<![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> @MarvinDog:
Not to be picky, but they do have the bandwidth. Coax can handle 100+ Mbit/s. PCM, DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, etc., have bandwidths in the 10 (20 max) Mbit/s range. It would have been problematic for the powers-that-be to get that signal encrypted and protected however on a coax path; that was the appeal of HDMI. Future audio formats might exceed the coax bandwidth, however.

Everyone says "coax doesn't have the bandwidth" but I just don't think it's so. I mean, coax routinely carries 1.45 Gbps video (HD-SDI).


scarbrtj

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> @jamesuschrist:
TOSLINK and coax don't have the bandwidth to transmit multi-channel PCM. However, there is zero difference whether the high-resolution audio codecs are decoded in the player or the receiver-- it's just like unzipping a file.

But, there are people who get off on having that little "Dolby TrueHD" light show up on their receiver, and are willing to spend $300 to see it.

Not me though.


MarvinDog

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> So the extra $300 is for bitstreaming un-decoded audio... what is wrong with PCM?! Can anyone really hear the difference?

$300 demands some double blind testing. I bet PCM over digital coax made out of coat hangar is indistinguishable from this...

jamesuschrist

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> @Optimus-Prime: Yep. Unlike the PS3, this one can bitstream all codecs over HDMI. Both this and the PS3 can decode them internally, and output PCM signal via HDMI. Not much of a difference, but a big deal for some.

Wilson Rothman

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> Who would buy this over a PS3 (for $200 more)? I guess those that refuse to have a game box in their house?

graham1010

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> I hope it streets for a lot less.

BobMac

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> maybe I missed it somewhere, but can it pass the un decoded audio bitstream through hdmi? I know thats the one limitation of the PS3.

Optimus-Prime

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> Sure glad Blu-ray won the war. All this hi-def goodness for just a mere $700? Everybody's gonna jump at this. I sure hope they come up with a >$1000 model.

JonnyO

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> No BD Live for me until they go WiFi.

Camperton

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> @F8X: here you go. . .

[www.mvixusa.com]

OG512

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> Phbbbllllttt. I wouldn't spend more than $100 for a Blu-ray player. You'd have to be nuts to drop $700.

justrick

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> Not sure I would trust a firmware update over WiFi

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> I may be getting this. I need a player that can handle all of the new audio codecs and has an IR receiver. I do wish this had WiFi though.

F8X

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> And yet the $400 PS3 has wireless BD-Live support and firmware updates. Who has ethernet ports throughout their home?

Galley

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> Why does anyone bother making these things when Sony is undercutting them with the PS3 at $400? As long as the PS3 is at the same price or lower, these stand-alone players are silly. Perhaps the only thing that could compete is if Microsoft or Nintendo added a $200 BR plug-in for their game machines. Until then, Sony will dominate the hardware side of Blu-ray.

Monty

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> @Franssu: Beat me to it...

I don't know why anyone is bothering to make a Blu Ray player that is more expensive than a PS3; it just seems like a terrible strategy.

Hiphopopotamus

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> They make a big deal about upsampling 4:2:0 to 4:2:2, but I thought every BD player did that, or even to 4:4:4.

scarbrtj

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> but Damn! $700 bucks! I'll give you $300 and an IOU.

OG512

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> 700$ for a profile 2.0 player that won't play GTA IV ? How does that make sense ?

Franssu

]]> <![CDATA[Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Their First BD-Live Blu-ray Player]]> Drop the price down to $350 and this will be a winner!

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen

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