Marantz Launches Blu-ray Players

Marantz America this week announced the launch of four new Blu-ray Disc
players, all of which feature Profile 2.0.

The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital audio or
digital video disc ever created" according to the company, also boasts 36-bit
Deep Color. It also boasts several features making it of interest to home
theater users, including a Vertical Stretch feature. It will arrive in August
at an MSRP of $5,999.99.

The company's "high-end universal" UD8004, which boasts many of the same
features, arrives in October at an MSRP of $2,199.99. The two other players in
the line, the BD7004 and BD5004, are available now at $799.99 and $549.99,
respectively.

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"UCLAN" wrote in message
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The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital
audio or digital video disc ever created",

Does that include Blu-Ray? After all, they are not digital video
discs (DVD).....

"Stewart" wrote in message
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"UCLAN" wrote in message
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The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital
audio or digital video disc ever created",

Does that include Blu-Ray? After all, they are not digital video
discs (DVD).....


It seems there was a discussion about this a while back. There were
those that believe that blu-ray are not DVD, while others believe that
DVD is a generic term that can be applied to many formats.

Stewart wrote:

The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital
audio or digital video disc ever created",

Does that include Blu-Ray? After all, they are not digital video
discs (DVD).....

Blu-ray discs *are* 12cm digital video discs. They're just not DVDs. DVDs
are 12cm digital video discs, as well.

[Poodles are dogs. Collies are dogs. But, poodles are not collies.]

To be more precise, both Blu-ray and DVDs are optical discs.

L Alpert wrote:

The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital
audio or digital video disc ever created",

Does that include Blu-Ray? After all, they are not digital video
discs (DVD).....

It seems there was a discussion about this a while back. There were
those that believe that blu-ray are not DVD, while others believe that
DVD is a generic term that can be applied to many formats.

BDs and DVDs are both optical discs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc

"UCLAN" wrote in message
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Stewart wrote:

The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital
audio or digital video disc ever created",

Does that include Blu-Ray? After all, they are not digital video
discs (DVD).....

Blu-ray discs *are* 12cm digital video discs. They're just not DVDs.
DVDs
are 12cm digital video discs, as well.

It would seem both are Digital Video Discs that have differing
formats. While a BD is also a DVD, a DVD is not a BD.


[Poodles are dogs. Collies are dogs. But, poodles are not collies.]

To be more precise, both Blu-ray and DVDs are optical discs.

"Stewart" wrote in message
...

"UCLAN" wrote in message
...
Stewart wrote:

The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital
audio or digital video disc ever created",

Does that include Blu-Ray? After all, they are not digital video
discs (DVD).....

Blu-ray discs *are* 12cm digital video discs. They're just not
DVDs. DVDs
are 12cm digital video discs, as well.

It would seem both are Digital Video Discs that have differing
formats. While a BD is also a DVD, a DVD is not a BD.

That sums it up quite nicely.



[Poodles are dogs. Collies are dogs. But, poodles are not collies.]

To be more precise, both Blu-ray and DVDs are optical discs.

"L Alpert" wrote in message
...

"Stewart" wrote in message
...

"UCLAN" wrote in message
...
Stewart wrote:

The "ultimate quality" UD9004, which can play "any 12cm digital audio
or digital video disc ever created",

Does that include Blu-Ray? After all, they are not digital video discs
(DVD).....

Blu-ray discs *are* 12cm digital video discs. They're just not DVDs.
DVDs
are 12cm digital video discs, as well.

It would seem both are Digital Video Discs that have differing formats.
While a BD is also a DVD, a DVD is not a BD.

That sums it up quite nicely.



[Poodles are dogs. Collies are dogs. But, poodles are not collies.]

To be more precise, both Blu-ray and DVDs are optical discs.



Does anyone know if Blu-Ray will be the last generation of optical discs? It
seems lots of companies are interested in flash memory these days. Disney is
including free memory sticks with some of its movie titles. Could this be
the replacement for Blue-Ray?

Stewart wrote:

It would seem both are Digital Video Discs that have differing
formats. While a BD is also a DVD, a DVD is not a BD.

No, both are optical discs offering digital audio and video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc
http://www.mam-a.com/technology/tech...sc_formats.pdf

etc.

L Alpert wrote:

It would seem both are Digital Video Discs that have differing
formats. While a BD is also a DVD, a DVD is not a BD.

That sums it up quite nicely.

Hardly.

Both are optical discs offering digital audio and video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc
http://www.mam-a.com/technology/tech...sc_formats.pdf

etc.