[djkay1982]

think the time has come to get rid of my EP30 HD player and go blue ray

need a blu ray player that has its own HD audio decoding in as my sony amp doesn't decode but can take lpcm

can anyone recommend one? reasonably cheap as well

wouldn't mind a sony one as my amp and SD DVD player are sony, so my sony amp remote would work the BD player

cheers

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by djkay1982

think the time has come to get rid of my ep30 hd player and go blue ray

need a blu ray player that has its own hd audio decoding in as my sony amp doesn't decode but can take lpcm

can anyone recommend one? Reasonably cheap as well

:

Panasonic BD35?

[alpha10]

Originally Posted by djkay1982

wouldn't mind a sony one as my amp and SD DVD player are sony, so my sony amp remote would work the BD player

cheers

The Sony BDP-S350/550 get good reviews around here, and can be picked up pretty cheaply

[djkay1982]

thanks guys

do you know if any of them do the decoding of the audio for HD sound?

had a quick scan at the spec sheets for them but cant seem to find anything (although i dont really know what im looking for)

[alpha10]

Originally Posted by djkay1982

thanks guys

do you know if any of them do the decoding of the audio for HD sound?

had a quick scan at the spec sheets for them but cant seem to find anything (although i dont really know what im looking for)

Pretty sure the Sony 350 can decode all but DTS-HD-Master Audio and the 550 can do all formats...


http://www.sony.co.uk/product/blu-ra...TechnicalSpecs

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by djkay1982

thanks guys

do you know if any of them do the decoding of the audio for HD sound?

had a quick scan at the spec sheets for them but cant seem to find anything (although i dont really know what im looking for)

BD35/550 have full onboard decoding your HDMI right?

[djkay1982]

yep using HDMI

hmmmm so its sounding like the BD35 is the better choice over the sony, since that cannot do DTS (not that i even know what that is! lol)

i dont actually know what needs decoding, just know something must be decoded before it gets to my AMP lol

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by djkay1982

yep using HDMI

hmmmm so its sounding like the BD35 is the better choice over the sony, since that cannot do DTS (not that i even know what that is! lol)

i dont actually know what needs decoding, just know something must be decoded before it gets to my AMP lol

Will internally decode TrueHD/DTS-MA to PCM and then send over HDMI to your amp.

[djkay1982]

cheers bud, the BD35 it is then!!

[Scott_Mac]

Yup BD35 is the one you want...

Amazon were the cheapest last time i looked too:

Panasonic DMP-BD35EB-K Profile 2 Blu-ray Disc Player: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Cracking player too, my personal fave of the budget ones.

[djkay1982]

yeah thats where i found it to be cheapest as well, hopefully the bird should have ordered me it today!