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Old 02-11-2009, 06:53 PM   #1
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Guys,

I bought last year Panasonic SC-PT560 5.1 home theatre with a built-in wireless module for surround speakers.
Now I'd like to add a blu-ray player without changing my home theatre.

I've got 2 possible solutions and I'm wondering if they're OK.

1) buy PS3 with blu-ray capabilities and add it to my home theater via hdmi cable. also I need an optical cable between PS3 and home theater to get surround.
am I able to use a blu-ray without limitations with this configuration ?

2) buy a blu-ray player. Can I add it to my existing home theatre ?
How can I do that to get video and surround ?

any better suggestions than what I've listed above ?

Thanks,

Joseph

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Guys,

I bought last year Panasonic SC-PT560 5.1 home theatre with a built-in wireless module for surround speakers.
Now I'd like to add a blu-ray player without changing my home theatre.

I've got 2 possible solutions and I'm wondering if they're OK.

1) buy PS3 with blu-ray capabilities and add it to my home theater via hdmi cable. also I need an optical cable between PS3 and home theater to get surround.
am I able to use a blu-ray without limitations with this configuration ?

2) buy a blu-ray player. Can I add it to my existing home theatre ?
How can I do that to get video and surround ?

any better suggestions than what I've listed above ?

Thanks,

Joseph
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Old 02-11-2009, 07:05 PM   #3
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Joseph-

Do you have an optical input on your Panny DVD upconverter? If there is, then yes, you could do that.

Same method would apply here. Stand-alones have an optical out in addition to the HDMI so you could run it the same way to get surround. For a more satisfactory experience, I'd recommend a receiver to you in addition to a blu-ray player. There are a handful available for relatively little, $300 in some cases.
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Any player would work, just connect HDMI to the T.V. and optical to your panasonic speaker system thing.
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Old 02-11-2009, 07:30 PM   #5
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I couldn't find all of the information on the panny website for the surround system you have, but it appears that any Blu Ray player will work. Unfortunately I don't think you will be able to get any of the advanced codecs (truhd/dts hdma) unless your system accepts multi channel PCM. I couldn't find a for sure "yes" answer to that one.
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:04 PM   #6
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The big limitation is that only Dolby Digital and PCM can be played with my panny optical (so neither DTS that is a standard with blu-ray).
But at the end of the day Blu-ray and DD with wireless surround is no so bad...
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