Cambridge Audio Drops Stylish DVD Player June 29, 2007

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Cambridge Audio makes some great AV and audio kit with prices that won’t send your wife looking for the axe in the shed. There’s a raft of new kit coming in the next few weeks, starting with the minimalist-styled Azur 540D V2 DVD player - yes, it's not all about high-def you know.

This stylish £250 deck boasts HDMI connectivity and upscaling of standard DVDs to [near] 720p and 1080i. The company is so happy with it that it’s claiming that the upscaling on sub-50in tellys is ‘unsurpassed’. Well, it would, wouldn’t it?.

Still Cambridge has an excellent pedigree. The chipset combined with the proprietary Phased Lock Loop (PLL) system promises an image with very little judder. The Crystal/Cirrus Logic CS4382 DAC is what you’d expect to find in a decent standalone CD player or soundcard, and with a dedicated stereo audio port, music should sound great too.

The V2 supports the usual array of disc types and adds DivX and MPEG 4 to the mix too. Sound formats include Dolby Digital 5.1, Pro Logic II and DTS 5.1. Available in silver or black from July/August, you can check out the full specs after the jump.-Martin Lynch

Key features:

* HDMI output – scaling/deinterlacing to 480p, 576p, 720i/p, 1080i
* Proprietary Phased Lock Loop (PLL) system for incredibly low jitter
* Disc types supported: CD (CD-DA), DVD-V, CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DivX, MP4,
* Crystal/Cirrus Logic CS4382 DAC
* Supports Dolby Digital 5.1, Pro Logic II, DTS 5.1
* Composite video, S-video, RGB/SCART and component analogue video outputs
* DivX and MP4 playback
* Dedicated stereo audio out for connection
* IR emitter In and Control Bus In/Out to allow easy integration with multi-room and custom installations
* Navigator style Azur remote which also controls Cambridge Audio amplifiers and AV
* receivers as well as Incognito keypads (in Incognito Ready™ mode)
* Solid aluminium front panel plus an ultra rigid, acoustically dampened chassis for extremely low distortion
* Available in silver or black

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