I have been testing a DENON DVR-2200 with various media formats in order to compare it with 2900. The player is OK with most of them (CD, MP3, CDR, SACD) but shows a quite UNSTABLE behavior with DVD-R and DVD +R disks (Verbatim) recorded with Toast 6. The player has been made region-free by using the appropriate firmware, but the compatibility problems remain. As testing -R / +R material we have used copies of commercial DVDs (we own) , which are quite readable on PCs, Macs and other DVD players (DENON 2800, Panasonic R30). I wonder if any of you have faced or heard of similar problems. Thanks
After some checking with various bulletin boards , and DENON sites I found out that there are DVR-2200 models with "different" versions of firmware. Different in this context means with "more" or "less" bugs. I was lucky that the THIRD 2200 unit I tested was able to read both +R and -R disks. Regarding the region-free update firmware (basically to read Region 1 disks) I am quite skeptical. The TV image I am getting (testing for example the MATRIX) is quite noisy and it is a pitty to have this quality in a unit that costs that much.
i think the video on mine is incredable i have compared it with a friend who has 2 pioneer elite models that he has paid a lot more for and the video on mine is slighty better.
that is interesting you tested 3 models then you finally got one that plays burnt disks correctly?
i want one darnit!
anyways keep in mind the matrix has a funky green grainy film to it done on purpose!
I have tested 3 units because the first could not read +R, -R and the second -R. Most other audio formats were reproduced. I did not try RW disks. For the NTSC playback (using PAL and having more resolution we can see more artifacts) there are few disks I can experiment with, because in ourdays everything comes out in Region 2 as well. What was your visual evaluation of the Marix disk ?