Official Sony BDP-S570 Owners Thread - Page 98

Originally Posted by Jamieb81

How would a different player help me if I'm trying to get both satelite /Bd 3D content to tv? The two have to go through one 3D adapter. I'm sure if I purchased a newer AVR, I could solve this issue but just purchasing a newer reciever one year later is just crazy to me at this point. I'll never get my money back from the Yamaha RX-V665.

Originally Posted by Beemer533

Thats the issue with trying to keep up with the latest tech.... I think the only way to solve your issue is with a 1.4 AVR...

Originally Posted by Jamieb81

How would a different player help me if I'm trying to get both satelite /Bd 3D content to tv? The two have to go through one 3D adapter. I'm sure if I purchased a newer AVR, I could solve this issue but just purchasing a newer reciever one year later is just crazy to me at this point. I'll never get my money back from the Yamaha RX-V665.

Originally Posted by arbeck77

There are blu-ray players sold with dual HDMI outputs to solve this problem. To completely solve the problem, you probably would need one of those plus and HDMI switch.

Originally Posted by mikeynavy1

I'm guessing the recommendation is to not let the player update to the latest firmware until Sony comes up with a fix? Is there a way to get these players to revert back to a previous version in times like this...such as if you can get a hold of a file and burn it on DVD/CD?

Originally Posted by hdfx81

Having a problem playing Machete Blu-ray on my Sony bdp-S570,did the latest firmware update also tried all the suggestions in previous posts and still can't get any further than the 20th century screen. any other suggestions?

Originally Posted by Taokane

So I spent another 90 minutes learning the ins and outs of Subnet masks, bridges, DNS, DHCP server allocations, and router firmware. About two and a half frustrating, hair-pulling, hours later I was up and running. It's insane that a consumer product requires this level of expertise, on the up side I'm now a certified IT professional. Netflix is running smoothly over secured wireless.

Originally Posted by Foxbat121


Why are you assigning static IP addresses? The player defaults to DHCP and works out of box without issues. The setup for me is less than 1 minute.

Originally Posted by Jamieb81

Could you give me the name of a certaine hdni switch I bought one online one month ago $25 it didn't work. appreciate any info anyone has including a decent dual hdmi output BD player.

Originally Posted by Foxbat121

No, the Netflix app is still lacking. Only instant queue shows up. The PQ is good but I hear some squeaky noise every few minutes. That drives me crazy.
Luckily, my TV also has Netflix. So is the Xbox 360.

Originally Posted by strikehold


A BD player with dual HDMI ports would allow you to push the 3D video to the TV and sound to the AVR. Of course, it'll cost you more than $25. You could also push video to the tv with HDMI and sound to the AVR with an optical connection. Is there a reason you have to push everything to this single 3D adaptor? Your tv won't show 3D without it?

Originally Posted by Jamieb81


No I can't receive directv 3D without using the Mits adapter. I already use digital optical for audio through RX-V 665. I'm looking into good receive with 3D and I will not repeat mistake by buying Yamaha again .

Originally Posted by sjsafady

How do you change your Pandora account?

Does anyone know? I need to change from the original one I set up to a commercial free account I have.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by A3tripod

Picked up the BDP-BX57 from Costco today for $130 and it came with a 3 month trial of Hulu Plus. Ultimately, I chose this over the Samsung BD-C6800 that Costco also sells, because Samsung tech support advised that they do not intend to offer Hulu on that particular player.

It was important to us to get a player that had Netflix and Hulu, as we are canceling our ridiculously overpriced Directv subscription, but still wanted to be able to watch the shows we are most interested in.

Setting up the network connection was a little tricky, at least for WLAN. I initially entered all of my network information (SSID, encryption algorithm, key) and it kept failing to connect to the network. I then decided to forgo a completely manual setup, and scanned for available networks. When mine showed up (with full signal strength by the way), i selected it and was able to connect without issues. Weird problem, but a little persistence paid off.

I set up Pandora, Hulu Plus, Netflix, and also dorked around with Youtube. Netflix and Hulu HD programming looks good, though a few times the streaming needed to buffer a few seconds. I'm not sure if its the reportedly flaky wifi antenna in the player, or if its my bandwidth. My Qwest 7Mbps service averages between 3.5 Mbps and 5 Mbps, which I'm guessing is right on the cusp for HD streaming and performance.

Blu Ray load times and playback is superb compared to my Panasonic DMP-BD35. How to Train your Dragon loaded in about 5-10 seconds as opposed to 80-90 seconds on my Panny. Picture looks excellent, though I did not do side-by-side comparisons.

DVD playback and up-scaling was disappointing, and not as good as my Panasonic. I put in Harry Potter OOTP, and everything looked really grainy. I messed around with the screen settings on the Sony player, but I wasn't able to affect any positive changes. Anyone have some guidance for getting good DVD up-scaling?

Anyway, The internet channels are working well, and with the savings from canceling my Directv, I'll upgrade my DSL service to 12Mbps for an extra $5/mo. Hopefully I'll get more consistent performance that way. If not, I'll find a way to fish Cat5e to my player. For $130, this player is an awesome bang for the buck!

Originally Posted by Mr Belvedere

I am having the same problem and the only thing that has helped has been changing the output resolution onthe BDP-S570 to lower than 1080p (I have it set to 1080i right now). In my setup the BDP-S570 is connected to an AVR (Pioneer VSX-1120K). Anyone have any ideas how I can get full 1080p without the dreaded black screen appearing?

Originally Posted by Mr Belvedere

Anyone have any ideas how I can get full 1080p without the dreaded black screen appearing?

Originally Posted by Audio5oh

Sorry to hear you're still having issues. I haven't turned the 24p setting to OFF because it has always been set to AUTO since I've owned the player. I have a strong feeling these firmware upgrades created incompatibility issues when pairing up the 570 to an av receiver, therefore, causing the picture/audio drop outs. As I mentined before, I've never had these problems until recently. I've owned the S570 for 11 months.


Here's a list of blu ray titles I was having problems with, before downloading the latest firmware upgrade;

The Grudge - this title was the worst, it experienced 1 picture drop out & at least 7 audio drop outs throughout the movie.
I Am Legend - picture drop out
i Robot - picture drop out
Pitch Black - picture drop out
Chronicles of Riddick - picture dropout
The Dark Knight - picture drop out & 1 out of sync issue
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - this title only experienced an audio drop out for 1 second
The Gravedancers - picture drop out
Pixar's Monsters Inc - picture drop out

I recently switched out the HDMI cables with newer ones and tried playing the Grudge. Audio drop outs occur at approximately 26:05 and 27:00. I just happen to memorize the timestamps after so many times of watching this movie, but audio drop outs happen at least 5 more times during the movie, just can't recall exact times. I should mention that is happens only with the Unrated version, the theatrical version plays fine. Changing the cables obviously didn't make a difference.

After I downloaded the firmware updgrade (M04.R.752), I played 3 blu ray titles, "I Spit On Your Grave" remake, "Let Me In" and "Welcome To The Rileys". All 3 movies played flawlessly, no hiccups, no audio/picture drop outs. I watched a dvd called "The Traveler" without any issues. I thought maybe the firmware fixed the blank screen issues, but it was too good to be true. Last night I watched "Paranormal Activity 2" blu ray. Those that have seen the movie, you notice that the tv screen will fade to black as it's transitioning to the next scene, for example, day 1, day 2, day 3, etc. This is normal for this type of movie, however, my tv screen had a picture drop out at approximately 31 minutes. I know it was NOT part of the movie because the blu light on my av receiver goes out for 1 second, each time there's a picture drop out. After this brief second, it returns to normal. Obviously the firmware did nothing to fix these random drop outs. People are still experiencing them.

I can't believe Sony can't release a firmware to solve these issues once an for all.