Deal Alert: Denon DVD-955S Upconverting DVD Player: Under $300

Denon has long been known for the quality of their home theater receivers and DVD players, and the

is no exception. It features Faroudja's DCDi processing, which helps take standard definition DVDs and upconvert them to 720p or 1080i output with quality the approaches true high definition.

The unit also simplifies your connections by passing both the video and multi-channel digital audio signals to your HDTV and/or home theater receiver with a single HDMI cable.

OneCall is currently closing the player out for less than half its list price (

, instead of $699). Is your DVD library worth the investment? I know mine is.

This deal probably won't last at this price, so if the link below does not work, don't say we didn't warn ya!

• Powered by the latest DCDi by Faroudja FLI-2310 Decoding Engine – Finest available processing for film, video, graphics or mixed-mode content
• Adjustable Chroma Delay and Level, White/Black Levels, CCS On/Off controls
• New ESS Vibrato “Chroma Bug Free” MPEG/DVD-Audio Decoder
• Sony CXD-2753 Second Generation DSD Decoder
• Dual, discrete, Analog Devices ADV-7310 – 216 MHz, 4:4:4, 12 bit Video D/A Conversion system featuring Noise Shaped Video processing (1 chip each Progressive and Interlace)
• 8x Oversampling Progressive and 16x Interlace output
• Wideband relay switched component video outputs
• Variable Black Level (Setup): 0 and 7.5 IRE
• Passes below-black (PLUGE) on progressive and interlace outputs
• (1) DVI-D (HDCP) and (1) HDMI Multi-Channel Audio (SiL9300) Compatible, outputs with selectable 480p/720p/1080i output
• (1) each – Component Video, Composite and “S” outputs
• 2X DVD read speed; 4X CD/CD-R/CD-RW read speed; with 8MB drive buffer memory
• Built-in Dolby Digital, dts, DVD-Audio and SACD decoders with 5.1 analog outputs
• Burr-Brown 24-bit, 192-kHz DSD-1791 Audio DACs that decode PCM and DSD signals discretely with no cross-conversion of DSD
• Full Digital Bass Management for DVD-Audio, featuring Analog Devices Melody 32-bit processor; 80Hz crossover with 12dB high and 24dB low pass slopes; Adjustable delay time(0-15ms)and Channel Levels
• Full Digital Bass Management for SACD; 80Hz crossover with 6/12dB slopes on all channels; Adjustable channel levels
• Bass Management avaialble for all formats on the HDMI output
• MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA 9) Playback
• Plays Audio/Video CDs; DVD-Audio/Video; Super Audio CD; DVD +/-R/RW(conditional); Audio CD-R; Audio CD-RW; Decoders for MP3 (128kbps or greater recommended) and WMA-8 (64 — 160kbps) CD-R/RW & DVD +/-R/RW discs
• JPEG photo file viewer, Kodak Picture and Fujicolor CD compatible
• HDCD decoding
• 24/96 compatible digital outputs – optical and coaxial
• Anamorphic Scaling for 4:3/16:9 Sets
• 4:3 Squeeze and Zoom Controls, including DVI/HDMI outputs
• Pure Direct Modes to defeat unneeded portions of player for the ultimate in audio performance
• SRS TruSurround
• Remote in/out ports
• GloKey remote control
• Dimensions: 17.1w x 4.0h x 12.5d inches