10-bit, 12-bit and 16-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths, up from the 8-bit depths in previous versions of the HDMI specification, for stunning rendering of over one billion colors in unprecedented detail.
- Broader color space: HDMI 1.3 adds support for “x.v.Color™” (which is the consumer name describing the IEC 61966-2-4 xvYCC color standard), which removes current color space limitations and enables the display of any color viewable by the human eye.
- New mini connector: With small portable devices such as HD camcorders and still cameras demanding seamless connectivity to HDTVs, HDMI 1.3 offers a new, smaller form factor connector option.
- Lip Sync: Because consumer electronics devices are using increasingly complex digital signal processing to enhance the clarity and detail of the content, synchronization of video and audio in user devices has become a greater challenge and could potentially require complex end-user adjustments. HDMI 1.3 incorporates automatic audio synching capabilities that allows devices to perform this synchronization automatically with total accuracy.
- New HD lossless audio formats: In addition to HDMI’s current ability to support high-bandwidth uncompressed digital audio and all currently-available compressed formats (such as Dolby® Digital and DTS®), HDMI 1.3 adds additional support for new lossless compressed digital audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™.
|
|
| Denon AVR-4308 - Upscaling |
|
|
The AVR-4308 can upscale all your inputs to two HDMI 1080p outputs! |
 |
|
| Optional Extra - Onkyo DS-A2x iPod dock - the perfect dock for any amp! |
|
|
| Just £59 with any of our Hot Deal systems! |
 |
High quality audio playback, through almost any Hi-Fi. |
|
Has its own dedicated remote control - very nice! |
|
Recharges your iPod whilst you're using it (no charge facility on 6th generation iPods) |
|
Shows iPod functions / iPod video* / iPod photos on your TV. |
|
Has a built in back-rest to protect the iPod if it gets accidentally knocked (most docks have no back-rest and are very vulnerable as a result). |
|
Dimensions of dock: Width 112mm | Height 60mm | Depth 112mm |
|
Available in White or Black. |
|
Compatible iPods - 5th Generation iPods (iPod with video), iPod photo (iPod with color display), 4th Generation iPod, 1st and 2nd Generation iPod nano, iPod mini. |
|
1st, 2nd and 3rd generation iPods, the iPod Touch and iPhone are NOT supported. *6th generation iPods will play audio but NOT video. |
|
Better specified than Yamaha or Denon iPod docks - and cheaper too!! |
|
|
See bullet points (left) for iPod
compatibility listings
Available in Black or White
(and no, the iPod isn't included!) |
|
|
| Denon AVR-4308 - Wireless |
|
|
 |
Stream music or photo files from your PC to your amp - wirelessly!! |
|
|
