Last month, I was in New York City reporting on the 2014 Luxury Technology Show . While I was there, I had a long chat with Eric Larsen, the Principal Evangelist at Kaleidescape. During our conversation, we touched on many of the topics that are part of any debate about media servers and...

 I am not sure if this is the correct forum, but I am praying someone can help.   I have a QNAP TS-212p NAS connected to a gigabit ASUS AC66U router. I store all my video content on my NAS. I have no issues streaming the 1080p content to my laptop my via wireless. It plays smoothly with no...

The Sharp Blu Ray "Player" with WISA is the only player I have seen being presented at CES. Is there anyone else doing new Blu Ray players? The Sharp: Sharp's new Blu-ray wireless player is WiSA-certified, ships this spring for $4,000...

I recently got a Sony S5100 BRD player to use in my living room with my new Vizio M501 3D television. I have the BRD connected to my D-Link router (router and modem sitting right behind TV) with a short Cat 5e ethernet cable. My PC (sitting just left of my TV) is also connected to the same...

Hello, Title pretty much explains my problem. My receiver has a 7.1 speaker setup. Bluray player says that it will play DTS-HD Master and does my receiver. When I click the info button on my marantz reviver while playing Star Wars on bluray, it says it's streaming the audio in PCM. The Bluray...

I all ready own a med8er x600 which is great, all though.not all 3D files play. Looking to upgrade it with another 3D player. Money isn't a issue really. What should I go for?

Hey all: Just jumped on the great amazon deal the other day and got my new sc-1223. Sounds good, but I can't get it to show me that it's decoding a dts signal. With various blurays, I can get it to show me PCM or Dolby digital, but no dts, even when I select the dts hd audio on the bluray...

I am a simple man, with simple needs. What I'm hoping is that you can help me decide whether I need video processing capability in my next receiver. I'm currently running my basic 3.1 system with a Denon AVR-2805. It's a great receiver, but after eight years it's time to upgrade to something...

 I am rather new at this, so I apologize ahead of time.  I just bought a Samsung Crystal Surround Soundbar and I'm having some issues.   The setup:   TV: Samsung 60" 3D Smart TV: UN60F7050af 3D Blu-Ray: Sony BDP-S5100  Soundbar:  AirTrack HW-FM55C  HD CableTV box    Before purchasing...

 This is my first 3D Blu-Ray player, I was excited because it has a 2D to 3D live conversion that I really wanted to use. I bought it because my PS3 was reading my side by side videos with some distortion in the middle, I noticed that when I ran them on my computer they were totally fine, so...

Has anyone else have any issue with the letterbox bars not being the deepest black that can be displayed on your set? I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, but this is clearly the case. The one example I use that's undeniable is on the Samsara blu ray, the dark city scene (I believe...

I just got a 40" sony TV and BDPs 5100 from costco. I am trying to use this combo as a smart tv. How do i use the webbrowser functionality? I was looking to buy the samsung smart TV but the Sony salesman at costco mentioned that i could get this combo and use it as a smart tv. What would you...

 The wife and I currently have basic cable and do most of our watching on free TV and movie sites on the internet via the laptop. We want to upgrade and overhaul everything although we'll still probably do most of our viewing via streaming as we're usually too busy to watch a lot of live TV.  ...

Another what is best thread. Sorry. I'm thinking Roku but in search found threads on WD, Apple TV, Popcorn, etc. Also Black Friday disclosures show Sony BR player for same neighborhood price, $40-$80. I have PS3 in other video room and I know BR players have good streaming support. I have good...

Question: Can 3 televisions share one Blu-ray DVD player? I have three Samsung Smart TV's: UN55F7100 UN46F7100 UN40F6400 I have one Blu-ray player: Sony BDP S5100 Objective: - Use one Blu-ray player for three televisions - Watch a Blu-ray movie on either of the three televisions...

 I'm having problems programming a sony rm vlz620 to control a sony bdp-s5100. The supplied code does not work. And when I try to teach it commands with the learning function, it fails mid programming.    Has anyone had any luck using this remote with this blue ray player?   Or any other...

I recently replaced a Samsung blu-ray player with a Sony BDP-S5100. It's connected through a 5.1 channel Pioneer Elite AV receiver in the VSX line. I'm using the same HDMI cable to connect the new blu-ray player to the receiver as the old one used. The odd thing is that whenever I play a...

Just got my home theater setup finished about a week ago. I will list the components below. 120 Elite Screen Benq W1070 1.06 Denon Avr 1613 Energy Take Classic 5.1 Sony bdp s5100 Direct hd dvr I will start off saying that I am not a tech nerd but have a little bit of knowledge just...

I'm trying to decide what sort of remote extender kit I need. I have, in the same room, on the same rack, a: - Panasonic TC-P65VT60 TV - Denon AVR-X4000 receiver - Sony BDP-5100 Blu-Ray player - Motorola DCX-3510M cable box - Toshiba A3 HD-DVD player - Roku 3 - Harmony Smart Control...

Hello, I recently purchased these items to replace my current living room setup: Sharp 70" LED TV Model: LC-70LE550U Sony HTCT260 Sound Bar Home Theater System $299 Sony BDP-S5100 Blu-Ray Player My plan was to hook up the TV to the cable box, Blu-ray player, and AppleTV by HDMI. Then I...