Greetings and Happy Holidays, HTF!
Quick question for the gang. I purchased the BD35k Thanxgiving weekend, and have it hooked up as follows:
- HDMI video to Samsung 50" DLP, 1080p (audio disabled)
- Optical cable (6') to converter/converter to coaxial (6') receiver input (no optical input on the receiver)
So, I've only had a chance to watch Dark Knight BR all the way through, and a few minutes in there was the briefest (1 second max) of drops in audio. Never happened again, and when I went back to the same spot, didn't hear the drop out again.
I've watched the in-movie features, and I had a similar drop out once. Again, went back to the same spot, and it wasn't there, so it's not disc issues.
We watched a standard dvd yesterday, and same thing - one drop out, not reproducible.
Now, I have an XBox360 that I also connect to the converter with optical - I just switch the cable depending on which device I want to use. To my knowledge, I haven't had a similar drop out, but to be honest, I can't say for sure. To be clear, each device has its own optical cable connected - I switch between the two at the converter connection, not between the devices.
So, before I start tearing everything apart or exchange the player, I'm curious if anyone has heard of this before? Is it as simple as a bad cable? I bought the Best Buy brand (Dynex, I think) because I refuse to indulge in Monster's cable scams. There's always the chance I have a bad cable, regardless of brand, but can an optical cable even realistically experience random and infrequent drop outs? Wouldn't there be a consistent problem because of how the cable works?
Anyway, any advice on what to try first would be helpful. I don't have many options with configuration because of the mismatch between optical/coaxial connections (hence the need for the converter).
Thanx in advance!
Quick question for the gang. I purchased the BD35k Thanxgiving weekend, and have it hooked up as follows:
- HDMI video to Samsung 50" DLP, 1080p (audio disabled)
- Optical cable (6') to converter/converter to coaxial (6') receiver input (no optical input on the receiver)
So, I've only had a chance to watch Dark Knight BR all the way through, and a few minutes in there was the briefest (1 second max) of drops in audio. Never happened again, and when I went back to the same spot, didn't hear the drop out again.
I've watched the in-movie features, and I had a similar drop out once. Again, went back to the same spot, and it wasn't there, so it's not disc issues.
We watched a standard dvd yesterday, and same thing - one drop out, not reproducible.
Now, I have an XBox360 that I also connect to the converter with optical - I just switch the cable depending on which device I want to use. To my knowledge, I haven't had a similar drop out, but to be honest, I can't say for sure. To be clear, each device has its own optical cable connected - I switch between the two at the converter connection, not between the devices.
So, before I start tearing everything apart or exchange the player, I'm curious if anyone has heard of this before? Is it as simple as a bad cable? I bought the Best Buy brand (Dynex, I think) because I refuse to indulge in Monster's cable scams. There's always the chance I have a bad cable, regardless of brand, but can an optical cable even realistically experience random and infrequent drop outs? Wouldn't there be a consistent problem because of how the cable works?
Anyway, any advice on what to try first would be helpful. I don't have many options with configuration because of the mismatch between optical/coaxial connections (hence the need for the converter).
Thanx in advance!
