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Marantz starts rebates on Blu-ray players

Marantz America has announced the launch of a new rebate promotion on two of their Blu-ray players, the $800 BD7004 and the $550 BD5004.

The rebate program will run from November 1st to December 31st for all authorized Marantz dealers.



Adds Kevin Zarow, Marantz marketing and product development VP: "With advanced audio and video reproduction capabilities, Blu-ray players are fast becoming essential for people who want to enjoy the very best in home entertainment. This holiday season, many people will be looking to upgrade their home theaters with state-of-the-art Blu-ray players. Our BD7004 and BD5004 multimedia Blu-ray players already offer one of the industry's best values in true high-performance, high-definition audio and video, and with our $100 rebate offer, they present an unmatched price/performance proposition."

The more expensive model features HDMI 1.3a ports, 36-bit deep color, Anchor Bay VRS Technology video scalers for upconversion, can play CDs, DVDs, SD, SDHC and mini and microSD cards.

Additionally, the player can play DivX and AVCHD files, either on flash drives, or on disc. The player has internal decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 15 Nov 2009 22:05

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• KillerBug

  The PS3 can do everything on the list other than reading the SD cards, and it can do this with a $20 adapter. Why would someone pay $700 for fewer features than a $300 PS3?

  15.11.2009 23:04 #1

• LissenUp

  36 bit deep color or not
  
  Anchor bay VRS tech (whatever the Hell that is) or not
  
  No one will ever notice the difference between one sony, panasonic, etc 200.00 blu ray player and a ridiculously overpriced Marantz, Denon 500-800 dollar player.
  
  Yes, they are great products and their audio equipment is fantastic but Blu ray has reached a point of homeostasis and has just about balanced out quality vs price. A Marantz may last a little bit longer but that ain't worth no 500.00 bucks extra.
  
  Those are just meant to be sold to the stupid people.

  16.11.2009 10:49 #2

• plutonash

  let me grab like 8 or 9 of these..not

  16.11.2009 17:33 #3

• KillerBug

  "Those are just meant to be sold to the stupid people."
  
  Sounds like apple should buy up Marantz and Denon...

  17.11.2009 00:19 #4

• salsa36

  Originally posted by KillerBug: The PS3 can do everything on the list other than reading the SD cards, and it can do this with a $20 adapter. Why would someone pay $700 for fewer features than a $300 PS3?I was going to ask the same question!!!!!WTF

  19.11.2009 11:55 #5