Marantz UD5007 Blu-Ray Player

Marantz UD5007 Blu-Ray player

The Marantz UD5007 is a networking universal disc player with extraordinary flexibility to play both video and audio content from various discs and also via a digital stream from your home network using internet video on demand services.

The UD 5007 offers the legendary Marantz audio quality plus unique video performance - it also has a state-of-the-art feature set and stylish looks. The UD5007 replaces last years model, the UD5005.

The Marantz UD5007 in combination with the SR5008 have complimentary styling and features, making them the perfect home cinema pairing. It is a powerful, versatile and beautiful solution for all home theatre and music listening needs - however UD5007 can also be combined with other Marantz home cinema receivers, such as NR1504, NR1604 and SR6008.

One of the key features of the UD5007 is the legendary Marantz sound quality that is achieved, thanks mainly to the high quality analogue output stages, whisper quiet disc mechanism and it's resistance to vibration. The player has a high quality analogue stereo output as well and an HDMI output, with high quality gold RCA sockets on a wider pitch than the previous model which increases channel separation and therefore sound quality.

When listening to music or watching quiet scenes from a movie, you don't want to heard any annoying sounds from your blu-ray player, UD5007 is a very silent player as there is no fan inside which is usually a major source of noise. Also the mechanism is whisper quiet. External vibrations can often disturb the proper reading of a disc, the UD5007 has a fully shielded mechanism which heavily suppresses, resulting in an error-less video and sound stream.

The UD5007 is a universal disc and network player, meaning that it can play back any type of content - it can play any type of disc, and also content from a USB stick or network files, and also several video on demand services are integrated, such as You Tube and Netflix. Disc types handled include ordinary CD's with audio, photo or video files, DVD, standard Blu-ray and 3D Bluray, Super Audio CD and DVD Audio discs are all supported.

Audio, video and photo files can be streamed from a DLNA network server or USB stick, even high resolution files like FLAC and WAV up to 24 bit and 192kHz resolution can be played back in this way. Whilst You Tube was already integrated in the previous model, Netflix has now been added also - Netflix contains a large database of popular movies an TV series - to use the service a membership is needed, costing just a few pounds per month.

The UD5007 has improved ease of use in three ways:-

• response of the player to commands is quicker - power on time is much faster, and disc loading time is significantly improved
• smartphone App control is possible via the matching Marantz receiver - just connect the receiver to your home network, and the receiver to the UD5007 via HDMI, any iOS device can control the player - the app will also be made available for Android phones shortly (note HDMI CEC should be set to 'ON' on both player and receiver
• You Tube user interface is much improved, making browsing and selection of content much faster

Marantz is at the forefront of reducing unnecessary energy consumption, this player has an auto-power off circuit and low standby current, recognisable by the new green eco logo on the packaging. An HDMI cable is now included in the carton, again for ease of setup.