What is affordable and what not, really depends how deep your pocket is. But we somehow feel that Denon’s new Blu-ray player may be “affordable, as the company describes it, for some, but there is no denying that this is still one pricey player.

The DVD-1800BD carries a MSRP of $749 and in exchange you get a Blu-ray Profile 1.1 (“BonusView”) capable player with support for HDMI 1.3a. The device is scheduled to become available in the U.S. in October of this year.