• Marantz UD9004
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  • Marantz UD9004, with cabinet removed
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  • Marantz UD9004 remote
  • Marantz BD7004
  • Marantz BD7004 front panel
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Marantz Blu-ray players: from $6,000 to $550--photos

Marantz UD9004

Here at CNET, we've taken a skeptical eye toward the high-end market for Blu-ray players. When videophile experts like Criterion Collection and Joe Kane extol the image quality of the PlayStation 3, it's hard to see why anybody would spend more than $1,000 on a player. That being said, there's still a market for high-end Blu-ray players, and that's who Marantz's latest line of Blu-ray players is aimed at, with prices from $6,000 to $500.
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Marantz UD9004 front panel

To be fair, the $6,000 Marantz UD9004 is loaded with features. It's a true universal player (Blu-ray, DVD, CD, SACD, DVD-Audio) and it takes AV fidelity so seriously it offer up two HDMI outputs (one for audio, one for video) to further reduce the chance of either signal becoming degraded in any way.
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Marantz UD9004 back panel

Other high-end touches include stereo XLR outputs, a RS-232, and Silicon Optix's REALTA HQV processor to handle video chores. Of course, the $500 Oppo BDP-83 is also a universal player and has been getting rave reviews from home theater enthusiasts (ours to come soon). Whether the UD9004 is worth the extra $5,500 is your call.
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Marantz UD9004, with cabinet removed

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Marantz UD9004 internal components

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Marantz UD9004 remote

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Marantz BD7004

The step-down players are more reasonably priced, with the BD7004 coming in at $800 and the BD5004 coming in at $550.
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Marantz BD7004 front panel

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Marantz BD7004 back panel

While the spec sheets hit all the major features we look for, we still find it surprising that premium Blu-ray players (like the Onkyo DV-BD507 earlier this week) are shying away from offering streaming internet content, like Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, on their Blu-ray players.
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Marantz BD7004 remote

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Marantz BD5004

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Marantz BD5004 front panel

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Marantz BD5004 back panel

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