if you can wait

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on February 3, 2008 at 13:03:13

In Reply to: What do you think of the Samsung 5000? posted by Christine Tham on February 3, 2008 at 11:49:07:

Panasonic will be releasing their BD50 by late Q1/Q2. It will be Profile 2.0, decode and bitstream the advanced audio codecs and won't have issues like Samsung BD products. It will probably be around $500. The only potential problem is that their current player (BD30) has a -5dB bug on the LFE/.1 channel when (native or decoded to) PCM is involved. If they get this issue worked out, the player will pretty much do anything you need.

The PS3 will be upgraded to Profile 2.0 very soon (technically it is right now, but the "official" upgrade is coming shortly). While there are no multichannel analog outputs, it will decode all of the audio codecs and send them as PCM over HDMI. The exception is DTS-HD Master Audio, but there's supposed to be a firmware upgrade on the way in Q2.

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Topic - Just joined the Purple Club - Christine Tham 15:54:10 02/02/08 (13)

Since I don't much like Sony products, I was HD DVD excusive... - jeffreybehr 10:01:54 02/03/08 (10)

What do you think of the Samsung 5000? - Christine Tham 11:49:07 02/03/08 (9)

Interesting all the responses that do not--CANNOT--answer her question. ... :-) - jeffreybehr 17:18:50 02/04/08 (3)

my bad :-) - Joe Murphy Jr 18:30:52 02/04/08 (2)

My my...another one of those garbage-mouthed black-and-white people. - jeffreybehr 13:52:00 02/06/08 (1)

no different than your post above - Joe Murphy Jr 23:50:00 02/06/08 (0)

if you can wait - Joe Murphy Jr 13:03:13 02/03/08 (4)

The PS3 has done wonders for audio in my HT system - Jazz Inmate 14:20:07 02/03/08 (3)

software vs hardware issue - Joe Murphy Jr 20:39:40 02/03/08 (2)

Would be nice for the DTS HD MA update to come soon - Jazz Inmate 21:20:35 02/03/08 (1)

But, you said not decoding DTS-HD MA was a non-issue (nt) - Jack G 15:08:57 02/05/08 (0)

Sounds a little bit naughty - hope you behave yourself? ........[nt] - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 07:40:14 02/03/08 (0)

Have Fun. (nt) - Jack G 07:00:02 02/03/08 (0)

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if you can wait - Joe Murphy Jr 13:03:13 02/03/08 (4)

The PS3 has done wonders for audio in my HT system - Jazz Inmate 14:20:07 02/03/08 (3)

software vs hardware issue - Joe Murphy Jr 20:39:40 02/03/08 (2)

Would be nice for the DTS HD MA update to come soon - Jazz Inmate 21:20:35 02/03/08 (1)

But, you said not decoding DTS-HD MA was a non-issue (nt) - Jack G 15:08:57 02/05/08 (0)

if you can wait

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