Official Panasonic DMP-BDT110/210/310 Owners Thread - Page 214

Originally Posted by moxie1617

The remote can only control your TV's volume and since you can't get your Samsung to control the Pio's volume you are out of luck. If you can find a remote for a 60/65/85 they have the ability to control the volume of the receiver. Panasonic dropped that feature with the 2011 models. I think I see a universal remote in your future.

Originally Posted by Carpaccio


SUCCESS!!! Major thanks to iafzal!!!

The solution was (under the Anynet+ menu) to turn the Control Mode from "PQLS" to "ALL".

Now the Samsung's remote can control the Pioneer's volume! Thanks to all that helped!

Originally Posted by lpaxmember

I just got my BDT210 and connected with Yamaha A1000 using HDMI.

But I don't see the 5.1 speaker symbol on my A1000 when I play titles which are supposed to have 5.1 sound. I played several from the official list on avsforum.

Am I missing something? Can someone suggest titles that they can confirm are in 5.1.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

Troll much ? You've tried Netflix and if it's not worth $8/month for you they, hey--nobody's forcing to subscribe. Like anything else, the fact that I like it doesn't mean that you have to. Given that they have several million streaming only subs (they were estimating 22 million by the end of Q4), obviously there are many people who like it. And you can't validly compare a pay-per-view VOD service like VUDU to Netflix's all-you-can-eat-for-$8-month buffet plan. The only service which can be said to compete with it now is Amazon Prime Instant Video, which is certainly no better.

In any case our comments on Netflix have centered on the BDTx10s' player's strengths, weaknesses and bugs. A discussion of "what's so good about Netflix" is way the hell off topic (in a thread that already heavily spammed with tons of the same questions asked dozens of times). Let's not and just tell people that we did .

Originally Posted by den110

Does the Panny drop frames or studder during HD Netflix playback? I am contemplating on replacing my Samsung 6900 3D blu ray player with either a 110 or 210. The Sammy drops frames and studders during HD Netflix playback. Does the Panny support 5.1 audio if broadcast by Netflix?

Originally Posted by den110

Are you referring to Netflix or Amazon streaming?

Originally Posted by JMGNYC

Netflix: The UI is a little sluggish and you will get a black flash when Netflix changes it's stream quality during playback. If you've got a stable, wired internet connection you might never see this problem or only during the first few seconds of a show while Netflix ramps up your speed.

A firmware update to add Amazon 5.1 audio and fix the Netflix flash would make it just about perfect as a streamer. It's already there for disc playback.

Originally Posted by Thombil

Ipaxmember--
Before you hit the play button in Netflix you have to go to the audio and subtitle section and tell it you want 5.1.

Originally Posted by Thombil

Ipaxmember--
Before you hit the play button in Netflix you have to go to the audio and subtitle section and tell it you want 5.1.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

I don't. It always selects 5.1 sound as the default (as does the PS3--the Roku 2 doesn't, but they have good reason).

Originally Posted by mdavej

I've changed my mind. I had been living with black flashes and 720p or worse until today. After a long afternoon of black flashes and constant jumping to low res and back, I watched the same exact program on the PS3, which is on the same switch connected to the same enet cable to my 20MB internet service. The PS3 was rock solid at 1080p. Switched back to the panny to make sure it wasn't just some sudden improvement on Netflix's end and had the same terrible stream as before. I'm convinced panasonic either has a much smaller buffer or is actually going through viera cast servers which can't handle the stream. Since Netflix was one of the few reasons I use the panny at all, I think I'm done with this player. I've enjoyed participating in this thread the past year. All the best everyone.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

It might be a tad sluggish, but it's hands down my favorite embedded Netflix player interface of the ones I have available (BDT110, Roku 2, Xbox 360, PS3, TiVo S3). You can see more thumbs at once while browsing, there are many more genres and subgenres available and each genre/subgenre listing can be up to 250 titles long.
If they gave Amazon 5.1 and updated Netflix to give it the ability to play the 1080p encodings, I'd probably use the BDT110 almost exclusively for streaming, since VUDU, Netflix and Amazon are basically the services I use (sometimes Zune, but that's only available on the Xbox). Given that, I'd probably sell my Roku 2, occasional black flashes or not.

Originally Posted by JMGNYC

How can you tell the 1080p encodings aren't being played? Is there a way to see what quality you're getting?

Originally Posted by JMGNYC

How can you tell the 1080p encodings aren't being played? Is there a way to see what quality you're getting?

Originally Posted by mdavej

He measured the data rates compared to PS3 on his router. There is no way to tell what quality you're getting on panasonic, but PS3 shows you (X-High/HD = 1080p).

Originally Posted by guest68

Sorry if this has been answered, but a search didn't find me an answer.

Hulu+ is unwatchable due to freezing issues. The 210 is 2 floors from the wifi router so I recently bought the netgear powerline adapters (85Mbps) hoping the wireless was to weak. The buffering(?) issues are the same. Yes, I did change the network settings to wired LAN.

I have a Roku2lt 1 floor from the wifi router and it streams hulu+ without an issue.

Where do I go from here?

Is there somewhere to test the speed and see the speed of the ehternet connection at the 210 (coming from the powerline)?

FWIW, the 210 connections are:

210 thru HDMI to Denon 1909 thru HDMI to Samsung DLP 5750 (720p)

2wire router thru powerline adapters to 210 LAN.

Roku2:

Roku2 thru HDMI to Panasonic 42" plasma (720p)

.....As Bad as it gets, the ads play perfectly every time. Shows you what they are concerned/focused about/on.

Originally Posted by itsloud

Netflix has played fine our our Panny. We generally use the 360 for streaming, but Live was down this morning so I used the Panny with no issues.

I messed around with it when I put it in and never noticed anything either.

I have a gig switched network with a 100 meg internet pipe.

Originally Posted by Rob67


Bandwidth is key. If you aren't experiencing many drops in bandwidth, you may not have the flashing issue.

I connect at a fast Wireless N network and rarely have issues streaming Netflix.

Originally Posted by sbsidlov


Network congestion is also a huge factor. I have a 50/8 mbps line that tests out at 55-58mbps. I am a fcc tester so I can see all of the hourly test results for my connection. I can have a great connection but the servers at hulu/Netflix can be overloaded.

Originally Posted by petie_gwm

I created a secondary profile on my computer for netflix. Cannot log on with that profile on my Panasonic devices: DMPBDT210-MUL bluray & TCP46ST30 plasma both using viera.

I found out how to de-activate the initial account: "Go to the first screen on the netflix account and, on the remote, press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, up, up, up, up. It will take you to a screen to deactivate the old account."

But... it won't let me sign in with the secondary account name (not an email address), only with the email address that is the primary netflix owner.

Is there a "profile switching" area I am missing on my Panasonic devices?

Originally Posted by tem158

I live in the US, but I'm trying to buy the Canadian version of the BDT210 so that I can play DivX movies... However, I'm having trouble finding the Canadian ones online. Does anyone have any tips?

Thanks