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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Nice remote control, slick design. Marantz does it all with this entry level Progressive Scan DVD Player at a price affordable by all!

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This is a solidly built player and has a very good picture. I know that marantz was a well known name in audio, which this player excels in but the picture quality is also excellant also. No complaints with this player.

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It's an attractive,and well built player with a quality picture,(and a "region free" code available on the web), so the bones are excellent . Just a few little niggles ; if it's sleeping pressing the eject button wont wake it , it takes 20 seconds once woken to begin ejecting, the remote has chapter skip and forward scan on one button- and i hate the home screen picture, but little irritations aside a pretty good device.

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This is a great DVD player - much more reliable than the Toshiba and Panasonic cheap ones.

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Great name in electronics delivers what the machine says it will. No problems at all.

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I've had a Marantz CD changer for nearly a decade, and it's a great sounding machine that is well made and reliable. My famous brand DVD player conked out after just a year. So I needed something new. When this Marantz DVD player crossed my path at a very reasonable price, I had to give it a try. I've had it only a month, but it's worked great so far--super quality, super picture. You can tell it's well made by the weight--notably more solid than the little tin boxes that most DVD players are. I'm not giving it 5 stars because it's just too soon to rate it that high.

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I was more than happy with this DVD player, it was all that I hoped it would be. And would recommend it to any one.....

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It just seems unresponsive. I press "open" and nothing happens. I have to do it one or more times before it opens. The unresponsiveness makes it very awkward to use. I only bought it because it had a high user rating. Also, it is irritating that there is no clock when it is off. I had become very used to that and assumed all DVD players would have it.

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Very hard to know when it turns on. Seems to take an excessive time to get started. I like the HDMI connection. I now use it connected directly to the TV.

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I use this DVD player to watch DVDs. You thought maybe I used it to do the laundry?

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It plays everything well. I've played music (CD, MP3, WMA, etc), DVDs, DivX, AVI, MP4, etc on it.
I am using my TV (standard tube) for both audio and video (I am using the standard RCA connections to the TV). I noticed a quality increase in the sound when I installed this device. DVDs seem to be the same but the quality of other video formats seems to be better. Even better than direct connection to my computer through S-Video with supported formats.

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The remote control functions for fast forward and reverse are not very user friendly and the speed only goes up to 32x. The construction is very good and the price was worth the limited and cumbersome remote control issues.

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I'm no electronics maven, but once I got a nice HD flat-screen TV, I wanted a nice DVD player. I can't BELIEVE how fantastic a regular DVD looks!! Easy to set up. Just one HDMI cable.

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We haven't used it a lot yet, but have been impressed so far. Excellent 720 picture. Appears to be quite sturdy. I especially like the quick reponsiveness of the mechanism to pushes of the remote control buttons. Unlike many others, this seems to respond quickly.

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Compact in size, good sound, good picture. The only drawback that I've found is the slow-speed open-and-close mechanism. You press the "open" button, and wait, and wait some more. This is the only objection I have to an otherwise well-performing unit.

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Excellent audio and video!!

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This DVD was a great price [...] set up quickly and easy to use. great picture quality.

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Great picture and superior sound with great price. The best DVD player under $1,000.

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Although it doesn't have Burr-Brown D/A converter, the audio is just superb and the upconversion is only 1080i but it beats most budget 1080p upconverting dvd players.

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Suits my need for a dedicated DVD player.

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You can't ask for much more than the Marantz DV-4001 gives you. If pressed, I'd say that I wished it upscaled to 1080p, but at it's purchase price I just can't complain.

Quality is good enough to put off getting Blu-Ray until prices come down a bit.

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I got this primarily because it has the capability to play discs from other regions (though this has to be "hacked"). The hack was easy and the display is very good. It is working so far (2 months+).
The picture quality on a 22" 720p TV is about as good as one would want -- though the upscaling doesn't really compare with blueray on a 1080 set.
It is an excellent buy as a no frills DVD player.

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This was purchased to replace the same model that went in for repair. The sound and picture are amazing. Even though the first one needs some fixing, I had no hesitation in buying the same model to replace it. The unit looks great, sounds great and puts out an amazing picture.
This unit is hooked up via component cables to a home theater system.

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Could not find a remote code for this unit in my Yamaha Receiver/Processor remote. Great value other wise. [...]

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amazing performance as a standalone cd player. consider this as a fine alternative to the marantz pm8003 if you can't quite afford that superb cd player.

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I'm using the unit as a CD player in a component audio system. Great sound for the price.

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After reading all of the great reviews I decided to purchase this DVD and I can stand by all of the other positive feedback. [...]We would recommend this player if you are in the market for a new one or a possible upgrade...great picture & easy to operate.

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Purchased this because I had purchased the SR4002, and thought it would be a perfect match. Hooked it up and had picture but no sound.
Called Marantz and was told it was because of a incompatibility with HDMI and our Samsung LN40B530 40" TV, and that the receiver needed to have an update done to make things right.
I had to send the receiver off to have this done. The tech called me and asked about the problem. He said, "I don't know why they told you to send it to us, because this isn't going to solve the problem", and he was right.
The long and short of this story is, it won't work with our setup. Was told by the tech that we could use HDMI for Picture and Optical for sound, but what's the point of that?
Funny thing is I can hook-up our Sony 5 disk DVD player through HDMI and don't have any issues at all. I'm confused, and a bit peeved, over this situation.
Now it's time to get back on the phone to Marantz. I'm not holding my breath though!

Comments about Marantz DV4001 Progressive Scan DVD Player:

Nice product,great picture and sound.

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This unit beats 5 other players I have owned in picture & sound quality and dependability. It accepts DVDs that the others refuse to play and is convenient to use. Its one inconvenience is that the remote also turns my Magnavox on & off.
I recommend it strongly, whether or not a user needs its extra features.

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It is kind of slow to turn on. I love the sound and picture quality.

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Fine unit. Requires HDMI for full upscaling.

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My son just installed this dvd player and it works very well. It is easy to use, has very good picture quality. Since I have used it for less than a week I cannot comment on durability, but it seems to be a well-made, high quality product.

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I mainly use this player to play concert DVDs. Audio goes through a Marantz home theater system; AV 600 Preamp; DP 870 Digital Processor; five MA 700 amplifiers; Bose 901s for front L+R & L&R surrounds; B&W CC6 center channel; & twin 12" subs. Video goes into a 55" Mitsubishi HDTV. The picture quality is the best I've seen. It is even better than my Mitsubishi DD-8050 DVD player or any of the half dozen others I own. The surround sound can knock pictures off the walls with no distortion.
The price I paid to OneCall for this unit was unbeatable.
My only complaint is that the unit's power must be turned 'on' before any functions will work. On most of my other players I can press 'play' or 'open/close' with the power off and the unit will respond. But this is only a minor inconvenience.
I would recommend this player to anyone who is not yet ready to make the switch to Blue Ray.

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Open/Close Button Slow

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I usually watch DVD with this player. I tried to play some Burned CD, but the player made weird sound. Other than that, it works just fine.

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Great Product, Works Best for me because i have a Marantz Receiver to match

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Excellent picture & audio quality, handsome design, strong build quality, unsurpassed 3 year Marantz warranty and at an affordable price!

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Takes a while to start up. but once its on its incredible.

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all in all a great value. handles music and dvd sound fabulously. a marked improvement on picture quality vs prog scan players from pioneer and philips. remote controls sound on my marantz avr.

downside is that it is slow to load and react to commands on both player and remote. that and the default screen/ screen saver would be the only things i'd like to see change.

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Great value

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There is nothing negative about this unit -- it does everything as expected and better. WISH IT HAD 1080P output.

Bought one for a friend also --onecall price is very good on this item.

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I bought the Marantz player because the internal player on my home theater system kept cutting out. I wanted a player for both CD and DVD. This unit does both very well. The sound from the CDs is crystal clear and I notice a definite improvement when watching movies. I highly recommend this product.

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great deal

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Excellent product

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I have the player attached to a 1970's receiver and new Sony speakers. The sound is great, DVD play quality is great. The remote is ridiculously huge, and the player takes a very long time to open and turn on. I usually turn it on, then walk away to do something (to keep myself from getting irritated about how long it's taking to turn on), and then come back and put the cd in. For the price, it's fine, but that one feature makes it really irritating to use.

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Good picture and sound quality, however, no ability to skip chapters.

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This is a very robust player. I wanted a player that could handle both CDs and DVDs equally well. The DVD quality is consistently excellent, as is the redbook CD audio. This unit is built like a rock. Incredible deal.

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Such a great deal that I bought a second one

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After installing one in the bedroom - we purchased another for the kids. Great value and much better than those cheap under $100 players at retail stores.

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Easy to use once I understood that the open drawer function does not work when unit goes to standby mode.

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The DV4001 will work for a two-channel music enthusiast who prefers vinyl LPs and needs a very good CD/DVD player to deliver CD sound and HDTV DVD playback. This unit could work well in a second, less used system for a true audiophile. At a discount price, it's got to be a top option for these buyers. This unit works well with the Marantz PM7001. I'd bet the Marantz CD5001 is slightly better for CD playback, but only slightly. Actually, the bass from the DV4001 can seem accurate yet dominating with certain amps and interconnects.

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Needed a CD player to compliment my Marantz receiver. Used for audio only. Can't beat it for performance and price. It's a good choice for the moderately enthusiastic audiofile. ONECALL on top [...]

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It displays an awesome pic on a 720p Sharp LCD tv using the HDMI connection. Best I have seen from a non Hi Def player.

Comments about Marantz DV4001 Progressive Scan DVD Player:

very good, well made dvd player. [$] Very good picture through hdmi, has an exceptional warranty- 3yrs. The only con is no optical output, but I used the digital coax. recommended.

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The description says 'exceptional video and audio quality.' That says it all; best pictures from DVD's that I have ever seen upscaling to 1080p on a Sony XBR.

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Very nice machine at a spectacular price. Be sure switch on back is set correctly or unit wil not power up.

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Excellent player.

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Very nice product,nice pic,sounds good. Running with Marantz SR-7200. Unbeatable at this price.

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I bought this product to play my wife's Russian PAL format movies. Being a film buff, I've managed to burn through 5 Sony DVD players, 2 Samsung, 2 XBOXs, and a Playstation 3. This is by far the best player for regular DVD's. Marantz lives up to its praised name brand with superior picture and audio quality. You must hold skip chapter button to fast-forward, causing you to accidentally skip to next chapter. Slow load time. Otherwise, a sound investment you'll be proud to showcase instead of constantly replace.

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This DVD player has everything that really matters: excellent audio (192kHz/24bit DAC) and video (108Mhz/12bit DAC), PAL to/from NTSC conversion, progressive scan with 3:2 pull-down and HDMI output with upscaling to 1080i or 720p, discrete IR commands, RS232 port for control, MP3, WM, JPEG HD, VCD 2.0 and DVIX Ultra support. It is quiet and has an slim profile. On top of all this there is a hack to make it multi-region, when hacked it can play any DVD from anywhere in the world, not only NTSC but also PAL ones. It doesn't get any better at this price.

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Easy set-up and the picture quality is wonderful. Buying from One-Call is the way to go.

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What impressed me the most(beside the exceptional picture quality)was the on screen display.

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Use it to scan computer generated JPG CD photo's, movies, and home made DVDs

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Great match for my Marantz CD 5001.

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Using as the main video unit in my media room. It makes the 37" LCD it is hooked up to sing.

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used for large meetings and hasn't disappointed yet.

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this is a nice DVD player. it does a excellent job of up-converting the DVDs to hd quality. very easy to set up and use. i would definitely recommend this DVD player

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Beautiful picture and sound. Picture is filmlike. Sound is spacious, smooth, full bodied.

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Good choice if you don't need blueray.

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The Marantz certainly lives up to its name. Quality product from a quality company. I would highly recommend this unit to the so-called videophiles because it performs as well as $500.00 players!!

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It's a nice, clean little unit - seems like a good buy for the price. The DV4001 remote controls volume and mute buttons work with my Krell receiver KAV-300. This was a surprising/nice touch.

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works verywell

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It's nice to have an inexpensive DVD player that plays PAL DVDs without a software or firmware hack.

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HIGH QUALITY / EASE OF USE

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What a wonderful dvd player. It is hard to beat for the price range. E X C E L L E N T ! ! ! !

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1. Delivers HQ sound from CD, upsampling feature is nice.
2. Video is average. No 1080p.
3. Looks nice, remote is OK.
4. The on-screen interface is ancient, 8-bit console UI on unit built in 2007?
5. Stupid limitation on mp3 playback from CD only.
6. No optical output.

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My first experience with Marantz was in the early 1960s as my first component stereo stystem was a Marantz and it's quality was excellent. Thus, when I found this DVD player by Marantz for the price, I wondered if their quality of product had changed. The answer is clearly "no." It is easy to use and the quality of picture and sound is excellent for the purposes I use it for.

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The only odd thing is that you can't power it on by hitting eject (like most dvd players can). Otherwise it's fantastic. Matches my Denon receiver perfectly. Long warranty as well, but who knows if i'll have to use it. I liked it enough that I called a friend and recommended it.

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SIMPLY A FANTASTIC DVD PLAYER. AMAZING UPCONVERSION FROM STANDARD DVD DISCS USING HDMI, MARANTZ SOUND QUALITY, AND A 3 YEAR WARRANTY TO BOOT! WHILE THIS IS NOT BLU-RAY, IT IS STILL FAR SUPERIOR TO YOUR TYPICAL ENTRY LEVEL DVD PLAYER. GRAB ONE BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!

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The Marantz DV4001 is a well made high quality unit. I have two and use one for DVD's in a home theater and the other for CD music playback. The quality of the DA and analog audio circuits makes this about as good a CD player as you can get without going with ultra high cost separates. The heavier construction of this unit (it weighs two to three times what most DVD players do!) means that it does not suffer from sonic vibrations as many lesser DVD players do when playing audio CD's. It is a little slower then most DVD players to read, load, and eject discs, but that is really a nit when you consider the higher overall quality of the unit and of the picture and sound it produces. One thing, invest in high quality interconnect cables! The ones shipped with this DVD player are really not up to this unit's performance. Also, if you have other Marantz DVD players, you will find that the remotes will work with this one. I have two DV4001's and three other Marantz DVD players and all the remotes work for all the players. These players can also be controlled via a receiver. Oh, be careful to have the little switch on the back set to "int" if you are using the unit as a stand alone. If you don't set this switch correctly, the remote will not work and no front panel switches will work. This unit has a lot of features so reading the owner's manual is a must! Marantz builds high quality stuff, but it is in no way idiot proof.

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The sound and picture are great.

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Replaced a 10 year old Marantz unit that wouldn't play anything besides commercial DVDs. Easy replacement (kept all the same remote control settings on my universal remote).