Official Panasonic DMP-BDT 220/320/500 Owners Thread - Page 33

I ran across this with two copies of Thor (Blockbuster Blu-ray volume labeled RENTAL) via different player... I found it funny the first few minutes were fine. I'm thinking it's some copy protection method/issue or their disc duplication is as bad/slow as their site.

Don't you like short and FAT people on screen? I don't see how anyone can do that.

I meant a zoom function for letterboxed movies designed for 4x3 screens.

Assuming one has no interest in streaming, or in files aside from blu rays and dvd's, it seems to me that the only difference between the panasonic and sony is the difference in loading times for blu rays.

I really need to have NF sub titles which our BD65 doesn't do.
does the BDT 220 still have those 2-3 German news channels on Viera cast? that's something that's important for us. Would be great if some of you guys who have the BDT220 can comment on this...

The Sony players have this grace note look up thing where it will go off to the net and pull meta data based on the disk you put in. Cd, DVD, BD. I find I use it more than I thought. Also plays SACD if that's of interest.

The movie was "Abandoned"

hi guys,

i've recently got a 220 and not to happy if honest.
tried bringing back but show won't allow so hope you guys can help fix my issues. first one below.

can anyone tell me how to watch videos via dlna?
i can see my dlink sharecenter 320 (which is a dlna server) via the 220 and can see the files but i get the message 'can't play file' when i click on any of them. will open pics and music files ok.
Also, it none of my WMV files are listed?

Thanks,

+1 it's a nice program I use it to convert movies for my Nook tablet. The developer has great support. I had a question about subtitles and emailed the Dev on a Sunday. I was surprised when I had a response back within 15 minutes and his suggestion worked perfectly. Highly recommended!

With the 220, is there a way to have the weather icon pop up with the local temp, like it did with my BD65? Thanks.

I just received another copy of bd "The Man Who Would Be King" from Netflix and it is playing (!) in 24p DTS-HD Master Audio. So my first experience with the 220 was not so good, but it seems to be ok now.

Is 24p the best way to see a bd? Thanks for the previous responses.

Another problem... the sound is only coming out of the center channel. Any suggestions?

Should the 220 be set for bitstream vs PCM; BD-Video Secondary Audio On or OFF? (This movie was made in 1975 if this makes any difference); PCM Down Conversion on or off?

so sorry... I hit the audio button on the controller and it says: soundtrack 1eng dts-hd mstr mono!! I apologize for all the comments. I never thought a bd would be in mono...

24P is considered the ideal display rate to emulate a movie experience , however if your HDTV has issues with actually displaying 24P properly, many do-check the discussion threads for your set, it's meaningless.

I doubt everyone remembers everyone's equipment or configuration (unless it's in the signature). You have to give a clue.

Just picked up a 220 and tried setting up the player to work with my iphone. Havent had any luck. My iPhone shows up on the enabled list of network devices but the app says players are found and to check to ensure the player is on the same subnet.

Anyone had any problems with this?
Thanks

Well is it on the same subnet, and is it enabled on the player?

EDIT: Seems like I read the 220 uses a different app than the older models. Are you sure you have the right app? Search this thread and see.

I was having great difficulty streaming Netflix on my Samsung blu-ray player. After nine months of frustration, I finally returned it over the weekend and exchanged it for the Panasonic BDT320. I can't believe the difference. The Panny is streaming with no problems (so far) and is much faster than the Sammy.

I was going through the menu last night and there are a couple of functions that have me a little confused. The instruction manual doesn't do a very good job of explaining them either. One particular option that I'm trying to figure out is Black Level Control. There are two options for this function. They are lighter or darker.

Does anyone know what the Black Level Control is and which of the two choices is the preferred option?

Old models had the same options. Darker crushed blacks too much for my taste, so I stayed with normal. Just use whatever looks better to you.

As far as I know no one has been able to get the 220 to play back video from DLNA shares. We're all using SMB sharing via the 220's "map network drive" option as a workaround/alternative method for LAN streaming. Yes, it's pretty lame of Panasonic to release a player without an important feature working. Hopefully a firmware update will fix this.

As far as WMV goes - I'm pretty sure these players do not support that format.

I'm always surprised by how many homes of friends I visit where Zoom or some other fill option is used to make the picture fill up the screen. A cousin of mine with two homes and multiple 50" or bigger HDTVs over the years always has the sets setup like this, I find it annoying and bite my tongue. I was in my cable companies' CSR store once, and people in there were returning the boxes complaining that there were bars on the HDTV, and didn't understand that everything isn't HD and even then doesn't always fill up the screen.

Should the 220 be set for bitstream vs PCM; BD-Video Secondary Audio On or OFF; PCM Down Conversion on or off?

I have a Denon AVR-791, HDMI connections, BDT-220, Sony KDL-46HX729 1080p 240 hz tv. The tv and avr are pretty good ones so I imagine I have all the necessary capabilities. Thanks for any advice on setting up the 220. (sorry I wasn't more clear on my previous posting).

Doug

Another quick question: What is the feeling on chroma process, detail clarity and super resolution settings. thanks again!

I'm not going to bother looking it up by I assume that your AVR can decode all of the sound encodings (DTS-HD HR & MA, DD+ & TrueHD), so set them to bitstream, which will send the encoded sound to your AVR to be decoded there. (Setting to PCM to cause the BD player to decode the sound internally, producing multichannel LPCM). BD Secondary Audio is stuff like the directors commentary and any player sound effects, which have to be mixed into the sound, which I think would force PCM, so turn it off unless you use those things often.

Turn PCM Down Conversion on if your AVR can't handle 96 kHz sampled sound; it will down convert it to 48 kHz for output.

See THIS thread for chroma process. Super res destroys the picture, and detail clarity has no discernible effect. So turn all that crap off unless you really like artifical sharpness and halos.

As for the next question you're sure to ask, set YCbCr to whatever your tv can handle, or 4:2:2 if you don't know.

And before you say that's an old thread, none of this stuff has changed in at least 3 years.

The only thing I changed from the original setting is to change Normal to Fine, this gives a slight increase in overall sharpness. Super Resolution pertains to DVD upconverson only and has nothing to do with the BD picture. Leave the setting at +1, super resolution does not destroy the picture. Detail Clarity with increase the background detail by changing the contrast. I leave at 0. These settings are meant to be used as to what is pleasing to your eyes. No one can determine the settings pleasingness except you.

Thanks for all the great info... I think I am finally getting a handle on all the settings.

I got screwed on Amazon Resellers AGAIN!!! This time I got sent a BDT210, D'oh!!!! Both sellers had good reputations too. It makes you wonder if the sellers are making honest mistakes or they think the buyers are too stupid to notice to model #s? Once, maybe, but 2x? Hmm...