Is the Denon DVD-2910 a Good DVD Player???


I will be purchasing a Toshiba 57H84 with the 720P/1080I upsampling capability and New HDMI digital interface. I want to use the HDMI outputs of my DVD player.

The two DVD players I am considering are the Denon DVD-2910 ($699) and the Panasonic DVDS97S ($299). Which one do you guys recommend??? Is the Panasonic close in quality to the Denon??? Or is the Denon light years ahead of the Panasonic???

Thank you.
clydedrexl136
I was quite interested in the Sony 975 as well since the Oade Bros guys said that it was better on redbook than the Sony 2000ES SACD changer, but then read that the model has been dropped due to reliablity problems with a new model (with essentially the same features) due to come out in May...
one of my aquantances is a reviewer for the perfect vision, and has told me that the 2910 is a giant killer at it's price point. competes with almost anything below 4k in both audio and video. this was a couple of months ago.

aloha keith
From what I heard, the 2910 and the much more expensive 3910 are essentially the same for video. As for audio, the 3910 has better DACs and analog stage.