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Author Topic: Are There Any BluRay Players That Output 7.1 analog? Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-07-2012 07:56 PM                        Now that they have started to release BluRays with 7.1 sound formats, is the trend in BluRay players' prime output to be digital and expect D/A conversion in an external D/A unit/receiver, or any do BluRay players have the capability of actually outputing 7.1 analog like many older DVDs players used to do output 5.1?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 05-07-2012 09:43 PM                     yes the OPPO BDP-83 and BDP-95 have 7.1 analog output:  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 05-08-2012 04:10 PM                        You have to go up to the top models in each manufacturer's product lines, but they are there. For example, the only current Panasonic model I could find that had 7.1 analog audio outputs was the DMP-BDT500: http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/DMP-BDT500?t=specs Sticker price is $350 and street price appears to be ~$330.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-08-2012 09:57 PM                        Thanks guys; that's makes life easier.  |  IP: Logged Melanie Loggins Expert Film Handler Posts: 154 From: Wayne, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2011 posted 05-09-2012 10:23 AM                        And for what it's worth, the OPPO players also take serial commands from a DOLBY server. Well worth the hefty price tag if you play a lot of DVD/Blu Rays, like we do.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-09-2012 11:32 AM                        Too bad the Oppos don't allow the on-screen display to be disabled. Otherwise, it would be the perfect cinema player.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 05-09-2012 07:46 PM                     I wrote to Oppo about the on-screen display- it's my one real complaint about their player (I have the BDP-93). Being obsessive I want to see EVERY FRAME of video on a disc with NOTHING overlayed by the player or TV- even if it's "just" the FBI warning or something like that. I did not buy an Oppo DVD player because they had a lot of un-defeatable onscreen displays, the BD player's displays are more tolerable as the longest they stay onscreen is one second. I got a reply from them saying that they wanted their users to know what the player was doing, for example seeing the Pause symbol so that they knew they had hit the Pause button and it wasn't the disc freezing up, but maybe they'll make some more changes if enough other people tell them how they'd like it. I do like how this player doesn't appear to be made cheaply like most other players are- it might actually last 10 years or more. I've got the plug-in thingy to make it all-region too. My TV (Sharp) is multi-standard, but I checked this player's PAL to NTSC conversion and it's the first time I've seen a player be able to convert video-based material without messing up the frame rate.  |  IP: Logged

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