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DavidLD

In Reply to: RE: Review of Panasonic DMP-BD30 (blu-ray player) posted by townsend on November 26, 2007 at 16:43:36

I keep seeing basically lukewarm endorsements with all sorts of qualifications for any of the HD and Blue Ray players. I can't get excited about any of this expense and bother until the reviewers are really blown out of their chairs, and will settle for my 720p projector displaying 480p discs until that happens.

Now, come up with a hi def player that can play Beowulf in full 3D and we can talk. There are things that do or will blow me out of my chair but not the current version of hi def DVD. Unfortunately for the Hi Def manufacturers, I am not alone on this and belive that most consumers agree with me.

If I am not clamoring to go this direction on my 100-inch screen why should the consumer with the paltry 50-inch flat panel be enthusiastic?

David

Follow Ups:

I guess to each his own.... - oscar 05:33:42 11/27/07 (4)
At 100" using 720p, the differences between 480p and HD should be pretty obvious. My mistake was a steady diet of Dishnetwork HD broadcasts causing dissatisfaction with DVD playback. Now I'm an early adopter for the first time.

I do agree the hardware looks "cheap" but it's done reasonably well so far with an occasional firmware update. I do have a puzzler of a system synergy issue: LG player/amplification/speakers have combined to cause "premature" protection circuit kick-in at relatively low volume levels with lossless/PCM soundtracks. This might be cured with a different player but I'm also eyeing more robust (and matched) amplification.
- RE: I guess to each his own.... - racerguy 07:35:47 11/27/07 (3)
  Perhaps your LG player is producing a non-audible signal that's triggering the protection circuits. I've seen that happen before with other sources.
  - I suspect that's one cause... - oscar 07:53:29 11/27/07 (2)
    It's happened with a 2nd LG in the system as well. It seems to happen most often (but not always) on dynamic peaks. I think a more robust DAC stage is in order, but that might be wishful thinking. Nevertheless, I wouldn't expect the amp to "wimp out" so quickly, especially since I've never had issues with any other sources.
    
    OTOH, I've never before fed uncompressed movie "kablooie" soundtracks to the system either. Still one would expect a 800W/channel (4 ohms) amp would be robust enough to handle the load.
    - Does it happen with any other source? - racerguy 07:59:46 11/27/07 (1)
      If it does, blame your amps. If it doesn't, it's something in the design of the LG.
      - Nope....Every other source I play screamingly loud with no issues. - oscar 09:16:31 11/27/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Does it happen with any other source? posted by racerguy on November 27, 2007 at 07:59:46
        
        It only happens when I select DTS, TrueHD, or PCM using the LG BH100 audio outputs. Hasn't happened yet with the LG set to DD/DD+ output. It happens less often if I select "small" speakers on the LG audio options but then I lose a ton of bass (there's issues with the LFE output I suspect).
        
        No one else I know has any issues with the LG (other than low LFE) ????

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