Posts by amesdp

Blu-Rays use a blue LED laser. DVDs require a separate red LED laser (longer wavelength to read bigger dots). CDs require a separate infrared LED laser (even longer wavelength). It's entirely possible for one of these LED lasers to...

My ISP does support Netflix Open Connect, but there are only a few devices listed by Netflix that support 3D so far (e.g., LG 3D TVs), and this Panasonic player isn't one of them. Perhaps soon...

No chapter support for mkv or mp4 on the C5500 (e.g., like Handbrake can generate). It's ignored in mkv,, causes errors in mp4.

The Netflix support page here says that it supports 1080p and 5.1 surround sound audio.

Panasonic released their new DMP-MST60 media player just a few weeks ago. They had a sale on it yesterday ($60), so I ordered one even though there are no reviews yet except for a couple of rather negative comments on Amazon. I'm going...

Any other experiences with firmware release 1028 yet? As usual the Samsung release notes just say: "Improve specific disc's playback capability". Kudos to Samsung for still releasing firmware updates for this 3-year-old model, but maybe...

To get to Netflix you need to insert a delay of at least 10 seconds for startup, then issue Up, Right (to get to Netflix on the home page menu), then Enter. You can only do that at the start of a discrete Activity (Watch Netflix) since...

I think everyone has used the intended terms correctly. These recorders have both S-Video and composite inputs, but not component. The first question discussed was whether recordings made via the S-Video input actually look any better...

I'm typically recording a hi-def TV broadcast from Shaw Direct satellite (1080i source, mpeg2 compression) via a Motorola tuner with S-Video output, recorded via the S-Video input of the Philips 3575 in "S" quality (60 hr. capacity on...

Recording from the S-Video input is noticeably sharper than from composite. Unfortunately a component-to-S-Video converter wouldn't be very helpful at this point, since component outputs are missing from most new devices now too.