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post #5701 of 6330
8/10/11 at 6:34am
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Originally Posted by HDpalooza View Post

It's up and ready on the US site!

I still only see 3.71 on Pioneer's US website. Can you provide a link? Or did you mean that 3.72 is available for download when updating straight from the player?

Dan.
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post #5702 of 6330
8/10/11 at 6:38am
I downloaded 3.72 straight to the player yesterday. I can confirm that Source Code played flawlessly on my 23FD.
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post #5703 of 6330
8/10/11 at 6:42am
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Originally Posted by info_dan View Post

I still only see 3.71 on Pioneer's US website. Can you provide a link? Or did you mean that 3.72 is available for download when updating straight from the player?

Dan.

It is not on the US, or Canadian, website. You can either download it via the player's network connection or grab it from the EU website. Either way is fine as the files are identical.
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post #5704 of 6330
8/10/11 at 6:54am
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Originally Posted by cembros View Post

Does anyone know how to output audio simultaneously through HDMI and the multi ch analogue outputs? I want to have the HDMI running to the TV for video and when I want to use the TV speakers and the analogue outputs to the receiver for when I want to use my 5.1 setup. Is this even possible?

As per note on page 47 of 23FD manual:
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When ANALOG AUDIO is selected at Output Terminal, no audio signals are output from the HDMI OUT terminal or DIGITAL OUT terminal (pages 19 and 46).

You could always send the 2-channel analog audio to the TV, but I expect it would be a copy of the L/R channels, so missing the center channel dialog unless you switch the "Audio output mode" setting from "Multi-Channel" to "2ch" every time you switch between the two. Also, your TV needs to be able to play audio from analogue input while showing HDMI video.

The other option would be to send "digital out" to AVR and 2 channel analogue to TV. You would not need to change the multi-channel setting, but you would loose the lossless audio. Your TV would still need to be able to play analogue audio and HDMI video.

Is it worth it to consider upgrading AVR to one that has HDMI inputs?

Dan.
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post #5705 of 6330
8/10/11 at 7:17am
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Originally Posted by D-Nice View Post

It is not on the US, or Canadian, website. You can either download it via the player's network connection or grab it from the EU website. Either way is fine as the files are identical.


I requested the latest firmware disc on the US Pioneer site and it read 3.72.
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post #5706 of 6330
8/10/11 at 7:22am
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Originally Posted by bguzman View Post

You can order a disc here http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com/BDfirmware/, or if your player is connected to the internet it will load 3.72 automatically.

Resubmitted, hope this helps.
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post #5707 of 6330
8/10/11 at 8:15am
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Originally Posted by info_dan View Post

As per note on page 47 of 23FD manual:

You could always send the 2-channel analog audio to the TV, but I expect it would be a copy of the L/R channels, so missing the center channel dialog unless you switch the "Audio output mode" setting from "Multi-Channel" to "2ch" every time you switch between the two. Also, your TV needs to be able to play audio from analogue input while showing HDMI video.

The other option would be to send "digital out" to AVR and 2 channel analogue to TV. You would not need to change the multi-channel setting, but you would loose the lossless audio. Your TV would still need to be able to play analogue audio and HDMI video.

Is it worth it to consider upgrading AVR to one that has HDMI inputs?

Dan.

My avr has HDMI but my goal is to make it easy to switch between tv speakers and my 5.1 speakers. I have my remote set up so that there are two options for each activity,ex "watch TV" or "watch tv 5.1." To do this with the blu ray player my plan was to output video and audio to the tv via hdmi and then send audio to the receiver via multi ch analouge.
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post #5708 of 6330
8/10/11 at 8:35am
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Originally Posted by P Ross View Post

I requested the latest firmware disc on the US Pioneer site and it read 3.72.

The discussion was about downloading not ordering a disc
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post #5709 of 6330
8/10/11 at 8:47am
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Originally Posted by D-Nice View Post
It is not on the US, or Canadian, website. You can either download it via the player's network connection or grab it from the EU website. Either way is fine as the files are identical.
Good to see you here, D-Nice. Hope all is well.

I'll probably just end up waiting until it's available on the US site like I usually do. I've got other life issues going on right now, so I'm in no hurry.
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post #5710 of 6330
8/10/11 at 8:49am
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Originally Posted by bguzman View Post
You can order a disc here http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com/BDfirmware/, or if your player is connected to the internet it will load 3.72 automatically.
Thanks for the link.
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post #5711 of 6330
8/10/11 at 8:31pm
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Originally Posted by D-Nice View Post
The discussion was about downloading not ordering a disc
I was under the impression the discussion was on how one was to obtain firmware update 3.72.
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post #5712 of 6330
8/11/11 at 5:17am
After downloading 3.72 to my 320. The loading problems with Spartacus Blood and Sand were eliminated.
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post #5713 of 6330
8/11/11 at 7:43am
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Originally Posted by harley1 View Post

After downloading 3.72 to my 320. The loading problems with Spartacus Blood and Sand were eliminated.

Glad to hear all the positive reports so far about v3.72.
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post #5714 of 6330
8/12/11 at 11:10am
For what its worth, I installed the 3.72 firmware using the network connection this morning. I tried to access the Live Features on the movie Predators and I still get "a network connection is detected". This is something that they were suppose to fix last November.
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post #5715 of 6330
8/12/11 at 11:53am
3.72 is now on the US site.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...0?tab=firmware
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post #5716 of 6330
8/12/11 at 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by jbjbjbjb View Post

3.72 is now on the US site.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...0?tab=firmware

Thanks.

Edit 8-13-11: I was hoping to update last night before I left on a trip, but I didn't get to. When I get back I'll update and see if the Miramax Lionsgate issue I was having is resolved. Base on a couple of reports I've read, I expect v3.72 will resolve these issues (Yea!).
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post #5717 of 6330
8/13/11 at 7:32am
I compared the BDP30A_V372.zip firmware files from EU and US sites. Not only are their file names and file sizes the same, but the zip files are byte for byte identical. So, as previously, there is no difference between EU and US firmwares.

If you updated with the EU firmware, you do not need to re-update with the US firmware.

Of course, in the future, who knows, so those who will wait for it on US site every time a new firmware comes out are fully justified.

Dan.
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post #5718 of 6330
8/13/11 at 1:40pm
I just updated my 23FD with the 3.72 firmware update disc with no problems. Seemed like it took less than 5 minutes.

I ordered the disc a few days ago from Pioneer and shipped right away and got the disc today (Saturday) in the mail so pretty good customer service delivery time.
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post #5719 of 6330
8/13/11 at 6:40pm
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Originally Posted by info_dan View Post

I compared the BDP30A_V372.zip firmware files from EU and US sites. Not only are their file names and file sizes the same, but the zip files are byte for byte identical. So, as previously, there is no difference between EU and US firmwares.

If you updated with the EU firmware, you do not need to re-update with the US firmware.

Of course, in the future, who knows, so those who will wait for it on US site every time a new firmware comes out are fully justified.

Dan.

Thanks for checking that out.
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post #5720 of 6330
8/14/11 at 10:42pm
I'm about to buy a new player to replace my 23fd, here are my considerations: Sony 780, elite 43(. If worth the trouble)., denon1611, or from a medium videophiles perspective, the oppo 93. Any suggestions?
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post #5721 of 6330
8/15/11 at 4:03am
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Originally Posted by tweakinaddy View Post

I'm about to buy a new player to replace my 23fd, here are my considerations: Sony 780, elite 43(. If worth the trouble)., denon1611, or from a medium videophiles perspective, the oppo 93. Any suggestions?

I would suggest the Oppo. It is great with frequent firmware updates and the best customer support.
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post #5722 of 6330
8/15/11 at 4:47am
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Originally Posted by tweakinaddy View Post

I'm about to buy a new player to replace my 23fd, here are my considerations: Sony 780, elite 43(. If worth the trouble)., denon1611, or from a medium videophiles perspective, the oppo 93. Any suggestions?

I have two Pio 320, in addition to many other BD players including a PS3. My primary player since the beginning of the year has been the Sony S570. The rest are hardly getting any play time since then.
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post #5723 of 6330
8/15/11 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by tweakinaddy View Post

I'm about to buy a new player to replace my 23fd, here are my considerations: Sony 780, elite 43(. If worth the trouble)., denon1611, or from a medium videophiles perspective, the oppo 93. Any suggestions?

The Denon 1611 is an AVR, not a BD player, probably you have another model # in mind?

From the rest in your list I would suggest the Oppo.
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post #5724 of 6330
8/15/11 at 5:23pm
From the list: Oppo; not on the list: the upcoming Elite BD player. It will utilize the same upscaler as the Oppo (Marvell Qdeo K2) but will use Pioneer's i/p conversion that is (if their receiver is of any indication) better than Marvell Qdeo K2.

Of course this is just conjencture until we see the actual retail product.
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post #5725 of 6330
8/15/11 at 11:46pm
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Originally Posted by Olbi View Post


The Denon 1611 is an AVR, not a BD player, probably you have another model # in mind?

From the rest in your list I would suggest the Oppo.

It's true there is a : AVR-1611, however there is a dbp-1611 "universal disk player"
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post #5726 of 6330
8/16/11 at 1:05am
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Originally Posted by David Susilo View Post

From the list: Oppo; not on the list: the upcoming Elite BD player. It will utilize the same upscaler as the Oppo (Marvell Qdeo K2) but will use Pioneer's i/p conversion that is (if their receiver is of any indication) better than Marvell Qdeo K2.

Of course this is just conjencture until we see the actual retail product.

Are the new Pioneer's going to be real true Pioneer's 100%?
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post #5727 of 6330
8/16/11 at 4:29am
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Originally Posted by tweakinaddy View Post


It's true there is a : AVR-1611, however there is a dbp-1611 "universal disk player"

Ok, I didn't know that. Denon...
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post #5728 of 6330
8/16/11 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by oppopioneer View Post

Are the new Pioneer's going to be real true Pioneer's 100%?

It has been confirmed by Walkamo in the Pioneer SC-55/57 thread that they are going to be 100% Pioneer, no Sharp involvement.
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post #5729 of 6330
8/16/11 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by patgilm View Post

It has been confirmed by Walkamo in the Pioneer SC-55/57 thread that they are going to be 100% Pioneer, no Sharp involvement.

I hope they have as many online streaming features with WiFi as the new LG's and Sony's do.
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post #5730 of 6330
8/16/11 at 1:50pm
Maybe, maybe not on the apps. Not to start a flame, but does anyone else think the " app" thing is dumb? Buy a good player, buy a good disk...
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