In layman’s terms, it uses wi-fi to stream your high-def videos, songs and internet radio, as well as upscaling regular DVDs you play through it.

Denon suits say the 4308 is the company’s first AV product to feature its new 'wave' style industrial design, which brings a softer sleeker look to Denon Home Cinema.

It still looks a bit of a beast to us, but there’s a lot going on under that exterior. What’s presented below “is only a tiny part of the feature list!” apparently.

High Definition Sound & Vision
- HDMI 1.3a with two HDMI outputs
- Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoders (HDMI 1.3a)
- Deep Colour and xvYCC support (HDMI 1.3a)
- Auto Lip Sync (HDMI 1.3a)

Sound Quality
- Identical quality and power for all 7 channels, 140W x 7ch
- Denon's Dynamic Discrete Surround Circuit
- Denon proprietary Advanced AL24 for all channels
- Faroudja chip to up-scale to 1080P
- New audiophile chassis construction design
- Compressed Audio Restorer
- Denon's first DAB Tuner in an AVR

Ease of Use
- Stunning new photo-real Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Auto set-up and Room EQ, MultEQ XT from Audyssey
- Includes dedicated 2nd zone remote control
- New back panel layout

Connectivity & Future-ready Expandability
- Full Networking capabilities
- Wi-Fi & Ethernet Built-in
- DenonLink ultra-high-speed audio interface
- Selectable USB ports (Front/Rear)
- iPod Ready (using the Denon ASD-1R)
- Music streaming from PC & Mac
AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA lossless), FLAC
- Photo streaming (JPEG)
- Internet Radio V2.0 extended - 7000 + stations
- Network setup (Web Control) function
- HDMI 1.3a inputs with 1080p capability
- 3 zone room-to-room capability