Marantz shows off the BD8002 Blu-ray player

Marantz is showing off its new BD8002 Blu-ray player. The company has described the Blu-ray player as “an-ultimate-quality reference standard High Definition source component,” which doesn’t make it sound all that sexy, although completely useful. The player is only available with profile 1.1 (so much for that “ultimate” label) so you can’t get the same experience as you could with a Profile 2.0 player, or BD-Live.

The player is the flagship model for the company and features 1080p HD video, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, HDMI 1.3a, DVD upscaling, and a SD memory card slot.