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Denon, the new lossless audio formats, namely Dolby True HD and dts HD Master Audio, are supported natively through the AVR-4308 offering compatibility with Blu-Ray and HD DVD. The receiver also offers advanced audio streaming, on screen display and control functionality for iPod iTunes and Internet radio.
The product also offers network support for wired (Ethernet) or by the built in WiFi EEE802 which allows Playback of music files from PC or DLNA servers including AAC, WMA lossless, MP3, FLAC and WAV file support. The AVR-4308 also supports streaming from a MAC provided the Twonky Music server program is present, the company says. In addition to this, the AVR-4308 has Denon's proprietary Compressed Audio Restore technology that replays ‘compressed' media such as MP3, WMA and AAC with much greater dynamic range and impact.
Denon also has the very latest video processors including the industry standard Faroudja DCDi processing chipset (FLI-2315) that allows analogue 576i source content to be up converted and scaled to 576p/720p/1080i and 1080p.
The receiver's multi-zone capability is the most advanced of any Denon A/V receiver to-date. It offers 4 zone, 4 source with independent volume control. This means that with additional amplification and speakers, it's possible to run a 7.1 home theatre setup in the main zone with three separate channels of stereo in zones two, three and four.
The AVR-4308 also has an independent Component video signal for Zone 2 which allows an independent video source in Zone 2. On board digital to analogue converters allow all digital sources to be sent over the analogue multi-zone outputs and a dedicated second zone remote control is also included.
