Sony's new profile 2.0 (capable) Models: S350 (Bitstream all), and S550 (decodes all) - Page 44

Originally Posted by parkmad

I placed an order on SonyStyle.com yesterday for the S550 and initially it showed today as the ship date. After checking the order today, it now shows estimated ship date of Oct. 26th. Guess I missed the window.

Originally Posted by b00bie

I placed an order over the weekend and the same thing happened to me when I went into check it yesterday it said it wasn't going to ship till the 26th but this morning I got an email from them saying that it shipped yesterday, so give it a chance you might get some good news by tomorrow.


Tom

Originally Posted by johnrlane

I ordered the BDP-S550 from the SonyStyle web site on October 5. It arrived today! I wanted it for a 7.1 analog input to my prepro. Having DTS HD master audio decoding capability with analog 7.1 out is a must. Sadly, it doesn't appear to have that capability out of the box. The internally generated test tone demonstrates 7.1 speaker capability appropriately. Unfortunately, when I play the Hairspray Blu-ray which is supposed to be DTS HDMA 7.1, no sound comes from my rear surround speakers. Hopefully, Sony will provide a firmware update very soon, or I will be returning the unit. Also, for those of you asking, the speaker management allows asigning speakers large/small/absent; distance can be set to the nearest foot for the R+L, center, sub, surround, and rear surround speakers (not all 8 individually). There is no crossover setting for the sub.

Originally Posted by johnrlane

I ordered the BDP-S550 from the SonyStyle web site on October 5. It arrived today! I wanted it for a 7.1 analog input to my prepro. Having DTS HD master audio decoding capability with analog 7.1 out is a must. Sadly, it doesn't appear to have that capability out of the box. The internally generated test tone demonstrates 7.1 speaker capability appropriately. Unfortunately, when I play the Hairspray Blu-ray which is supposed to be DTS HDMA 7.1, no sound comes from my rear surround speakers. Hopefully, Sony will provide a firmware update very soon, or I will be returning the unit. Also, for those of you asking, the speaker management allows asigning speakers large/small/absent; distance can be set to the nearest foot for the R+L, center, sub, surround, and rear surround speakers (not all 8 individually). There is no crossover setting for the sub.

Originally Posted by johnrlane

I ordered the BDP-S550 from the SonyStyle web site on October 5. It arrived today! I wanted it for a 7.1 analog input to my prepro. Having DTS HD master audio decoding capability with analog 7.1 out is a must. Sadly, it doesn't appear to have that capability out of the box. The internally generated test tone demonstrates 7.1 speaker capability appropriately. Unfortunately, when I play the Hairspray Blu-ray which is supposed to be DTS HDMA 7.1, no sound comes from my rear surround speakers. Hopefully, Sony will provide a firmware update very soon, or I will be returning the unit. Also, for those of you asking, the speaker management allows asigning speakers large/small/absent; distance can be set to the nearest foot for the R+L, center, sub, surround, and rear surround speakers (not all 8 individually). There is no crossover setting for the sub.

Originally Posted by SoundChex


In DTS-HDMA, 6.1 output [from a 7.1 BD] requires an additional speaker remapping step after the [lossless] decompression. From the information supplied here it is not possible to determine whether the omission of support for 6.1 analog output is the result of (a) incomplete speaker remapping functionality in the S550 decode-to-analog process, or (b) omission of a 'synthetic EDID' specific to the analog 6.1 output process.

One useful test: How does the S550 decode one of the variant speaker layout authored BDs from NewLine, e.g., Pan's Labyrinth? Full 7.1 decode to analog would indicate the problem is the omission of an appropriate 6.1 EDID, but only 5.1 decode to analog might indicate a feature limitation in the S550's decode-to-analog process.

Either way, it seems likely that the decode to LPCM over HDMI process works correctly...

Originally Posted by johnrlane

I ordered the BDP-S550 from the SonyStyle web site on October 5. It arrived today! I wanted it for a 7.1 analog input to my prepro. Having DTS HD master audio decoding capability with analog 7.1 out is a must. Sadly, it doesn't appear to have that capability out of the box. The internally generated test tone demonstrates 7.1 speaker capability appropriately. Unfortunately, when I play the Hairspray Blu-ray which is supposed to be DTS HDMA 7.1, no sound comes from my rear surround speakers. Hopefully, Sony will provide a firmware update very soon, or I will be returning the unit. Also, for those of you asking, the speaker management allows assigning speakers large/small/absent; distance can be set to the nearest foot for the R+L, center, sub, surround, and rear surround speakers (not all 8 individually). There is no crossover setting for the sub.

Originally Posted by csrini1

well, i got my today.
First impressions, just out of the box, power it up, connect to onkyo705 using hdmi and pop in iron man... no setting changes.

1. packing was horible- no fedex package, just the sony s550 box, box already torn at the bottom.
2. No new lights show up on my 705. I already watched sd-dvd of Iron man, and i watch movies in PLIIx mode(i have 7.1 setup). With the BD version of Iron man, it changed to multi channel. Sound wise i (think)did not hear any difference between the BD and SD disc. Picture wise, BD looked a little better.(definitely not worth 423 dollars).

3. Popped in Sd dvd, my philips dvp5982 did a good job with the picture than the s550, i thought, this is again just 5-10 minute watching.(i just got the player an hour back!!).

Will try to read the s550 manual and the onkyo 705 manual to see if i need to change anything for the BD player to get maximum of out it.

Don't flame me, as i did not do any adjustments. I sure can take some suggestions to improve the sound quality if not both pic and sound.

Thanks

Originally Posted by csrini1

3. Popped in Sd dvd, my philips dvp5982 did a good job with the picture than the s550, i thought,

Originally Posted by csrini1

question

When i pop in a disc, i just can't press play, i need to first press close and then play.(i am comparing with philips dvp5982, where i can put a disc and just press play on the remote).

Originally Posted by csrini1

question

When i pop in a disc, i just can't press play, i need to first press close and then play.(i am comparing with philips dvp5982, where i can put a disc and just press play on the remote).

Originally Posted by johnrlane

I ordered the BDP-S550 from the SonyStyle web site on October 5. It arrived today! I wanted it for a 7.1 analog input to my prepro. Having DTS HD master audio decoding capability with analog 7.1 out is a must. Sadly, it doesn't appear to have that capability out of the box. The internally generated test tone demonstrates 7.1 speaker capability appropriately. Unfortunately, when I play the Hairspray Blu-ray which is supposed to be DTS HDMA 7.1, no sound comes from my rear surround speakers. Hopefully, Sony will provide a firmware update very soon, or I will be returning the unit. Also, for those of you asking, the speaker management allows asigning speakers large/small/absent; distance can be set to the nearest foot for the R+L, center, sub, surround, and rear surround speakers (not all 8 individually). There is no crossover setting for the sub.

Originally Posted by csrini1

well, i got my today.
First impressions, just out of the box, power it up, connect to onkyo705 using hdmi and pop in iron man... no setting changes.

1. packing was horible- no fedex package, just the sony s550 box, box already torn at the bottom.
2. No new lights show up on my 705. I already watched sd-dvd of Iron man, and i watch movies in PLIIx mode(i have 7.1 setup). With the BD version of Iron man, it changed to multi channel. Sound wise i (think)did not hear any difference between the BD and SD disc. Picture wise, BD looked a little better.(definitely not worth 423 dollars).

3. Popped in Sd dvd, my philips dvp5982 did a good job with the picture than the s550, i thought, this is again just 5-10 minute watching.(i just got the player an hour back!!).

Will try to read the s550 manual and the onkyo 705 manual to see if i need to change anything for the BD player to get maximum of out it.

Don't flame me, as i did not do any adjustments. I sure can take some suggestions to improve the sound quality if not both pic and sound.

Thanks

Originally Posted by RobertR

What's your display? What kind of connection do you have? What kind of audio connection do you have?

Originally Posted by Stew4msu

I don't see the question.

Originally Posted by BrentSP

What the flip? SD looking just as good as BD? man I'm not liking this

Originally Posted by narcopolo

Where was your Sony manufactured ? Japan, Malaysia, China ?

Originally Posted by csrini1

Mine says:

blue-ray disc/dvd player:made in Japan
Remote commander: Made in Malaysia
External Memory:Made in Taiwan
Other components:Made in China.

I forgot to mention, this thing is huge too. I saw someone posted the dimensions, but did not pay much attention to it then.