Official Panasonic DMP-BD35/55 Owners Thread - Page 144

A quick question for anyone who own a 35 or 55. Does the tray reside hidden behind a door like the older pannys? Thanks!

No

Amazon just shipped out my panny bd35. I was running the bd 30 previously but was tired of buying all these bd's with bd live and not being able to take advantage of it! Mine will be shipped on Wednesday. Yeah boi!

ambiguous72 -- You are not missing anything, IMHO. None of the BD players do an outstanding job of playing SD-DVDs - especially if you have a really good SD-DVD player, and good upscaling in your display. The Panny's are a little better than many others, and there are some that may be a little better. None of them will do as good a job as the better SD-DVD players, though.

With any upscaling player, the image quality is much more dependent on the equality of the SD-DVD transfer. Poor SD-DVD mastering can really look bad under those conditions.

Right now, the manufacturers are concentrating their efforts on BD performance, and SD-DVD playback is of secondary importance. Since the BD standards are still evolving, it's tough enough to keep up with that "moving target".

Just joined the 35 club (via the HHGreg buy) and set the audio to PCM and then after the movie Iron Man (looked/sounded excellent) hit the audio button on the remote. Shows: Eng Multi True HD.

What does this audio setting shown mean? (I see the language/director comment options.)

Hey Analog HD Audio guys ...

If you had it to do all over again, would you go this route, or do you think the good ole' DD and DTS tracks are just as good?

Chris is right, wait for it......again. I had trouble with the Monoprice HDX-501 and the BD55K. I ordered the Monoprice 1.3b compliant HDX-401E and all is right with the world. They have even come down in price in the last few weeks. Now under $30. Note: I am sending video from my DBP-BD55K to my Projector as 720P. Here is the link.....

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

I bought the new BD55K to get the lossless codecs. I upgraded from the Sony S300. So, Yes.... I would go that route again.

Congrats

Sit closer, turn out the lights, and turn up the volume. You'll soon forget that they are there and think you are at the movies.

Can you definitely notice an improved difference when listening to a movie track via the analog HD audio vs. Dolby Digital & DTS ???

I'm just trying to ensure I'm going the right route. I have a Harman Kardon AVR-7300 (No HDMI) that I'm fond of and am not looking to upgrade any time soon.

Thanks!

I personally find that the analogs provide a clearer dialog than the digital inputs, but the audio level appears to be much higher with the digitals. The difference may be different from disk to disk as I have only played 4 BR-DVDs.
I have a Yamaha RX-V2500 and very efficient Klipsch speakers with a SVS PB12/Plus 12 900W sub so the level isn't a problem for me. It is nice to have the choice though when you set up a movie to watch.

UM no reason to eek, never said I was, just seein what others were doin, relax.

thats what I figured, thanks

I disagree that ext warranties are "never" worth it. If you invest a few thousand bucks in a tv or rcvr and plan on keeping it for a long time, no problem with getting a good deal on a 3-4 year warranty. These BR players however, are so cheap, why sweat buying an ext warranty on them.

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Does anyone have a problem with the bd 35-55 not keeping the selected output resolution when the unit is powered on when connected via hdmi to the display device?

I have tried a couple of units now and they all do the same thing. I set it for the native resolution of the display in the 35/55 video set up menu,
the next time the system is powered up the output resolution is changed back to "auto" in the player menu and the resolution is incorrect on the display.

Anyone know a way to lock this feature in the player?

Anyone else experience this with these units?

Mine did that, but it was after I updated to 1.5. I guess i should check and see if it changed itself back since then.

The comparison is not between lossless and the good ole DD/DTS versions on DVD. Rather, it's between lossless and the higher bit rate versions of DD/DTS on Blu-ray. (DD: 640kbps instead of 448kbp. DTS: 1.5mbps instead of 754kbps.) DD and DTS on Blu-ray sound great. While I prefer lossless, it's not a big differerence. And, depending on your room and your equipment, you may find the digital processing available in your receiver with DD/DTS makes the lossy outputs sound better than lossless over analog.

English
Multi-channel
TrueHD

Could somebody review the differences between these models for me? PM me if you don't want to do it here again. What does the 55 have that the 35 does not? I have a Marantz SR9600 with HDMI and 7.1 analog inputs but no hi-rez audio decoders. I would prefer to use HDMI with a decoded PCM signal from the blu-ray player to the receiver for DTS-MA in 7.1 etc. I have been able to get the DD True HD to pass decoded as PCM from my Toshiba A2 HD-DVD player to my receiver over HDMI. Which unit does this for DTS-MA 7.1 etc between the 35 and 55?

Thanks for the clarification ... I need to pick one of these up

Thank you for the reply.

I am trying to determine the culprit and it appears it is the 35/55 units themselves. This problem is still present even with the 1.5 update installed in the unit.

I guess another email to panasonic is in order.

+50

Started by someone who will keep the first post edited and up to date. These "Owner" threads just started with no first post updates aren't nearly as useful as those that are. Example: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=935808

The BD55 only adds:

• Multichannel analog outputs
• DivX playback support
• Coax S/PDIF output
• Vibration reducing feet
• Improved analog output section

That's really about it.


I do the same thing with the BD35 and my Onkyo TX-SR674 (handles LPCM up to 7.1, but no advanced codecs). Either unit will work perfectly - they *both* decode every advanced format available.

That's never happened to me, and I can't recall anyone else reporting this behavior. My suggestions would be to try a new HDMI cable first. If that doesn't help, I think the issue is with something else in the HDMI chain, either the receiver or TV.

OK... I called Panasonic today and a nice guy named Jeff confirmed that the BD55K will in fact support all of the DTS HD formats, including DTS HD Master Audio up to 24.5 Mbps. He was reading from a techincal sheet that he was provided. I asked him to email it to me. But, alas he was not alowed to do that.

My BD35 resets itself to "Auto" resolution mode as well if I don't have my receiver and TV powered up to the player's output before powering up the player. So, that's one solution for you - have everything powered up before powering on the player. If the player can't query it's HDMI connection on power up, it seems to revert back to "Auto" mode.

I have the player's HDMI going to my Onkyo 605 receiver, which is 1080p/24 capable, and then going to my TV via HDMI>DVI cable, and the TV is only 1080i capable. I don't think the player can query the TV for it's capabilities via DVI, so it relies on the receiver's capabilities and decides 1080p is just fine, resulting in a blank screen on my TV. I keep an RCA composite cable connected to be able to go into setup and set the player down to 1080i when I forget to power everything up first.

The discrete on/off commands work. I selected the BD35 and when I set up my activity, it defaulted to one button for on/off and used Power Toggle. But I changed it to use the discrete PowerOn and PowerOff codes.

It appears the The 525 has 192kHz/24-Bit DACS. So you are good to go from my quick look!!!

Thanks.

So there is no difference in the video output (apart from DivX)?

Ok, so in my case, unless I want the coax audio out or DivX support, there is not much benefit. I have no need for multi-channel analogs, as those are taken up by sacs/dvd-video player, and vibration reducing feet, if usefull, could always be added. The price difference is less than $100 though. Does anybody use DivX anymore? DivX is SD right?

Is the improved 'analog output section' for audio or video or both?

I saw a few posts in this thread re: settings on the BD55 but am having trouble finding them now that I have the unit in hand,
Here's my setup:
BD55 sending digital audio via coax and using analog outs for new codecs to
Marantz non-HDMI receiver.
Video via HDMI to Sony SXRD-XBR1 50" (1080i max res I believe).
Can someone help w/ recommended settings or help me find the relevant post(s) in this thread.
Thanks,
CPW