Marantz DV 6001

I'm was entirely satisfied with SA8001, SR7002 and DV4001 and recently decided to get the award winning DV6001 because of its image qualities.I purchased it in the US and brought it to Brazil. God, what a mistake! Unfortunately my player is one of...

I'm a faithful fan of Marantz and have been using them for almost 15 years now for my home stereo equipment (-speakers). The Marantz DV6500 Universal Player for years before upgrading to the newer DV 6001 one for the HDMI technology since I purchased...

Equipment used & peripherals: Onkyo TX-SR605 receiver, modified Musical Fidelity X-10D hybrid tube cd clarifier, with two 6922 RCA Bugle Boy vintage vacuum tubes, connected to the front right & left channels of the player before leading to amp, Kef...

1080 uscaling ; Great value for money ; Neatly ackaged ; Great all-rounder

Video subsection not an ideal match for rice comarable screens ; Musical erformance good but not great

1080p upscaling, Great value for money, Neatly packaged, Great all-rounder

Video subsection not an ideal match for price comparable screens, Musical performance good but not great

As a stop-gap DVD player this model does the trick and at a great price. But it's out of its depth as a surrogate for mid-range audio players

1080p upscaling ; CD upsampling ; Good depth of colour and contrast ; Deftly handles most disk formats

Slow disk loading ; Easy to misplace disks on disk tray

Universal compatibility; solid build quality; believable images; all round sound quality

Not everyone will want multi-channel music

Style of hte unit ; Quality of the picture ; Menu ; HDMI handshake with the display was easy to use

Slow loading of the discs

Not enough detail, 1080p upscaling, CD upsampling, Good depth of colour and contrast, Deftly handles most disk formats

to hard to judge, Slow disk loading, Easy to misplace disks on disk tray

The Marantz DV6001 is one of the best DVD players available at this price -- it boasts both CD and DVD upscaling and comes in an attractively slim package to boot.