Cambridge Audio just announced today in Denver that they too will be joining the ever popular Blu-ray club by coming out with their version of Blu-ray technology, the 640BD, in Spring 2009. The player is meant to complement the Azur range of AV receivers, and from the spec sheet/release, it looks like it isn’t too shabbily put together.

The 640BD will have a full set of analog video outputs, full HDMI 1.3 output (which will include bitstream output of all the latest Dolby/DTS tracks), S/PDIF, Ethernet, Toslink and a set of separate, dedicated 7.1/stereo analog outputs. And no…they haven’t put a price tag on this baby yet.

The Azur 840W is a high end amplifier that retails for $1900. For those that know Cambridge Audio, it is the second generation Class XD which “is now complemented by a new output stage carefully adjusted to integrate with this novel technology, revised balanced inputs for lower distortion and noise.” The 840W Class XD power amplifier have been named as CES Innovation Awards Honorees and will be showcased in the Sands Expo & Convention Center/The Venetian Booth 70621.

For those of us that aren’t really aware of them here are the key features: