Marantz Introduces Its First D-VHS VCR.Business Editors ITASCA I·tas·ca A lake of northwest Minnesota. It was identified in 1832 as the source of the Mississippi River. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003 Marantz America, a leading manufacturer of specialty home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. products, recently announced the introduction of its MV8300 D-VHS/S-VHS D-Theater VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. . The multi-format deck offers home theater enthusiasts the ability to record and play back true high-definition HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates images in full digital video quality, along with conventional VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. , Super VHS and Super VHS ET playback. Kevin Zarow, Marantz Director of Marketing noted: "As the industry moves toward digital TV and HDTV-based home entertainment systems, there's more of a need than ever before for video recorders with high-definition digital recording capability. The Marantz MV8300 is an easy to use add-on component that provides this capability to consumers, and as an added benefit, it is backward-compatible with a customer's existing videotape library." The Ultimate in High-Definition VCR Recording and Playback The D-VHS (Data-VHS) A VHS videocassette recorder that is able to store digital data such as MPEG-2 from a digital satellite system (DSS) or digital cable. D-VHS decks support both standard (SDTV) and high definition (HDTV) formats and also record and play regular analog VHS tapes. See DVCR. system used in the Marantz MV8300 records and plays back HD and SD digital broadcasts onto D-VHS cassettes in full digital quality, capturing digital signals via its IEEE-1394 connection and playing back digital program material with no image loss. The MV8300 also provides Super VHS, Super VHS ET and standard VHS recording and playback. In addition to bit-for-bit-accurate HDTV recording, the MV8300 also provides a selection of compressed-recording modes, for extended HDTV playback time from a single D-VHS cassette. The deck includes advanced video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. circuitry to assure superior image quality from all analog and digital formats. The MV8300 includes a full complement of digital and analog connections, to facilitate use with any home entertainment system. The deck also offers a wealth of advanced performance and convenience features, such as video navigation that encodes tapes by category, recording date and an ID number, which makes locating and organizing tapes easy. The MV8300 also offers VCR Plus+ programming capability, front panel A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and inputs, a remote with jog/shuttle capability and many additional useful features. The Marantz MV8300 D-VHS/S-VHS D-Theater VCR carries a suggested retail price of $1,599 and will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2003. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2003, Marantz America is committed to upholding the tradition of technological superiority initiated by founder Saul Marantz. In keeping with this emphasis on quality, Marantz audio and video components are carried only by the nation's premier independent audio/video specialty retailers. |
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