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dumbchemist
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 16:52 |
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ertoili wrote: Panasonic dmp-ub300 is cheaper and announce same picture engine.....
Yes....the Sony is available here but nissling recommended the Pannys for good SDR results on different SD and HD tv sets I know that I paid $268 (Amazon) for mine last June without player region conversion. The current Amazon price is $198 and has gone down to $149 in the past. The player can do 4K HDR to SDR conversion, FWIW.
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 19:27 |
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tasuke wrote: got a 2008 PIONEER BDP-05FD with it's last Firmware update. it's played everything i've thrown at it so far.
it's loading is a little slow, but it seems reliable enough, and it's loaded with analog output options unavailable on most of today' players... Isn't it funny about the outputs on BD player (and maybe other players too). I have a Sony BDP-S360 BD player that I bought 4 or 5 years ago-. It has HDMI, component, composite, stereo audio and coaxial jacks for output. On the other hand, my BDP-X800 player that I bought last June has HDMI and coaxial outputs only which is significantly less than the S360. It seems we are going backwards in time.
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 20:45 |
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dumbchemist wrote: The player can do 4K HDR to SDR conversion, FWIW. Just because it can do HDR to SDR conversion doesn't mean that it handles the conversion that good. The Oppo UDP-203 can do convert HDR to SDR and even with a custom, peak nit level. It's still nowhere near as good as the Panasonic. Have a look at this video from 6:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ys6mpdhaZIThe conversion is the same on all Panasonic UHD-BD players. It's extremely linear and looks pretty much like native SDR. No blown out highlights or missing shadow details whatsoever, very stable to say the least.
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 03 Dec 2017, 17:32 |
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dumbchemist wrote: On the other hand, my BDP-X800 player that I bought last June has HDMI and coaxial outputs only which is significantly less than the S360. It seems we are going backwards in time. nah, merely the "Analog Sunset" at work. companies across the board saving themselves a few pennies, and perhaps maybe the end consumer as well, since the mass public at large seems to have long since abandoned all pre-HDMI-based A/V gear. this is the major reason you can acquire some still very fine multi-thousand dollar pre-HDMI TOTL A/V receivers and DVD players for low-hundreds or cheaper these days...
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 03 Dec 2017, 19:15 |
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tasuke wrote: dumbchemist wrote: On the other hand, my BDP-X800 player that I bought last June has HDMI and coaxial outputs only which is significantly less than the S360. It seems we are going backwards in time. nah, merely the "Analog Sunset" at work. companies across the board saving themselves a few pennies, and perhaps maybe the end consumer as well, since the mass public at large seems to have long since abandoned all pre-HDMI-based A/V gear. this is the major reason you can acquire some still very fine multi-thousand dollar pre-HDMI TOTL A/V receivers and DVD players for low-hundreds or cheaper these days... Some time ago, I was looking at the latest Sony AVR's that are for sale. I picked one that seemed to have the necessary specs. so I delved further into the unit. I found that it has 6 or 7 HDMI inputs and 1 HDMI output. The killer for that AVR (IMO) was that it had only 2 composite video inputs. One was labeled Video 1 and the other Sat/Cable. I have numerous composite video sources: SDP-E800 (for LD players), CED players, DVD changer,DirecTV receiver and VHS tape player. I also have a tape cassette player and a phonograph (unusable if the AVR has only digital inputs). Then I decided to look for another AVR. I settled on a used Sony DA3300ES AVR. It had what I needed: 4 composite video (with stereo audio) inputs, 3 stereo audio inputs and 3 HDMI inputs. It also had numerous digital inputs: 3 toslink jacks and 3 coax. inputs. The "Analog Sunset" sure seems to be happening. The only problem is that the AVR builders are going to lose customers when the customers have older A/V equipment. What would you do it you hava a Technics turntable and want to hook it up to an AVR with only HDMI jacks on its back?
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 12:52 |
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I found an Oppo BDP-103EU I'm interested to buy This is not the Darbee version.
Can't remember which one it was, if it's the 103-Darbee or standard 103-EU player which had some kind of issue with firmware? Can someone inform me what the problem was with one of these players? Did the same problem from BDP-103 also affect the successor BDP-105D and BDP-105EU players?
Would you recommend buying the BDP-103D or BDP-103EU player at all?
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 14:03 |
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henry-silva wrote: Can soemoen iform me what the problem was with one of these players? Uh.... Google? Julien
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 17:37 |
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henry-silva wrote: Would you recommend buying the BDP-103D or BDP-103EU player at all?
google it?
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 18:34 |
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if there's anyone here who owns this player will can give a much better review about the problems rather than googlying it.
i guugle it but couldn't find the answers
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Post subject: Re: Buying a new BD Player Posted: 12 Jan 2018, 03:49 |
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henry-silva wrote: if there's anyone here who owns this player will can give a much better review about the problems rather than googlying it.
i guugle it but couldn't find the answers Sorry I'm late to posting. Would google be a good option
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