Official Sony BDP-S590 and BDP-390 Thread - Page 5

Do you know of alternative products which don't currently feature cinavia detection which are absolutely immune to having it added in an update? The AACS license was amended to make cinavia detection mandatory for licensed devices (which include all BD players) as of February 12th. It's unclear whether this may require that firmware updates be issued for all BD players, but even if it doesn't, all of this year's products shipped past that date. Sony's inclusion of it in their first firmware update for these players may be a slight license violation since they probably should have left the factory with it in place.

I just set up my 390 for Netflix. The netflix selection screen is stretched off the screen on the left and looks enlarged compared to my Sony BDP-570. Do I have a setting messed up or is this the normal appearance on the 390?

Thanks for the quick reply. That is exactly like mine looks. The appearance on my old BDP-570 is much better in my opinion. Just looks cleaner.

As stated previously, BestBuy does not have these at this time in stores but can do "ship to store" (I'm in Rochester, MN - there's none in stores in this area or the Twin Cities, home to Best Buy)

Wondering if there's inventory on trucks or about to be loaded on trucks that could arrive at the store faster... if that makes any sense?

Either way I've decided to go with the S590 for the fact there's 2 USB ports - one for a storage stick and one for me in the front to throw music through or a keyboard.

Almost went with the 580 and took my chances with the interface but thankfully I found this newer model that everyone says has a better menu system. Now to just get it as soon as I can (My LG BD390 is about dead) before my 4 year old screams "I WANT MY LION KING"

That version of the UI is Netflix's design and everyone better get used to it. It's on the PS3, the 2012 Panasonic BD players and a ton of other devices. I actually like the UI that was previously on the PS3 better (also Netflix's design), which is still on the 2011 Panasonic BD players.

That version is a bit different than both the PS3 and Panasonic Viera Connect versions. How do you get to the search menu?

I think apw was referring to the Netflix app on the earlier Sony BRs...He can correct me if I'm mistaken. Here's what the NF app (I'm assuming) he's was speaking of looked like.

Go to 3 mins into this youtube vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpcw7WmdugM

I probably should have quoted HDMI Guy's post instead to make it clear that I was responding to his complaint that the old Sony Netflix UI was better.

Someone should post a review and rating for the S390 on Amazon. It only got one review by a guy who 1-starred it because he apparently got a lemon which stopped playing discs when he paused halfway through the first disc he played on it.

So is this just speculation or is cinavia really in the new Sony BD Players? I hope somebody can confirm this by playing back a test file to see if it really is in the firmware.

It's not speculation that Sony has stated that the firmware update contains Cinavia (see this). From what someone said above, if you don't apply the upgrade you can't use the online services apps.

It's also not speculation that Cinavia detection is required by the AACS Adopters Agreement (see this and this), which is riddled with references to Cinavia.

Wow, thanks for the info, the studios must have really banded together on the piracy issue.

Times are a changin!

I called and asked for cancellation yesterday. Their site says that the order is still in "Processing" state, but the hold has been removed from my bank account. I'm going to chance it and order it elsewhere.

EDIT: After some internal debate I decided to eschew the external LED display, superfluous 3D capabilities and 2nd USB connection and buy the S390 instead. I ordered it from Amazon Marketplace seller "Video & Audio Center", who ship from some CA location (they have 3 B&Ms in LA suburbs). They offered free ground shipping and claim that 99% of orders ship same day or next business day so I may have it on Tuesday .

Video & Audio Center shipped my S390 today. I can't get any tracking info from UPS yet; the shipping notification from Amazon estimated that it would arrive on Tuesday the 27th . They said that their free shipping is standard 3-5 business day ground and if that's true it should get to me the day after UPS picks it up from them. If they've shipped via some Super-Saver-7-10-day service I'm posting some negative feedback about them on Amazon.

So basicly the only difference between the the 390 and 590 is the 590 is a 3D player and the 390 a "regular" Blu Ray player?? On the fence between the Sony models listed above and the Panny 320.

Jeff

I am on fence too between panny and sony. I just do blurays. And it seems most people feel the panny has a better bluray picture. But this sony model is a little newer and guys say they cant see a difference between the two...S390 vs BDT110....maybe I'll flip a coin...

The 390 is smaller, 12 5/8" wide versus the 590's standard 17" width. The 390 has one USB connection versus the 590's two and the 390 does not have an external LCD display. On the other hand, the 590's list price is only $20 more and the additional features seems pretty inexpensive at that price. Of course, if you do not and never will need those additional features it's $20 wasted.

The 2012 Panasonic BD player line has a couple of inexpensive non-3D units but they do not have all the same features as the 3D ones. For instance, they don't have the Viera Connect suite, just a closed set of players for four streaming services.

I was looking at the Sony's because of a fleeting interest in SACD (I have one disc, the hybrid Dark Side of the Moon). I have had 3 Pannys that I was and am happy with. We are looking at networking players instead of having to drive to the video store or Red Box. The Panny 320 is what I'm looking at in that respect. The 390/590 is for the same reason except the SACD (over HDMI I'm supposing). Even though the Panny has 196/32 bit processors, I could never take advantage of that unless I major upgrade my Integra 40.2 to a 70.3 or 80.3.

Jeff

I like the size of the 590, don't know if I can get use to the 390s smaller size (WAF believe it or not!). Sigh, so many choices..I already listen to any music (CD's, Pandora, etc.) in all channel stereo, so will SACD make any difference??

Jeff

With good stereo system, a good SACD is far better than CD.

Paradigm Monitor 9's for now, hopefully Studio 60's in the near future, and a new Rythmik sub, F15, F15HP, or FV15.

Jeff