Marantz DV4001 Progressive Scan Dvd Player

by Marantz

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 5.5 x 20.5 inches ; 8.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000LQ41WG
• Item model number: DV4001
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,492 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Marantz Dv4001 Progressive Scan Dvd Player

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marantz DV 4001 review, November 9, 2008

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D. Newell (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marantz DV4001 Progressive Scan Dvd Player (Electronics)

Video - superb! I have only used it on component video @ 480p, on my 65" Mitsubishi HDTV, but it completely blows away any other DVD player I have used. With good source material, it looks practically high def, and the color and shadow detail are awesome - very faithful to the original material. I am sure that when upconverted over HDMI it is even better, but I have not personally tried that yet.

Audio - superb! Every single 'bit' of digital audio comes through perfectly. I thought all digital-out players should sound identical, but now I am not so sure... IMO, Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks are significantly more "immersive" and dialogue is easier to hear at low volume. Keep in mind, though, this unit does not have optical (toslink) audio out, only digital coax. No big deal, but you should know this.

Build quality is awesome - you will not be disappointed here! The brushed aluminum face is very classy and makes a statement that you are serious about home theatre. Another nice feature - no annoying bright blue light on the front to distract your viewing experience! I hate it when that happens! The "power" light only glows red with the unit is in standby mode.

However, there are few "perfect" things in this world, including this wonderful item. My niggles are:

#1: I wish it would remember where you left off if you remove a disc, like several Sony's I have owned. This is a terrific feature, and I cannot understand why all players don't do this.

#2: For some reason mine has the color and tint controls backwards in the picture setup menu. Marantz did offer to repair it under warranty, but I usually leave the picture settings at default anyway, so I can live with it as-is. It must be a bug in the firmware, but Marantz had never heard of this problem on the DV4001, so don't let this discourage you from purchasing this fine machine.

#3: I'd like to have a choice between optical and coax for digital audio.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent DVD player at budget price, April 16, 2009

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H. Wang (Santa Clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marantz DV4001 Progressive Scan Dvd Player (Electronics)

With recent drop of price (sold at $69 at OneCall), I purchased one immediately since Marantz has the reputation of quality products. I am not disappointed, especially due to the price I paid.

The Pros:

1. Excellent build quality. Touch and feel are very good. Many cheap players has flimsy body/remote compared to this one. The player is sturdy, does not shiver when playing discs.

2. 3 year warranty. Rare in current electronics market.

3. remote is large and nice. It even has Repeat button which is very handy when you are playing musics.

4. International support. It has PAL<->NTSC converter so you can play international discs without a problem. The one I got from OneCall is all-region player so I don't even need to do all-region hack myself.

5. Unlike what an earlier reviewer said, this player does have capability to restart from where you stop. It remembers up to positions of 10 discs. Even if you remove the disc, you can still resume it. What you need to do is to press "Play" when disc is being loaded. One minor inconvenience is that for the disc I left in the player, I hope the player can automatically resume it when I restart the play.

All in all, I am quite happy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great value!, July 27, 2008

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W. Bittle "WB" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marantz DV4001 Progressive Scan Dvd Player (Electronics)

I purchased a DV4001 for a second entertainment system because it had the features I wanted and because I expected it to match the quality of my DV4300 I already had. So far, this player has worked great. It does have an HDMI output, but personally, using this with my Panasonic TC-32LX600, I find that the aspect ratios the unit seems to force the TV into don't always match what should be. In my case, using either the component video out or the S-Video offered up a system that works a lot better. But I am told that HDMI has it's quirks, especially if the TV and DVD player are from different manufacturers and of a slightly different generation.
As for picture quailty, this thing is excellent. I toyed with the idea of just buying some unit from a local retailer, but this unit blows all those under $400 DVD players away. Also, the insides are a LOT more robust. For kicks, I opened the unit up to find that it actually has a rather beefy power supply and the circuit boards do not look like something made out of cheap cardboard as found in other, lesser players. When you pick up this DVD player, the first thing you will notice is that it is 2 - 3 times heavier then what you normally find in the discount and department stores. I bought my first Marantz DVD player at a hi-fi shop. They also used these players for music CD players. I can attest to the fact that these DVD players are a definite upgrade from the average CD player. The D/A converters are of very high quality for a unit in this price range. About the only bad thing I could say about this model is that it is slower to initally read a DVD and that it takes it's time to stop and open the transport when you want to remove a disc. Some units will do this in a flash. This unit takes several seconds to compile it's self and finally open up and let you remove the disc. But, this is really a nit. The reason you buy one of these is to watch a DVD or listen to a CD. This unit works great for it's intended purpose and won't break the bank,