Official Sony BDP-S480 Owner's Thread. All questions and comments go here - Page 2

Originally Posted by paranoyd androyd

First, how would you even know how much "more power" the quick start mode potentially uses?

And even if quick start does use "more power", that additional power usage would be so minimal and only last for the time it took to load the disc - probably around 20 seconds at the most. Quick start must disable itself once the disc has finished loading - it's not as if it's still running once the disc is playing.

Second, why would you "suspect many people don't use" the quick start mode? If anything, I'd think most people would use this feature since it's a new feauture in 2011 models which is suppose to make disc loading faster. Every consumer wants faster loading, so why in the world would a buyer not use that most attractive feature that they just paid for?

Finally, hardly anyone even owns these new x80 models yet, so to say that you "suspect most people don't use" the quick start mode is totally ridiculous.

Originally Posted by peterlee

Maybe he's familiar with professional reviews that measure the power usage of quick start mode such as cnet's review of the BDP-S570 located here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-play...ml?tag=rvwBody



You misunderstand quick start. Enabling quick start makes the player draw more power during its off state, not just when loading a disc. It continuously draws more power because a quick start-enabled player never fully turns off.



Quick start is not a new feature. The 2010 Sony players have it.

The cnet review linked above measured that the player without quick start draws 0.13 watts of power when turned off; with quick start enabled, the player draws 0.74 watts, an almost 600% increase in power consumption that occurs day and night, 24/7. In dollar amounts, quick start off and on cost of $0.99 per year versus $7.35/year, respectively. Some may decide $7 a year is worth it for the faster load time. Others may think saving a couple seconds of waiting isn't worth the additional electricity usage.



He was probably basing his personal opinion of quick start's consumer appeal using Sony's 2010 generation of players.

Originally Posted by jjeff

I'd be very surprised if Sony omitted the component outputs, now dumbing them down to 480p(even for BR) wouldn't surprise me

Originally Posted by peterlee

.... If you rely on component output, it's better to get the 2010 Sony players - S370, S470 or S570 - while they're still available. The new models don't output high-def over components anymore.

Originally Posted by jjeff

Probably OT for this thread, but can't the BD disc itself limit the component resolution even on the older BD players? I'm thinking of selective output control. I believe it won't help to have a older BR player if you want HD over component

Originally Posted by Alecto

I picked up one of these units at Best Buy today pretty much on a whim. It plays Blu-Ray disks fine (my old Toshiba was pretty much a hit or miss in that regard), but the network functionality is poor.

I was using Netflix on my Xbox 360 but grew tired of the high annual Xbox Live fee so wanted a player with Netflix support. Compared with the 360, the Netflix interface on the Sony is a joke... it only gives you access to your instant queue... that's it. No searching, no recently played, no recommendations. There are hints in some of the menu functions that more might be coming in future firmware releases, but who knows.

Another feature I wanted was streaming over my home network. I tried connecting up to Windows (7) Media Center and then to XBMC. More than 80% of my videos wouldn't show up or wouldn't play - all are AVI files, encoded in a variety of formats like xvid, divx. The same was the case with files stored on a USB memory stick - they simply wouldn't play, showing up as 'corrupted' when I tried. Have not tried the other network apps like Hulu or Pandora.

The one thing about this player that I really do like is the Android app for remote control. Easy to set up, worked like a charm. Will likely return this unit in the next few days.

Originally Posted by Alecto

It was fairly quiet, with the occasional chirping noise mostly at the beginning of the movie as the various title sequence elements loaded up. It wasn't as noticeable once the movie itself started.

Originally Posted by kellte2

Anyone know when the 580 is supposed to come out?

Originally Posted by Charles R

I spotted some at Best Buy a week or more ago.

Originally Posted by peterlee

The cnet review linked above measured that the player without quick start draws 0.13 watts of power when turned off; with quick start enabled, the player draws 0.74 watts, an almost 600% increase in power consumption that occurs day and night, 24/7. In dollar amounts, quick start off and on cost of $0.99 per year versus $7.35/year, respectively.

Originally Posted by luckyknight

Is it true that Sony dropped DivX support in the 480 due to a licensing issue? (xvid is still there)

Originally Posted by kgturner

I just purchased the Sony BDP-S480 and a Sony STR-DN1010 and seem to be encountering some problem. For whatever reason, the 480 will not output 5.1 over HDMI into the 1010. Video is fine, but it always just plays 2.1. I've checked and rechecked my settings in both the 480 and the 1010. This is my first blu-ray player so maybe I'm missing something somewhere, but I can't figure it out. My DirecTV reciever outputs 5.1 via HDMI into the receiver no problem. I can connect a digital coax between the 480 and 1010 and get 5.1, but last I recalled, HDMI can carry 5.1 and high def video. Anybody offer any assistance?

Kevin T

Originally Posted by joeschmoe007

My question is really about Sony BDP-S480 but I don't think this feature is specific to this player. It may be called differently on other players.

Manual says:
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[BD Audio MIX Setting]
[On]: Outputs the audio obtained by mixing
the interactive and secondary audio to the
primary audio.
[Off]: Outputs the primary audio only. Select
this to output HD audio signals to an AV
amplifier (receiver).
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By default this is ON

Can anyone explain what I will lose if I set it to OFF (I did and haven't noticed anything missing so far)? The reason I want it OFF is that when its ON the BD player downcoverts Dolby TrueHD not to DD 5.1 but to 2.0 for coax output. I need to use coax output because my receiver doesn't support HDMI (I route audio to receiver via coax and video directly to TV via HDMI)

Originally Posted by amt97

I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the issue I seem to be having.

I just purchased a Sony BDP-S480 Blu-Ray player. I have the player hooked up via HDMI to a Sony Bravia 46Z4100 and Coaxial audio out to an old (but still working great!) Sony STR-DE485 Surround Sound Receiver (circa 2002).

The problem is that when viewing both Blu-Rays and DVDs, there is a momentary delay of approximately 3-5 seconds where the audio can be heard, but there is no picture when first resuming from a stop or skipping chapters. I also get a blank screen when stopping playback for about the same amount of time.

I have tried changing every setting (color space, setting output mode to only 1080p instead of automatic, etc, etc) and the problem still persists.

The ONLY solution I have found that fixes the problem is to set 1080p/24p output to OFF instead of AUTO.

I know my model supports 24p, and the picture is very smooth with 24p enabled from the Blu-Ray player and Motion Enhancer enabled on my TV.

I have done all the firmware updates. Any suggestions? Or is this just a bug inherent in this player?

UPDATE: I tried hooking this up to my newer (2010) 32EX500 in my bedroom with the same results. Drop-outs with 24p output set to AUTO, no problems when disabled. I'm thinking it's the player. Anyone else have this problem on their 380/480/580/780 models?