Integra quietly launches DBS-6.9 Blu-ray player at CEDIA

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Integra quietly launches DBS-6.9 Blu-ray player at CEDIA: hands-on - Engadget HD


If you'll recall, Integra surprised at last year's CEDIA by trotting out its DHS-8.8 HD DVD player; this year, the company has quietly (silently, in fact) released its plainly styled DBS-6.9 Blu-ray deck. While the design may not suit your fancy, it's far from being the ugliest BD player at the Expo, and reportedly, the Profile 1.1 unit will retail for a buck under $600 whenever it decides to ship. We can already tell you're uninterested based on the price alone, but feel free to peruse the gallery if you're hungry for pics.
 
Not only is it quiet on launch, it is quiet on specs. Internal decoding or bitstream only? My next player has to internally decode 100%.

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Integra Introduces its First Blu-ray Player


UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ (10/06/08) -- Integra has introduced its first Blu-ray disc player, the DBS-6.9, which delivers the ultimate in high definition performance, including 1080p Deep Color capable video and bitstream output of the latest high-resolution audio codecs.
"We are very pleased to mark Integra's first entrance into the Blu-ray disc player category with the DBS-6.9," comments Keith Haas, Integra's Director of Sales. "Our dealers have been eagerly anticipating it's arrival and we are very confident it will deliver on what they have been anticipating. The DBS-6.9 will provide exceptional audio and video performance in a feature-rich package that meets the high standards that our dealers have come to expect from all Integra products."
The DBS-6.9 delivers full 1080p video at 24 frames per second, the native frame rate for most original motion pictures and HD content. This ensures that the user will be able to experience the playback of films recorded to Blu-ray with the smoothest, most stable reproduction possible. It features an HDMI v. 1.3a output, and is fully compatible with the Deep Color™ standard for over 1 billion possible colors. The HDMI connection also delivers bitstream output of both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ codecs for decoding in compatible processor or receiver, such as Integra's DTR- series of AV receivers, or the recently introduced DHC-9.9 preamplifier/processor.
The DBS-6.9 includes a front-panel SD card slot, necessary to take advantage of the Bonus View™ picture-in-picture capability, giving consumers access to the interactive content available on many Blu-ray discs. It is compatible with legacy DVDs as well as Blu_ray discs, including internal video upscaling to 1080p. It is also capable of playing CD, Video CD, CD-R/RW, DVD±R/RW, DivX, WMA, JPG and even MP3 encoded discs.
The DBS-6.9 is currently available at a suggested retail price of $600.
 
Yamaha, Onkyo and Integra (same as Onkyo) are late to the party. The time for these profile 1.1 players was six months to a year ago. Even Denon is about to release a BD-Live player.
 

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