Sony BDP-S350 & BDP-S550

[TheMoose]

Originally Posted by kennyt

Moose,

If you send bitstream to your receiver, IT does all the decoding, so once again, why would you spend the extra cash for analog outs that your Denon would then convert back to digital and then again back to analog?????

With what you have you only need bitstream out, everything else is superfluous.

Is there ever a reason on to have the player decode it or will it always be better to send it bitstream & let the Denon decode it?

[kennyt]

I would only use the player to decode the new codecs IF your pre/pro or receiver didn't accept bitstream or MCPCM, that way all processing can be done in the digital domain and you can bypass an A/D and D/A processing.

[rolexdaytona]

What about the BDP-2000ES? Has anyone used this player? I'm looking for a dedicated blu-ray/dvd player.

[TheMoose]

Originally Posted by rolexdaytona

What about the BDP-2000ES? Has anyone used this player? I'm looking for a dedicated blu-ray/dvd player.

I auditioned one & it's nice, audio & video was much better than my PS3 but it had no Ethernet port so it was a no go for me.

[wes]

Originally Posted by rolexdaytona

What about the BDP-2000ES? Has anyone used this player? I'm looking for a dedicated blu-ray/dvd player.

Yes it's not worth the price.

I would wait for Sony BDP-S550 Blu-Ray Player 7.1 channel its half the price

Features:
* 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output
* HDMi 1.3
* 7.1 channel Dolby® TrueHD & DD Plus decoding bit-stream output
* DTS®-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio bit-stream
* x.v.Color™ (xvYCC) technology
* Bearing support for AVCHD discs
* Compatible with BD-R/RE (BDMV and BDAV modes), DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW
(Video Mode), CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format), and JPEG on DVD/CD recordable
* USB port for connecting external storage and "BonusView"
picture-in-picture capability
* 1GB storage device (flash-based Micro Vault)
* Bonus View or BD-Live (also called Profile 2.0) with Ethernet
* DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD MA decoding 7.1 channel analog
audio output.* Compatible with most standard DVDs
* 1080p upscaling through an HDMI connection
* Support for AVCHD discs

“The models offer 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus decoding and bit-stream output, as well as dts-HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output. The BDP-S550 adds dts-HD High Resolution Audio and dts-HD Master Audio decoding as well as 7.1 channel analog audio output.”

or the Panasonic BDP50 all same feature except 5.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA analog

[kal]

Originally Posted by kennyt

Moose,

You know where I stand on this one, in my tests every player out is better than the PS3 for video and audio....

Do you have any links to your tests Ken? Assuming that no digital processing (mosquito noise, gamma curve adjustment, etc.) is done, I'm a bit confused as to how one players can look or sound any different in Blu-ray playback if all they're used for is a digital transport to output video over HDMI and audio via bitstream (ie: video taken directly off disc at 1080p/24 and no internal decoding of audio).

Or maybe you're not talking about Blu-ray playback but DVD upscaling? Or about bad edits/poorly flagged discs?

Kal