Flexibility. Affordability. Capability. Accessibility. Does that about cover your needs for a Blu-ray/DVD/CD player? Well, let’s add a front panel slot for SD/SDHC memory cards. Interested now? You bet you are! More than just a disc player, the Marantz BD5004 is a full-tilt media player. It’s the one component that answers your source needs with typical Marantz élan. And typical Marantz performance.
Sophisticated new aluminum/reinforced resin front panel with Center Mount Drawer
Profile 2.0 for BD-Live, Bonus View support
HDMI 1.3a supporting 36bit Deep color and HD Audio bit stream outputs
1920 x 1080 resolution with 24FPS output capability
Supporting 480i resolution output from HDMI
Stereo Analog output, featuring Elna Capacitors
Pure Direct Audio Playback as "Audio Ex"(exclusive) mode
SD/SDHC Card reader for WMA, MP3, JPEG files (also compatible miniSD or microSD with adapter)
Playback DivX HD files in Disc
Playback AVCHD files in Disc / SD card
Discrete Commands
IR Flasher Input/Output
Firmware update available via Ethernet (Internet) Connection
Detachable Power Cord
Available Option Rack Mount Kit RMK7504BD
The Marantz BD5004 blu ray player brings the unique cosmetic look of today’s Marantz to your system. The contoured front panel features both aluminum and reinforced resin for a smooth, distinguished appearance that’s appropriate in any décor. And the panel’s construction helps resist the destructive effects of unwanted vibration, too. Custom-engineered feet add a further barrier to vibration as well as a nicely finished look.
The disc tray sits at the center of the chassis so it’s protected on all sides from external influences. You’ll appreciate its smooth action and gentle disc handling.
And you’ll be surprised at the variety of discs the BD5004 plays. Of course, you’ll have complete access to any BD-Live content as soon as you connect this player to the net. That’s because the BD5004 conforms to Blu-ray’s advanced Profile 2.0 specification and has the increased memory needed to make your viewing experience everything it can be.
Specifically, the BD5004 accepts Blu-ray discs (both commercial releases and recordable), DVDs (movies and DVD-R/RWs), as well as standard and recordable CDs. And don’t forget the SD and SDHC cards as well as their mini-and microSD cousins. As does the more costly BD7004, this player also handles disc-based DivX files in addition to AVCHD (high definition video format for Camcorder) contained on discs or solid-state memory devices. The BD5004 also plays WMA, MP3, and JPEG files from either discs or SD cards.
Getting all this entertainment to your screen and your speakers is easy.
An HDMI v1.3a output brings high definition video and audio to your choice of other system components. That means you’ll be able to enjoy Deep Color video as well as the most advanced Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks.
Analog video connections include composite and component video, both fed from a 148.5MHz/12bit video digital-to-analog converter. An embedded video DSP engine tailors the signal for optimum reproduction. The BD5004 produces stunning 1920 x 1080 resolution at 24 frames per second for movie reproduction that rivals the best first-run theaters.
A 192 kHz/24-bit audio converter feeds high definition signals to the finely crafted stereo analog audio circuits. Typically Marantz, these circuits benefit from carefully chosen ELNA capacitors and other high quality parts that ensure absolutely top-shelf listening. And the remarkable 115 dB signal-to-noise specification results from careful attention to signal path routing on the circuit boards as well as meticulous grounding. Marantz’s Pure Direct signal path option offers total freedom from potential interference from video and control circuits for absolute clarity.
The IR flasher input and output add system-wide control capability while an Ethernet port means you can update the BD5004’s firmware to take full advantage of future developments.
Of course, a full-function remote control is standard.
Superb performance. Convenience. Affordability. All these are the traditional Marantz hallmarks. And the BD5004 offers them all. It’s eminently approachable, easily-understood, and singularly enjoyable. With Marantz, you should expect no less.
Saul Marantz founded the company that bore his name in the early 1950s to build high fidelity components. Working with such audio engineers as Sidney Smith and Richard Sequerra, Marantz constructed a series of vacuum-tube components that became yardsticks for the hi-fi industry. With the advent of transistor technology in the early 1960s, Marantz and his associates developed the landmark Model 18 receiver, the first example of a receiver combined with a preamplifier, power amplifier and tuner in one box. In 1964, he sold the company to Superscope, but remained with Marantz as president until 1968.
To continue the story, it is necessary to back track a bit, as it relates to Marantz' acquisition by Superscope. The Standard Radio Corporation was established in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan in 1953 manufacturing portable radios. In 1959 the company started manufacturing tape recorders. A new factory was built in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan in 1959 and this became the company's headquarters. In 1962 the company started manufacturing phonographs. With the acquisition of Marantz by Superscope in 1964, manufacturing of Marantz components gradually shifted to Japan, but design engineering remained in America for the time being.
In 1971, Standard Radio Corporation received third-party capitalization from Superscope of the U.S.A. In March of 1975, SRC changed its name to Marantz Japan, Inc. Superscope of the U.S.A. sold its shares of Marantz Japan to Philips of the Netherlands in 1980. Marantz manufactured its first Compact Disc player starting in 1982. Much if the Philips European design engineering made its way into the Marantz line of products, and the Marantz compact disc was one of the first proofs of this. Numerous improvements were made to the Sagamihara factory in the late 1980s. The magnificent PM-94 and PM-84 were manufactured at this time. These were a distinct break with the Philips-influenced integrated amplifiers of the mid-1980s, and a successful attempt at recapturing the legendary design and engineering that Marantz had become famous for.
In the late 1990s, Marantz reissued the legendary Model 7, 8 and 9 tube components and these were eagerly scooped up by audiophile collectors. These components were, in fact, engineered and manufactured by hand by the Valve Amplification Company of Durham, North Carolina. ( VAC is now located in Florida).
Then, in May of 2001, Marantz Japan, Inc. acquired the Marantz brand and its business in Europe and the USA from Philips. The company established Marantz divisions in the Netherlands, Germany, France and England. Marantz America, Inc. was organized in Los Angeles; the American division of Marantz had been headquartered in California for years. However, the offices were later moved to Itasca, Illinois. In 2002, Marantz merged with Denon and established a joint holding company, D & M Holdings, Inc. The Marantz and Denon product lines will remain separate and distinct.
