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I purchased this unit (brand new) at a clearance sale. I have not played this unit much, since I am giving it to my parents. (I have only played the unit enough (about 1 hour) to ensure that it functions properly.) For a DVD player, I was quite impressed with music playback. This unit competes very well with CD players in the $200-$300 range: nice detail, warm sound qualities, really nice imaging for vocals. In fact, I have not heard an inexpensive CD player that is superior to this Marantz unit. In terms of video quality, it provides a nice sharp image. I found the colors of the images to be a bit brighter than I experience on my Toshiba unit, which I personally don't prefer. However, since I did not try to adjust this aspect of the Marantz's playback, this might not be a fair criticism. All-in-all, I was quite impressed with the unit.

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Looks, build quality, AV reproduction

Slow loading of DVDs and CDs. No Optical output.

I have had a simlar experience as the first poster, with my DV3100. At first I thought I a couple of bad DVDs, as it is VERY RARE, but on 1 out of every 10 DVDs I throw in, I get some serious pausing and skipping so bad that I have to stop the movie or skip to the next scene. I have then played the same disc though my DVD on my pc as well as those of friends, w/o any problems. I can't help but wonder if this is a SW issue.

That being said, I have found the audio and visual reproduction to be Awsome. When it works (most all the time), it makes my system really shine. It looks great alongside the SR7000 rec. Although slow to load, the CD performance is great as well.

Why does this unit NOT have an optical output? Not a dealbreaker, but this seems very odd to me.

I'l return mine for a replacement, and I'll probably give the DV3100 another shot, but they really should get the QC issue nailed down. It is a smudge for a company with such a good reputation.

Sound, Picture and great build quality

Slow loading and some skipping on CD's

this machine is a great dvd player, good picture
quality and excellent DD and DTS

The only problem i have found is that is skips on some
cd's, but if you want to play cd buy a cd player..

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