Panasonic DMP-BD55 (DMP-BD55K) Blu-ray Player

[MrBoylan]

I have the Panasonic ER80 and my question is will I have equal or better sound with the BD35 to what I have now. I have aYamaha 5650 reciever & will input to it with optical cable as it doesn't have HDMI inputs. If the sound will be equal or better I will be happy, I would rather not spend the extra $100+ to get the BD55.

Hi,

Your question was already answered in detail two weeks ago in post number 23.

Regards.

-Chris

[danieljackson]

In theory the the Samsung P2500 with its HQV chipset should yield better upconversion than the BD35/55. The excellent review for the BD55 on this site indicates that the upconversion is very good.

So question is: how much better will the P2500 be? Any thoughts on how the players would compare to the Tosh A30 (Anchor Bay ABT1018).

Thanks in advance.

[MrBoylan]

In theory the the Samsung P2500 with its HQV chipset should yield better upconversion than the BD35/55. The excellent review for the BD55 on this site indicates that the upconversion is very good.

So question is: how much better will the P2500 be? Any thoughts on how the players would compare to the Tosh A30 (Anchor Bay ABT1018).

Thanks in advance.

I reviewed the HD-A35 and wasn't that impressed with its upconversion. I think the A30 and A35 use the same chip set. I have the 2500 in for review right now so check the site in a few days to see how it rates. Unfortunately the HQV processing is *NOT* used for the Netflix content but it is (of course) for the DVDs.

Update: BD-P2500 review is live.

-CB

[matja]

The newer BD35 and BD55 Blu-ray players do have on-board decoders which decode the DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD soundtracks to full resolution PCM multi-channel out

I have a question about this.

Is it possible to have full hd audio if i let decode DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD soundtracks to PCM and connect it to my receiver with HDMI?

I have a marantz SR6001 which has HDMI but cannot decode HD formats.

[MrBoylan]

I have a question about this.

Is it possible to have full hd audio if i let decode DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD soundtracks to PCM and connect it to my receiver with HDMI?

I have a marantz SR6001 which has HDMI but cannot decode HD formats.

Yes, as long as your receiver supports HDMI 1.1 and above *WITH* Multi-channel PCM audio decoding onboard, then you can use the BD35, BD55, BD60 or BD80 in PCM mode to send the full uncompressed multi-channel PCM signal to your receiver for conversion to analog. Just set DTS-HD and Dolby to "PCM" and set BD-Secondary Audio to OFF. This way you get the full quality and benefits of lossless audio decoding, but without having to do the lossless decoding in the receiver.

-CB