New Blu-Ray player (1 Viewer)

[JeremyR]

Thanks Robert.. that's a little higher than I want to go.

Technical question. On a movie like Cars which has audio listed as LPCM 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1, but no TrueHD or DTS-HD MA listed. If I have the player set up to bitstream, will it only bitstream the Dolby Digital 5.1? Is there no TrueHD or DTS-HD MA encoding on the disc?

 

[Brian McHale]

It will bitstream whatever audio format you select. So, if you select LPCM, it will bitstream LPCM, which should sound identical to TrueHD or DTS-HD MA. In fact, the only downside to this is that the "TrueHD / DTS-HD MA" light(s) won't come on on your AVR, so it's not obvious at a glance that you're getting lossless audio.

 

[Rhoq]

I'd also recommend the Sony BDP-S350. It's a solid player and seems to be performing a bit faster with the latest firmware installed.

 

[JeremyR]

On the Samsung BD-HP1600, when you want to implement BD-Live, can you use the USB port on the back of the player? I would hope you do not have to use the one on the front.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

The owner's manual seems to indicate you can. The only "dedicated" function assigned to the back port is if you want to connect to a wireless network. In that case, the USB wireless dongle has to be connected to the rear USB port.