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videoworx · 01-30-2008, 03:46 AM

I think Derb has proved his point here...for the same reason people won't ever bother looking at the PS3 as a home theatre solution, so will other people regard anything cheaper than $1000 to be nothing but a cheap plastic hunk o' junk - regardless of what the capabilities of the insides are.

To each their own. Denon has been in this business for a very long time (as has Marantz, the company that is married to them). They are marketing to a very defined niche audience, and charge a premium entry fee. This isn't new - all their CD and laserdisc players were built by Pioneer, and some of their DVD players were built by Panasonic. It doesn't take rocket science to figure out that you're paying for a status symbol.

01-30-2008, 03:46 AM	#55 (permalink)
videoworx Would Make a Good Incubus Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: nowhere near Nebraska	I think Derb has proved his point here...for the same reason people won't ever bother looking at the PS3 as a home theatre solution, so will other people regard anything cheaper than $1000 to be nothing but a cheap plastic hunk o' junk - regardless of what the capabilities of the insides are. To each their own. Denon has been in this business for a very long time (as has Marantz, the company that is married to them). They are marketing to a very defined niche audience, and charge a premium entry fee. This isn't new - all their CD and laserdisc players were built by Pioneer, and some of their DVD players were built by Panasonic. It doesn't take rocket science to figure out that you're paying for a status symbol. __________________ And let’s not forget the fact that Tron turned the Frisbee into an instrument of righteous smiting.