Marantz's new high-end Blu-ray player
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TrentD @ Jan 4th 2008 2:05PM
Marantz and Denon are owned by the same company - this is likely the delayed Denon player under a different badge.
D&M Holdings = Denon and Marantz.
It would have been nice for this to have been a dual-format player, considering Denon's history is full of universal players.
Greg @ Jan 4th 2008 2:06PM
My Dream player :)
Will no doubt find a nice niche in the high end Home Theater installs.
rg23 @ Jan 4th 2008 2:15PM
For $2k, it should be able to wash dishes for me. That's more than twice the price of a dual format player that supports Dolby True-HD and dts-HD AND with an HQV chip.
DEEZNUTZ @ Jan 4th 2008 2:18PM
Perhaps, but it wouldn't elevate your status within the Home Theater Elite like this player would now would it? You would be all the rage on the AVS Forums for a whole 5 posts... certainly worth the $2K doncha think?
rg23 @ Jan 4th 2008 3:12PM
Why not? I could buy a Denon receiver instead.
TrentD @ Jan 4th 2008 2:52PM
The Realta chip is the highest end model HQV has for home - the Reon VX is the lower end model that the Toshiba XA2 and Onkyo units use.
I don't think it'll really matter for HD output - no scaling is involved.
Galley @ Jan 4th 2008 3:24PM
Anyone wanna buy a slightly used spleen? Only $2100 (plus removal fees)!
EQC @ Jan 4th 2008 3:29PM
From the "Read" link:
"Additional information (subtitles, audio streams, camera angles, trailers, games, etc.) can be downloaded from the Internet via computer and stored on a SD card that either player will accept. This content can be played with the original content of Blu-ray Discs."
For $2,000, why the hell can't they include the ethernet port and 1GB of storage on-board to make it profile 2.0 capable? What early-adopting guy wants to spend $2k for the highest of the high end and then walk a little SD card back and forth to his computer? I guess he's supposed to have his butler do it?
Vedder @ Jan 4th 2008 3:55PM
Whoever buys this has more money then brains. Give me a break, over $2000 for a profile 1.1 player.
Nate @ Jan 4th 2008 4:30PM
Serious question - what does this have over my PS3?
Ben @ Jan 4th 2008 4:31PM
The ability to take advantage of DTS-HD MA and HR, as well as better integration with home automation systems.
Fredster @ Jan 4th 2008 4:42PM
WTF!! Comes out Q2 and is a Profile 1.1 player!!!??? Come on guys, something is not right here, or?
andy @ Jan 4th 2008 5:24PM
marantz is a notoriously slow adopter of new tech. They haven't even released an HDMI 1.3 receiver yet; just announced it a couple of weeks ago.
philip @ Jan 4th 2008 5:32PM
Too bad marantz wont be at CES to check it out.