So those with pre-orders what delivery date are you expecting.
Amazon say 1st April
Currys say 7th April
Superfi say 12th April
Sevenoaks say 12th April
Lee
Well considering TPS are sourcing their mod kits from hereOrdered from TPS, they said they hope to receive stock late March/early April.
Then they've got to mod it.
I'm off work from 7th till after Easter, so be nice to get it at some point then, if not before.
Well considering TPS are sourcing their mod kits from here
Blu-Ray & DVD Multiregion - Multiregionmagic The Home Of Multi Region UHD 4K, Blu-Ray & DVD
It's a question who gets the job done first and who is first with stock.
Messaged tps twice now regarding Panasonic MR and had diddly squat reply
The Panasonics are only region free for dvd arent they and not blu-ray.
The Panasonics are only region free for dvd arent they and not blu-ray. Not that's much to do with the Sony player. [emoji16]
Same, it seems they're ignoring all queries about the matter. It appears as if hardware mods aren't frowned upon, nor is the handset hack for MR DVD, but the magic hacked firmware for MR BD (which applies to most/all of their Uniphier models, so basically the best ones ) is a no-no.Messaged tps twice now regarding Panasonic MR and had diddly squat reply
It appears as if the UHDs of Despicable Me 1 & 2 will be the first Dolby Vision discs from Universal: Blu-ray Forum - View Single Post - List of UHDs with Dolby VisionPlayers don't need to support Atmos/DTS-X as such. They pass as bitstream signals over HDMI as standard. I wouldn't worry about that.
Universal, Warner and Lionsgate have committed to Dolby Vision UHD disc releases this year, though there's still no timetable as to when the first discs will arrive. Recent news that DV can be added to any device as a software solution does increase chances of its support growing in future. Hopefully it will be added to the Sony, especially since their flagship televisions will support it this year (...yet Sony pictures was not one of the studios to announce DV support for UHD Blu-ray. One day all divisions within the company will align).
I heard from a source that they fell out with the guys who did the firmware.
It appears as if the UHDs of Despicable Me 1 & 2 will be the first Dolby Vision discs from Universal: Blu-ray Forum - View Single Post - List of UHDs with Dolby Vision
There's always the LG player. Personally I think the Sony is using the MediaTek SoC so a DV upgrade is technically possible, the problem is whether Sony want to do it, given this ridiculous discord that exists between their various departments.News of DV enabled discs arriving sooner than I expected does make me think twice about the Sony somewhat, especially having picked up an LG E6 last week which I am delighted with. Knowing it is limited (compared to contemporary LED panels) when it comes to peak brightness and not spectacular when ti comes to tone mapping may render Dolby Vision titles beneficial, but I'm uneasy about the Oppo and it seemingly being so sensitive with disc playback.
There's always the LG player. Personally I think the Sony is using the MediaTek SoC so a DV upgrade is technically possible, the problem is whether Sony want to do it, given this ridiculous discord that exists between their various departments.
It's been an absolute pleasure to have had that on the Panasonic 900. There have been teething troubles for sure, like the Atmos/TrueHD dropouts at the start and the more recent lip sync drift on certain discs, but in the main it just works! OPPO's is a custom machine in many aspects so they've got to keep on plugging away until such time as they've stopped up the dam.Yes, it's certainly been in the back of my mind that the Sony could do DV, but history tells me it's not a company with which to expect consistency between all their departments. Their top end TVs will support it, their player won't and Sony Pictures having not pledged support for DV on disc is all just so very.... Sony. I'm still puzzled as to what even prompted them to adopt it for their top end TVs.
The LG player is not an option for me as I really wan't to be covered for multi-region playback for DVD and Blu-ray and have no desire to have a BD player alongside a separate machine just for UHDs. I'm genuinely surprised at the issues the Oppo has, and that people are still seeing freezes after three months. I have faith Oppo will address things, but there's still that sense of frustration of handing over £650, buying the MR mod for another £60, and wondering whether what you're about to sit down, relax and watch is going to playback without a hitch or not.
That's more in line with what PC World stated, when I pre-ordered.Amazon have revised the release date from the 1st April to 7th April.
Lee
Well considering TPS are sourcing their mod kits from here
Blu-Ray & DVD Multiregion - Multiregionmagic The Home Of Multi Region UHD 4K, Blu-Ray & DVD
It's a question who gets the job done first and who is first with stock.
I was told by TPS it is the icos mod, and my current sony blu-ray player updates firmware fine, and is still multi-region, does default to region A/1 quite a bit, but not a big problem to change back.
Yes, my current player is originally region A. Though i hope to get a region B X800.
When player is of, press 1 on remote then power on, player wakes up region 1/A, press 2 for B etc.