The percentage of sales people that recommend Samsung HDTVs.
Salespeople are also becoming less likely to recommend LCD sets over plasma sets, which goes against the industry trend.
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Same as the Denon? Yes and No! When Marantz was originally aquired by D&M, they kept development of the respective lines completely separate. I am even told that engineers from the rival companies would sneer at each other when passing in the halls! Well, things are changing, and D&M is looking to eliminate some of the redundancies in having 2 companies under the same house.
The first products to be developed jointly were the BD7003/DVD1800 and the BD8002/DVD3800BTci. These are the same units, rebadged for either Denon or Marantz (with the BD7003 having slightly better d/a converters, otherwise identical). This will continue with the new BD players going forward.
Do not assume that they are EXACTLY the same, however. Marantz is typically more concerned with audio reproduction than Denon. Marantz may choose to use the same reference design, and substitute better components to make it sound better...no telling until the final product is released, but since this is what they did with the BD7003, it would not surprise me.