Posts by mdavej

Quote:Originally Posted by Roger Dressler On discs with HD lossless audio, there is no option using disc menu navigation to access the lossy audio version. But it is there. To reach it,Quote:select the main HD audio soundtrack from...

Quote:Originally Posted by chaggie Does anyone know the CBL/Sat and DVD efc code for this model?CBL/Sat is the DSS code HERE (same thread 3FG linked in an earlier post). DVD is not possible on your remote without using a JP1 cable.

Yes, unless you PC or video card is really old. Most HDMI from a PC these days carries video and audio. If not, then a cheap card like the AMD HD 6450 will work fine. I got mine on sale a while back for about $15.

Quote:Originally Posted by Dcornelissen Does that work?? I removed the casing of the player, and I removed some dust in it. Didn't touch the lens ofcourse, it looked clean. But that rubber ring did look a bit dusty, and I didn't...

All you need to buy is a cotton swab to clean the rubber ring on the spindle hub. If it still won't work after cleaning, get the Sony. Besides having coax, it's better than the panny in most other respects.

Quote:Originally Posted by LastButNotLeast My Netflix rental of Skyfall plays back (after ten minutes of forced garbage) in DTS-HD Master. Argo as well. In English. I'm talking about lossy, not HD. I only have optical on my amp. DD...

Adesso ARC-1100, Ortek VRC-1100 and Hama MCE Remote (more common in UK) are also known to work even though they aren't eHome. All come with a remote even though you only need the dongle. I prefer them to eHome because of the mouse pad,...

Nope

Quote:Originally Posted by Roger Dressler Can you identify a few BDs that have only a stereo track where the same title on DVD has 5.1?Sure, nearly every recent title I've rented in the past year or so (off the top of my head: Life...

It's actually pretty clear from what's been published so far that it will simply be Xbox's version of GoogleTV, simply an overlay for an existing cable box, sat box, etc. Nothing of interest for us cable card and HTPC users...