It has great CD playback and is a changer, so I got rid of my old cd player. You can also change discs while one is playing. DVD playback is very clear visually and the audio is stunning. The on screen menus are easy to control, and you don't have to read much of the manual to get going. There are two modes for video display, cinema and normal.
Cinema is alittle softer, but normal has better contrast.
I have had no problems with this unit, and after it was broken in the audio sounded a thousand times better than my old cd player. When playing DVDs the drive is loud when booting up and during menus, but once playback is started you can't here the spinning unless you are 2 feet away. I thought I was going to keep the DVM 3700 but then saw the dvm 1800 in the store the next day, United audio let me exchange it because the salesman didn't realize they had it in stock yet. The CD quality is comparable between the two but the 1800 doesn't have hdcd or headphone jack. Denon also cut out some of the video modes which was fine since I think normal is the best.