Thursday, February 21, 2008
Member since:
December 2007
December 2007
It is going to be hard to get into blu-ray considering the still-existing problems. I am so waiting on a good deal on that LG BH200 player. Because it is built as a working player.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
StevePro and others...
I posted news recently [surprised NOBODY commented afterwards] that the popular brand OPPO DIGITAL is going to produce Blu-ray players. They are well-known for providing outstanding quality at lower prices. You can bet they know their market, and will NOT be releasing players at the higher price points we currently see from some of the other Blu-ray brands.
Also, keep an eye on the forthcoming (May) Panasonic BD50 player and the summer debut of Sony's SAPPHIRE players - both are full Profile 2.0 - as I'm thinking they will run between $400 to $700 (depending on specs and design), which is affordable to most of us - considering how many here can also afford hi-def discs priced between $15 to $30.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
I posted news recently [surprised NOBODY commented afterwards] that the popular brand OPPO DIGITAL is going to produce Blu-ray players. They are well-known for providing outstanding quality at lower prices. You can bet they know their market, and will NOT be releasing players at the higher price points we currently see from some of the other Blu-ray brands.
Also, keep an eye on the forthcoming (May) Panasonic BD50 player and the summer debut of Sony's SAPPHIRE players - both are full Profile 2.0 - as I'm thinking they will run between $400 to $700 (depending on specs and design), which is affordable to most of us - considering how many here can also afford hi-def discs priced between $15 to $30.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Member since:
February 2008
February 2008
There is an update on both Sapphire codenamed upcoming Sony Blu-ray players.
The one that was Sapphire 3 is actually m/n BDP-S350 and it will be released the first week of July for $349.99. It will be a BD Live player (profile 2.0) and will be able to bitstream both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA to receivers that are capable of decoding them.
The one that was Sapphire 4 is actually m/n BDP-S550 and it will be released the first week of August for $449.99. It will also be a BD Live player and it will be able to internally decode all of the hi-def audio codecs.
They're both 1080p/24p capable as well. Expect the load times on these players to be infinitely better then both currently available Sony players the S300 and S500. Also, for those that are SACD enthusiasts there is a bit of bad news as none of these players will support SACD's.
The one that was Sapphire 3 is actually m/n BDP-S350 and it will be released the first week of July for $349.99. It will be a BD Live player (profile 2.0) and will be able to bitstream both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA to receivers that are capable of decoding them.
The one that was Sapphire 4 is actually m/n BDP-S550 and it will be released the first week of August for $449.99. It will also be a BD Live player and it will be able to internally decode all of the hi-def audio codecs.
They're both 1080p/24p capable as well. Expect the load times on these players to be infinitely better then both currently available Sony players the S300 and S500. Also, for those that are SACD enthusiasts there is a bit of bad news as none of these players will support SACD's.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
Jimi,
Thanks for the news about the Oppo. That very well could be a possibility, if it has analogue outputs. I noticed thet the Oppo DV980H has 7.1 analogue. I wonder do you handle that if you have a 5.1 receiver, assuming that the new OppoBD is the same. Steve
Thanks for the news about the Oppo. That very well could be a possibility, if it has analogue outputs. I noticed thet the Oppo DV980H has 7.1 analogue. I wonder do you handle that if you have a 5.1 receiver, assuming that the new OppoBD is the same. Steve
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
Should be no problem with analog 7.1 out playback on a 5.1 A/V receiver set-up - the extra rear matrixed-surround channels output is just added to the regular rear speakers in a 5.1 setup. This has been the case since even standard DVDs were released with EX or 6.1 soundtracks, like Bats, The Haunting, Austin Powers 2 & 3 and many more.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
Friday, February 22, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
FYI -
> FUNAI '$300' Blu-ray player by Q2
"The optical head for the unit will be provided by Sony and the core system will be the Matsushita / Panasonic UniPhier chipset."
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
> FUNAI '$300' Blu-ray player by Q2
"The optical head for the unit will be provided by Sony and the core system will be the Matsushita / Panasonic UniPhier chipset."
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
Friday, February 22, 2008
Member since:
February 2008
February 2008
Not bad $350-$450 for Sony Blu Ray 2.0 players. That's still more than a PS3 and for mass consumer adoption. Is the FUNAI going to be 2.0 .I don't know about having Funai though, it's like having a HD Venturer, still an A-3 but just not sure about the quality. Also for some reason everyone believed that the Venturer was going to be the mass adopting tool and everyone knows how that went. Then again the A2 took its title. Who knows maybe a Panasonic or even Samsung Blu player might surprise us......or probably not. 
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