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(More customer reviews)I am curious as to some of the reviews for this player. Chris Dobbins made several comments that have no foundation with respect to the quality of this player. the biggest gripe I heard and not one for me is lack of wireless connectivity easily fixed with a netgear WNCE2001, I have used this device to make non wireless devices connect via wireless. its not plug and play it requires a few simple steps to make it work. the other thing that is some what unfair are the comments about the ingredients to make a cake and no mention of how the the cake finally turned out. what I mean in the simplest terms are if you have a great bluray player like the UD5005 and lack luster equipment and cables how do you expect to benefit from the quality your are paying for in the player. side note, I ungraded from a samsung to the marantz , there is no comparison . not to knock the samsung player but you don't realize what you have been missing until you can see and hear the difference. yes the samsung has lots of bells and whistles that the marantz does not, but the marantz is a Bentley and the samsung is a Kia, both admirable automobiles but ultimately we all want to drive the Bentley. Build quality is first rate , solid metal construction with a 3 year warranty lets you know much the company backs all that quality. A whisper quiet drive system could not even tell it was on. after watching some clips from recent blurays like TRON and Avatar on my 7.1 surround system ( a 65 inch Panasonic TH-65VX00U , Main sound is provided by a pair of Polk LSI 9's powered by a Nikko alpha 230 the rest of the 7.1 one setup is powered by a B&K AV5000 power amp running center sides and rears ) on both the samsung BDC6500 and the Marantz UD5005 the differences are staggering, and let me preface this by saying I loved my samsung , but sorry samsung we are getting divorced . The UD5005 has the most incredible picture and sound quality, truly black black levels and crisp sound reproduction. the opening scenes from Avatar after the shuttle leaves the main ship in orbit and heads to planet surface , as the shuttle lands you can hear the lightweight helicopter gunships they can be heard clearly but are lost on the samsung , its all in the details, and the detail on the UD5005 is what will set it apart and why its worth the extra money . picture detail and sound are spectacular but this is just my opinion remember . bottom line is all about keeping your system proportionate , there is no point in buying this player and watching it on a $600 TV and hooking it up with cheap radio shack cables. getting the best sound out of your player means having good audio and video equipment and every thing from the disc in the player to sound coming out of the speakers needs to be as good as is possible. what you are paying for in the UD5005 is all about fidelity , not bells and whistles after all its ultimately a way to reproduce your favorite movies on bluray not watch youtube and stream poor quality movies from netflix , don't judge it on what it does not do, judge it on what it does well, playback of bluray movies the way that they should be, with crystal clear picture and awesome sound reproduction
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