I too am wondering about the difference between profile 1.1 and 2.0. My suspicions are that the differences relate to features that make great logos on the outside of the box, but do nothing to improve the picture and sound quality.
Unfortunately, it does cost over $1000 to build a BD player that lives up to Marantz sound quality standards. That said, since most folks are connecting their BD players to an external processor via HDMI, all the money Marantz pours into making the analog audio outputs sound so amazing is probably wasted on most of the market. Notice that the top of the line Denon has ONE connector on the back, and that's an HDMI port. IMHO, that was a better way to appropriate the parts budget on a BD player. There is a small but loyal market for what Marantz is building, and those folks will undboutedly be pleased.
Bottom Line: you can't play Madden on the Marantz, so I think you made a wise choice in maximizing the return on your BD player investment!
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Jake @ May 19th 2008 4:32PM
I too am wondering about the difference between profile 1.1 and 2.0. My suspicions are that the differences relate to features that make great logos on the outside of the box, but do nothing to improve the picture and sound quality.
Unfortunately, it does cost over $1000 to build a BD player that lives up to Marantz sound quality standards. That said, since most folks are connecting their BD players to an external processor via HDMI, all the money Marantz pours into making the analog audio outputs sound so amazing is probably wasted on most of the market. Notice that the top of the line Denon has ONE connector on the back, and that's an HDMI port. IMHO, that was a better way to appropriate the parts budget on a BD player. There is a small but loyal market for what Marantz is building, and those folks will undboutedly be pleased.
Bottom Line: you can't play Madden on the Marantz, so I think you made a wise choice in maximizing the return on your BD player investment!