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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | A computer magazine i order gave Sony BDP-S350 5stars, and it was the best player in their test. I'm going to buy that one myself when i get the money. |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 405 |
| | Posted: | | | | CNet only gave the Sony BDP-S350 3 stars since it doesn't decode DTS-MA!!! | | | | My Collection!!! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Calidain: Quote:
CNet only gave the Sony BDP-S350 3 stars since it doesn't decode DTS-MA!!! What it would require from other hardware for that to make a diffrence? |
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| Registered: May 22, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,033 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have the Panasonic DMP-BD 55 (I got it for Christmas, my brother did the picking out, he's pretty good with that stuff). I'm very happy with it.
I haven't used the bd live yet but I had an 8 gig sd card lying around that I put in it for that purpose. I may eventually pick up one of the 16 gigs. You can get the 8 gigs for about $16 and the 16 gigs for about $32 (USD)
-Agrare |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks again for the help. My Sony receiver was a open box special and I paid like $80 for it 5+years ago. It was a store model.
I will look at 8+gb SDHC cards then. |
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| Registered: May 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,033 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | Last edited: by Agrare |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | Meritline is my blank media headquarters. Newegg is where I buy hardware but small stuff like a memory card they stick it to you with shipping.
I order 6 case fans for like $6 each and then paid $5 shipping for each even through they were in the same box. So I buy small stuff else where since that.
Amazon by the way shipped my Blu-Ray player tonight!! I am so excited now I need a Blu-Ray movie. I got to wait til next month to buy one. |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 405 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting whispering: Quote:
Quoting Calidain:
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CNet only gave the Sony BDP-S350 3 stars since it doesn't decode DTS-MA!!!
What it would require from other hardware for that to make a diffrence? Possibly only need a firmware update, but I am not sure how Panasonic handles those!!! | | | | My Collection!!! |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,014 |
| | Posted: | | | | CNET says: "The DMP-BD60 has onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential." |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting dee1959jay: Quote:
CNET says: "The DMP-BD60 has onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential." I should be OK then right? If I choose to down the road to replace my receiver look for one that does Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD right? |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,014 |
| | Posted: | | | | The Panasonic has an optical digital output. If your receiver can use that signal you should be fine (for 5.1).
Modern AV receivers practically always do Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD nowadays, so that shouldn't be of much concern once you're ready to replace your old one. |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks again for all that helped me decide on a player. I just got my Panasonic BD-60 and it was pretty easy to setup. I hooked up a 25 foot Ethernet cable to ir and updated the firmware flawless.
The hardest part was typing in my ID and password to access picsa and youtube. All I need now is a blu-ray disc but, normal DVD's look awesome. I don't have a link to Amazon onn demand yet which it said was coming to Viera cast in May.
So far I love it. I will see next month when I buy Band of Brothers. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,014 |
| | Posted: | | | | Congratulations on your purchase, Randall! Hope you'll thoroughly enjoy it!  |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | Viera Cast is kind of fun for 5 mins but pretty useless. It would be awesome if they can work a deal with Hulu.com |
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