Sony Bdp-S300: Dolby TrueHD with latest firmware

Larry Sutliff · 09-01-2008, 10:40 AM

It looks like I don't need a new player as soon as I thought. With TrueHD added to the S300, I'll keep this player for a little while longer.

Sony eSupport - BDP-S300 - Software Updates & Drivers

Tim Glover · 09-01-2008, 12:30 PM

Just picked up one of these myself for a bedroom player for about $150! And it came with FW 3.9. It amazed me how fast it loads since so much has been written about this model being the slowest player ever built.

Granted, it's not blazing but loads as fast as my Sony ES Blu-ray player.

Wonderful Blu-ray image as well. I found it superior to the new Sony s350 model.

Inspector Hammer! · 09-01-2008, 03:16 PM

I was just coming here to start a topic letting my fellow BDP-S300 owners know of this awesome news!

Performing the download on my player as we speak.

EDIT:
Done!

These firmware upgrades are amazing, by myself in less than a half an hour I turned my entry level player only capable of DDPlus into a serious machine that can now decode DolbyTrueHD...and it didn't cost me another 400 smackers!

Of course, now I need a DolbyTrueHD and DTS-HD MA capable reciever lol. I'll ask for that for X-Mas this year.

Rick Johnson · 09-01-2008, 08:57 PM

Now do you think Sony will add Dolby DTS Master Audio decoding with the next firmware upgrade for the BDP-S300 Blu Ray player?

Inspector Hammer! · 09-01-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick Johnson

Now do you think Sony will add Dolby DTS Master Audio decoding with the next firmware upgrade for the BDP-S300 Blu Ray player?

I certaintly hope so.

BTW, I just got my player in June, how long was this player out before this upgrade finally became available? I ask because I know that many people have been waiting awhile for this.

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RickER · 09-01-2008, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector Hammer!

I certaintly hope so.

BTW, I just got my player in June, how long was this player out before this upgrade finally became available? I ask because I know that many people have been waiting awhile for this.

I have owned this player for a year. Bought the 350 about a month ago too. Anyway, Sony is great when it comes to firmware updates. I bet the 300 has had 5 or 6 in the last year. Most to fix JAVA Blu-ray disc load times, and so on.

Rick Johnson · 09-01-2008, 11:12 PM

I bought my Sony BDP-S300 last Decemeber (2007) and I have done 5 firmware upgrades. I hope Sony gives us a Dolby DTS Master Audio decoding firmware upgrade next!!!

Larry Sutliff · 09-02-2008, 08:16 PM

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Wonderful Blu-ray image as well. I found it superior to the new Sony s350 model.

That's good to know, Tim. I'll definitely cross the 350 off the list when I finally get a newer player.

Jonathan_Clarke · 09-02-2008, 08:53 PM

I am having the HARDEST time installing this firmware! I burned a dvd and it said it couldn't read it. Then I burned it inside a folder. It recognized the data disc but I couldn't open it. I'm going to try a cd next but I'm really confused.

Can someone help?

Never mind. I didn't realize I had to open the file (then open the file again) on my PC before buring it. I thought the player would open the file itself. Finally got it installed. It's faster but still doens't play the Batman Begins movie experience feature.

Inspector Hammer! · 09-02-2008, 09:24 PM

Yikes! Jonathan, be very careful when doing this procedure, if you mess up you could crash your player and it will need to be repaired.

Did you follow the directions provided on Sony's site for burning and downloading the upgrade? You should have used a CD from the get go, also you need to write the file on the disc as an image file not a data file.

I printed out the directions and followed them to the letter, I was terrified when I downloaded the 3.95 version but this time it was very easy.