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Panny 30 or Sony 300?
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Post 1 made on Tuesday February 12, 2008 at 00:25
6month
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can't decide on a blu-ray player. Which one will go with:
SONY 60'' XBR2
ROTEL RSP-1068

Which one would you buy & why?
June
"If you fail to plan, You plan to fail"
Post 2 made on Tuesday February 12, 2008 at 10:23
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i've only had experience with the PS3 and love it as a BD player. i can vouch it decodes the new sound codecs on board and passes them via PCM, which is a VERY good thing.
Post 3 made on Wednesday February 13, 2008 at 23:19
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the PS3 does not decode DTS-HD MA. There are rumours that it will be added, but it does not do it yet.
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Post 4 made on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 09:42
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On February 13, 2008 at 23:19, Anthony said...
the PS3 does not decode DTS-HD MA. There are rumours that
it will be added, but it does not do it yet.

hmmm. my reciever shows as DTS when i set the discs audio set up to DTS-HD MA, i suppose it must be coming in as regular DTS. oh well, it sounds as good as lossless pcm... which is AWESOME.
Post 5 made on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 10:40
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Hmmm....now back to the point of the thread:

I have the BR30 Panasonic and love it but, remember, it won't decode advanced audio internally. My Onkyo 805 receiver handles the audio so it's not a problem for me but if you need internal decoding forget the BR30.

As for glitches? I've experienced none at all. It's played everything I've thrown at it without a flaw and the video is as good as it gets on my Sony 60A3000 RP.

Be aware that my A20 HD DVD player does a better job of upscaling standard DVDs and it's a noticable difference.

arkiedan
Post 6 made on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 14:45
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On February 14, 2008 at 10:40, Photodan said...
Hmmm....now back to the point of the thread:

My Onkyo 805 receiver
handles the audio so it's not a problem for me

Be aware that my A20 HD DVD player does a better job of
upscaling standard DVDs and it's a noticable difference.

hmmmm. lets try and keep it topic, skipper.... thanks. ;-)
OP | Post 7 made on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 21:54
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thanks all,

i got the panny 30 for now. circuit city will give me 30 days to return / exchange it. so far i did a a/b test with my oppo 981 & die hard 4 (region 3) vs. the panny 30 & live free or die hard. the panny 30 won the test. the picture & sound was awesome.
btw, die hard 4 is the overseas title. also both disc was dts.
June
"If you fail to plan, You plan to fail"
Post 8 made on Sunday February 24, 2008 at 20:43
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Panny 30 for b) play seems to have the least issues. I have had one since Nov and it has served well. FW 1.5 to address the LFE bug on UPCM tracks via bitstreamed is suppose to be released tomorrow. Keep in mind there is no forced 24p option, so if EID is off in the display, 24p will not be had.
Mark
Sony XBR5 / Pioneer Elite VSX-94THX / Panasonic DMP-BD30 / Toshiba HD-35A / Pioneer Elite DV-48AV / SqueezeBox 3 / SA 8300HD / all with a Pronto TSU7000
Post 9 made on Tuesday March 18, 2008 at 16:01
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The sony 300 if it has hdmi will at least talkk to the tv and control inputs etc when you hit play on the 300. Late answer I know but I am board... LOL
Post 10 made on Thursday April 3, 2008 at 02:07
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I've had both - first the Sony, now the Panny. I returned the Sony after having a bunch of issues playing particular discs, despite about 3 firmware updates in about 2 weeks of ownership. And, it's slower than molasses. The Panny has no problems with any of my discs and loads MUCH faster. Panny = better machine at this point, IMHO.
Post 11 made on Thursday April 3, 2008 at 17:42
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Had the Sony, but returned it. Reasons: S L O W!, mediocre SD upscaling, cost and limited availability of blu-ray media. Oppo is fine for now.
That said, I'm looking at the Panny!
Bruce
Post 12 made on Tuesday April 15, 2008 at 21:01
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I only installed one of the panny's. I do not recall if it had discrete on/off...
Post 13 made on Tuesday May 20, 2008 at 23:14
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discreet for the panny is play=on,,, play+power=off
Post 14 made on Friday May 23, 2008 at 11:46
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I got discrete codes for my Panny 30 to work on my Pronto.

I also love the Panny and it has worked flawlessly.
Post 15 made on Wednesday July 9, 2008 at 13:43
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We have the Sony BDP-S300 and we've recently loaded 3.95 firmware that Sony sent to us free in just 2 days. Before our purchase, we looked at the Panasonic, Phillips and Sharp players, but then decided on the 300.

I have nothing bad to say about it, in fact, I'm very happy with the player. It plays Blu-ray disks and standard DVD's very well, while I expected the Blu-ray format to look good, which it does, I was surprised by how well it upconverts standard discs as well. All video, regardless of the format looks really good.

Audio-wise, I have the BP audio set at PCM over HDMI to our Harmon/Kardon AVR receiver, which is set on Dolby Digital (5.1) and it sounds absolutely awesome. Crystal clear and the dynamic range is quite impressive.

I've heard about the long disc loading times, but the v. 3.95 cuts down on that and to me, I don't really notice it anyway. Turn on the power, it then powers on for maybe 30 seconds, but it's ready by the time you have the disc ready and then another 30 seconds or so to load the data and you can play it. I don't see that as any big deal. I couldn't imagine buying another player because it may load 10 seconds faster as I couldn't care less about that.

As far as performance goes, I'm happy that we chose the Sony player and I can easily recommend it.
Lee Simmons
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