Will the BD55K provide a 5.1 audio stream to an older YAMAHA DSP-A3090 receiver Does the PANASONIC BD55K have the functionality to provide a credible 5.1 audio stream to an older YAMAHA DCP-A3090 A/V receiver, via its coaxial or optical outputs? My YAMAHA only has AC-3 and DSP functionality and is wequipped with only RCA, optical and coaxial inputs, but no HDMI input.I have tried the BD35K with the BOURNE and KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Blueray diskss. I obtain a fantastic signal during the main and setup screens, but no sound during the film itself! Will the BD55K provide a 5.1 audio stream to an older YAMAHA DSP-A3090 receiver Does the PANASONIC BD55K have the functionality to provide a credible 5.1 audio stream to an older YAMAHA DCP-A3090... » Read More Will the BD55K provide a 5.1 audio stream to an older YAMAHA DSP-A3090 receiver Does the PANASONIC BD55K have the functionality to provide a credible 5.1 audio stream to an older YAMAHA DCP-A3090 A/V receiver, via its coaxial or optical outputs? My YAMAHA only has AC-3 and DSP functionality and is wequipped with only RCA, optical and coaxial inputs, but no HDMI input.I have tried the BD35K with the BOURNE and KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Blueray diskss. I obtain a fantastic signal during the main and setup screens, but no sound during the film itself! « Show Less
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If credible = lossless HD audio tracks, then YES via the BD55's 7.1 analog outs. NO via the digital coax or optical outs - you'll only get the fallback lossy DD and DTS tracks (higher bitrate than DVD, but still NOT HD) to be decoded by your Yamaha AVR.BTW, wait for the DMP-BD80 coming in March '09, as current pricing for the now discontinued BD55 is completely ridiculous...
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Thank you very much!As a further clarification, I assume that when you say that I "must configure its outputs for two-channel PCM," you mean that this is a menu-driven change that I can make, each time that I encounter a 'DTS only' bluray. With my current setup, I have no problem with the audio, via an optical cable, from non-DTS blurays on the BD55K. (I have a 5 speaker setup and a subwoofer.)
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Actually, in the setup menu of the BD55K you can scroll down to the audio configuration to set both DD and DTS to ouput PCM-only and downconvert to stereo. You won't have to repeat this process every time, and when at such time you upgrade your receiver you can always change these settings to output bitstream. But in the meantime Yamaha's proprietary DSP Soundfields should keep you quite "surrounded." It was quite effective as I remember :)
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Hi Dawn, Thanks for the question. While this unit has great sound quality from using an optical or digital coax cable, it does not subscribe to Dolby or DTS. These formats are for surround sound and this is not a surround sound system. Most Sound bars if not all are not surround sound as you would need rear speakers to utilize this feature. I own this unit and play blue ray movies and cable through it with very high quality. This unit delivers high performance in stereo and with other feature that one will find on sound bars at 2-3 times the cost. Hope this helps. Please contact AV-Express with more questions. Hi Dawn, Thanks for the question. While this unit has great sound quality from using an optical or digital coax cable, it does not subscribe to Dolby or DTS. These formats are for surround sound and this is not a surround sound system. Most Sound bars if not all are not surround sound as you would need rear speakers to utilize this feature. I own this unit and play blue ray movies and cable through it with very high quality. This unit delivers high performance in stereo and with other feature that one will find on sound bars at 2-3 times the cost. Hope this helps. Please contact AV-Express... » Read More Hi Dawn, Thanks for the question. While this unit has great sound quality from using an optical or digital coax cable, it does not subscribe to Dolby or DTS. These formats are for surround sound and this is not a surround sound system. Most Sound bars if not all are not surround sound as you would need rear speakers to utilize this feature. I own this unit and play blue ray movies and cable through it with very high quality. This unit delivers high performance in stereo and with other feature that one will find on sound bars at 2-3 times the cost. Hope this helps. Please contact AV-Express with more questions. « Show Less
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According to their website it is only for BD35K, but I wonder if they would honor it for the 55K. I might try. http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Video/Blu-ray-Disc-Players.list.75009_11002_7000000000000005702
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Very tough call to make. I can't comment on the Yamaha 465 as I haven't used it. I've looked at its info on Yamaha's site and it doesn't seem to indicate pass-through only for its HDMI, which means it may support audio through HDMI, too. But as they say, specs are subject to change without notice. I do have the Onkyo TX-SR507 receiver and it DOES support audio through HDMI as well. I've read a few reports saying that the Onkyo receiver will work great with Bose, Polk, and Yamaha speakers. I'm actually using Yamaha NS-SP1800 5.1 Speaker system that I bought off of Tigerdirect.com for only $119, and to be honest, they rival my parents Bose home theater system. They have an old analog one since they don't have HD. I'm the only one in my family with HD gear, lol! Score one for the kids. I've actually done a lot of research, even Consumer Reports, to find my receivers. Whenever you do receiver shopping, ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM RECEIVERS THAT HAVE ONLY HDMI PASS-THROUGH if you want your audio going through HDMI. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Did you adjust audio settings-BD audio settings to "direct"? You need to feed direct, not pcm, to the 606. I have this problem with my sony s-550, but now they are mates matched in heaven. Just finished watching Traitor: dolby trueHD, Max Payne:DTS-HDmaster audio, The Dark Knight: dolby digital blu-ray. The sound is seriously lossless like what they said.Also, have you adjusted preset listening mode in setup menu of the 606? Set Dolby TrueHD to Dolby TrueHD , and such in that sub menu?Hope this help, BTW, the 606 is the beast once that TrueHD or HD-Mastr light are up ! Did you adjust audio settings-BD audio settings to "direct"? You need to feed direct, not pcm, to the 606. I have this problem with my sony s-550, but now they are mates matched in heaven. Just finished watching Traitor: dolby trueHD, Max Payne:DTS-HDmaster audio, The Dark Knight: dolby digital blu-ray. The sound is seriously lossless like what they said.Also, have you adjusted preset listening mode in setup menu of the 606? Set Dolby TrueHD to Dolby TrueHD , and such in that sub menu?Hope this help, BTW, the 606 is the beast once that TrueHD or HD-Mastr light... » Read More Did you adjust audio settings-BD audio settings to "direct"? You need to feed direct, not pcm, to the 606. I have this problem with my sony s-550, but now they are mates matched in heaven. Just finished watching Traitor: dolby trueHD, Max Payne:DTS-HDmaster audio, The Dark Knight: dolby digital blu-ray. The sound is seriously lossless like what they said.Also, have you adjusted preset listening mode in setup menu of the 606? Set Dolby TrueHD to Dolby TrueHD , and such in that sub menu?Hope this help, BTW, the 606 is the beast once that TrueHD or HD-Mastr light are up ! « Show Less
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yes and no. How serious is your in home movie theatre. The difference is in the sound specs. The A35 allows for HDMI pass through to a top of the line 7.1 channel receiver without any modification to the sound by the hd dvd unit. In the A30 the sound tracks are 'dealt with' for lack of a better term and thus not a pure for use in serious high end audio home equipment--This is a very loose explaination (broad)...just go read the audio specs of the A35 and A30 and you will see ..picture quality-no difference. I'm not using high end audio stuff so I bought the 30. In time I'll convert a spare room over to a full blown theatre..at that time I'll just up grade to whatever model line has long passed the A35. yes and no. How serious is your in home movie theatre. The difference is in the sound specs. The A35 allows for HDMI pass through to a top of the line 7.1 channel receiver without any modification to the sound by the hd dvd unit. In the A30 the sound tracks are 'dealt with' for lack of a better term and thus not a pure for use in serious high end audio home equipment--This is a very loose explaination (broad)...just go read the audio specs of the A35 and A30 and you will see ..picture quality-no difference. I'm not using high end audio stuff so I bought the 30. In time I'll convert a spare... » Read More yes and no. How serious is your in home movie theatre. The difference is in the sound specs. The A35 allows for HDMI pass through to a top of the line 7.1 channel receiver without any modification to the sound by the hd dvd unit. In the A30 the sound tracks are 'dealt with' for lack of a better term and thus not a pure for use in serious high end audio home equipment--This is a very loose explaination (broad)...just go read the audio specs of the A35 and A30 and you will see ..picture quality-no difference. I'm not using high end audio stuff so I bought the 30. In time I'll convert a spare room over to a full blown theatre..at that time I'll just up grade to whatever model line has long passed the A35. « Show Less
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According to the manual, the BDP-S300 can decode Dolby TrueHD as the Toshiba HD-XA2 does. It sends the signal out through the audio out L/R jacks, the optical and coaxial jacks as well as the HDMI out jack. Check out page 48 of this PDF manual --&gt; http://www.sonystyle.com/wcsstore/SonyStyleStorefrontAssetStore/pdf/BDPS300.pdf There are a number of contradictory articles online which claim otherwise.
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If you want your 606 to show DVD: Dolby TrueHD or DTS HD-Mstr on its front panel, you need to adjust inside Sony s350 BD audio settings to "direct" not multil pcm. In your 606 preset listening mode menu, set the Dolby TrueHD to "dolby TrueHD, and DTS mstr to "DTS mstr" accordingly (this 606 menu has 2 pages, flip up and down till you locate that TrueHD or DTS HDmstr). What ever blu-ray disc you put in the onkyo will display what is picking up, TrueHD or DTS HD mstr...both format are the king of hometheater sounds, you will be hooked, excellent sounds. (Or if you want your 606 to show multi channel pcm, you can have your s350 BD audio settings to pcm not direct and it will decode inside that S350 instead of having 606 decoding, either way they sound amazing, but I would have the 606 do the work, also one TrueHD or Mstr logo is on, try Dolby prologicIIx or DTS neo 6 mode, they put all 8 speakers to rumble like no others!) Have you watched Traitor (truehd), Rambo 2008 (dtsHDmstr), or Sarah Connor Chronicles(DD blu-ray)? Those movies will truly show how great the S350 and 606 are...addictive. :-) PS: you can check my profile to see pic of what 606 screen looks like if the TrueHD is being decoded.
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Dario, Sorry, but the answer is no. I just bought the BD35 and was VERY dissapointed to discover that the Dolby and DTS HD audio formats are not supported at the optical output. This is not at all clear until you look at the chart on page 8 of the BD35/BD55 manual. Dolby-EX and DTS-ES make it through, but Dolby-TrueHD, DTS-HD, and DTS-HD Master Audio do not.
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Hey Dennis,Did you tinker with the speaker setting on the BD player? Does it still only sound like 2.0 stereo?let me know, Im going over to my nephews house tomorrow, he has the same Onkyo SR550, and I will check his settings for you.Tom
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As far as I can see, NO. Test: Source file has AAC 5.1 surround sound, played from WD TV media player through Yamaha RX475 is fine.When played through eHomeMediaCenter (Android app on IMOTO) into Sony KDL40R405, audio passthrough viaoptical to Yamaha amp, does not play 5.1.There are three options:1) IMOTO does not support 5.12) App does not support 5.13) Audio passthrough does not support 5.1Good luck
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Jeffrey - I don't have that; where can I get it? I did a search on monoprice, but nothing relevant showed up. SocialLogic - I dunno what it's called but it's definitely not the coaxial input port (coaxial is the same used for subwoofer, I thought - and this receiver has two inputs, since it is 7.2)I've had it for about 10 days, and I'm still tweaking around with the settings. What audio mode do you guys generally use when playing Blu Ray? :)
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I have this receiver and wanted to let you know that on this model the HDMI ports are ONLY FOR Video. You need to use an optical cable to get at least 5.1 sound. The advantage of HDMI is that the audio and video signals are on the same cable. I don't know why it doesn't work like that on this one? It is not the top of the line so the newer ones probably have it. I think the norm now is 7.1 or 7.2 channels. It is a good receiver though. I don't even have a subwoofer hooked up to it and it still sounds good. I hope that helps you out. You can plug an optical cable from the tv to the receiver but it might be only 2 channel surround sound. I use that setup for my roku 3 I hope this helps. I have this receiver and wanted to let you know that on this model the HDMI ports are ONLY FOR Video. You need to use an optical cable to get at least 5.1 sound. The advantage of HDMI is that the audio and video signals are on the same cable. I don't know why it doesn't work like that on this one? It is not the top of the line so the newer ones probably have it. I think the norm now is 7.1 or 7.2 channels. It is a good receiver though. I don't even have a subwoofer hooked up to it and it still sounds good. I hope that helps you out. You can plug an optical cable from the tv to the receiver... » Read More I have this receiver and wanted to let you know that on this model the HDMI ports are ONLY FOR Video. You need to use an optical cable to get at least 5.1 sound. The advantage of HDMI is that the audio and video signals are on the same cable. I don't know why it doesn't work like that on this one? It is not the top of the line so the newer ones probably have it. I think the norm now is 7.1 or 7.2 channels. It is a good receiver though. I don't even have a subwoofer hooked up to it and it still sounds good. I hope that helps you out. You can plug an optical cable from the tv to the receiver but it might be only 2 channel surround sound. I use that setup for my roku 3 I hope this helps. « Show Less
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Yes, the BD55 will "downmix" to 5.1. The additional 2 audio "channels" in 7.1 are matrixed from the 5.1 mix so you won't miss anything with a 5.1 setup.
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I'm just trying to understand this stuff myself but, as I understand it, the optical connection works with Dolby Digital and I guess DTS up to 5.1. The other issue is just for people who need 7.1 (2 more speakers) sound with newer higher resolution sound modes. I just got surround sound in the last year and I am still thrilled with Dolby Digital 5.1. I'm not about to buy whole new receiver and speakers plus more expensive BR player to upgrade a sound system I love. Heck I don't even think I could fit 2 more speakers into my TV room.
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It depends. The 5.1 is a bit of a strange deal, but it definitely did what I wanted it to do, and that was provide 5.1 audio from HDMI to Optical into my old 5.1 receiver that only had Optical in and no HDMI. The trick is that it doesn't do Linear PCM or any uncompressed 5.1 sound. However, compressed audio like Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 work perfectly. Depending on the Sonos's settings, you should be able to get 5.1 through to it using this switch
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I am choosing between the Panasonic DMP-BD55K and Samsung BD-P2500. This is how I see it: For the DMP-BD55K: Audio decode includes DTS-HD Master Audio. Samsung does not today, but they claim an upgrade will be available by the end of the year. Great reputation for Blu Ray player stability and compatibility. Samsung has had a reputation for disc incompatibility, slow firmware updates and some reliability issues. For the BD-P2500: Netflix support Cheaper by about 30 bucks on Amazon. Equal Both have 7.1 Analog Both do DVD upscale very well. Samsung has HQV, which should in theory make it better, but in practice the Panasonic does just as well. I'm leaning Panasonic because I trust the brand more, but the Samsung is still very tempting.