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What BLU-Ray should I get

by Sent1nel Aug 10, 2009 4:27AM PDT

I have any older Sony KDL-46XBR2 LCD TV. The manual says it has native 1080p, however its HDMI inputs are 1080/60.

I understand that some players are doing 1080/24 and that my TV may not be able to handle the signal. My TV will need to take the 1080i signal from the player and convert to 1080p/60.

I am looking at the a Sony BDP s350, LG BD-390/370, Samsung BD-P3600.

Will we see much difference between 1080p/24 and 1080i converted to 1080p/60?

Would an older player be a better option that the new players?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Options to turn off 24p
by Dan Filice Aug 10, 2009 4:59AM PDT

On my 2 BR players, there are setting options to either enable or disable the 24p function. Just curious if this would make the player compatible with your TV. Seems to me you would want to leave the player set to 1080p though, to at least access this benefit.

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Which Blu-Ray player to get
by Sent1nel Aug 10, 2009 6:43AM PDT

Thanks for the info.

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by jostenmeat Aug 10, 2009 5:23AM PDT
I understand that some players are doing 1080/24 and that my TV may not be able to handle the signal. My TV will need to take the 1080i signal from the player and convert to 1080p/60.

The wording in the CNET review says it doesn't handle 24p fine. Whether that means not at all, or poorly, I don't know. So, just set your player to output at 60p. 24 vs 60 is simply fps. The "i" means interlaced, a completely separate thing.

Will we see much difference between 1080p/24 and 1080i converted to 1080p/60?

24p to 60p will depend on the 3:2 pulldown quality. 1080i to 1080p will depend on deinterlacing quality. For the latter, I presume the display will do it better than the player, but you can try both for fun. For the first, you have no choice but to select 60p from the player. I would personally not buy any of your candidates in bdp's. Try Panasonic.

I know, particularly with the 350, that audio outputs are not transmitted simultaneously, so if you ever want to switch between optical, hdmi, etc, you need to delve into menu. It also, AFAIK, cannot recode mch PCM into lossy DD/DTS for the rare blurays that are recorded in mch PCM yet are NOT accompanied by a lossy track. The above only matters if using S/PDIF. If HDMI, ignore the last issue.

Oh yeah, the Pana has better PQ to begin with, anyhow.
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Which Blu-ray
by Sent1nel Aug 10, 2009 6:40AM PDT

Thanks for the information on setting the player to just output at 60fps.

Which Panasonic player would you say to look at?

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If you have...
by givemeaname Aug 10, 2009 8:49AM PDT

A HDMI reciever then the DMP-BD60, if you have a none HDMI or a HDMI 'passthrough' reciever then the DMP-BD80 and some analog cables for HD audio.


Passthrough is the video is passthrough to the tv and the reciever can not pull the audio off the HDMI cable, you have to run a seprate line for audio.

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by celica9 Aug 10, 2009 10:22AM PDT
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what blu-ray
by Sent1nel Aug 11, 2009 1:22AM PDT

I do not have an HDMI receiver, its an Onkyo TX-DS656 and I use the optical from my DVD player to the receiver.

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Then the 80
by givemeaname Aug 11, 2009 5:08AM PDT

I have a none HDMI reciever too + I have the panasonic 80 bluray player. Get 6 or 8 RCA cables depending if you have a 5.1 or 7.1 system, change the bluray player to 'PCM' for both HD audios to get all the HD audios, there some other things like turn OFF PCM downsampling, OFF dynamic range, Downmix stereo & High claity disabled. And depending on your speakers set those too Small or Large.

The reciever will have to be changed to Multi Channel.

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I tried to DL that manual
by jostenmeat Aug 11, 2009 5:27AM PDT

and it didn't work. The reason I tried, is because Im doubting there are mch inputs, and if this is true, the OP should save the $60, and save that towards a new HDMI receiver in the future?

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