Marantz DV4001

This player runs a slideshow in my office. It runs 24/7, it's been going for 6 months now and the quality of the picture is as good as when new. The normal DVD player will last about 3-4 months at this rate, this player is superior to any other model I have used.

This is a nice DVD player, with obvious quality, a good picture, and overall it is quite easy to use. But it has a few features I don't care for: (1) It is VERY slow to load. (2) I'm not having much luck with the "memory" feature, i.e., when I stop a movie halfway through, then resume watching the next day, the DVD player does not "remember" where the movie was, and starts over at the beginning. I know the owner's manual says the DVD player has this "memory" capability, but it sure doesn't work for me. (3) The Fast Forward max speed is 32X; it would really be nice if it could go 64X if not 128X.

Too much $, low performance, large enclosure. In spite of great name and higher price, terrible value.

I've had other Marantz products and all have been reliable, durable and obviously well constructed. This DVD player fits the same mold. So far it has handled well all the disc types I have tried as it has claimed. Some have complained about the slow loading. Maybe it's on the slow side but this is no problem at all. Don't let this affect your decision to buy.

High quality design. It works, unlike other inexpensive models I've gone through in the last few years. No color bleeding, occassionally freezes with burned and scratched dvd's, but so far always resumes after a few seconds.