Help n making a choice on a player

[DigitalRain]

Im Looking at either a Sony BDP-S300
or Samsung BD-P1400

I hear good and bad things about both. Which is the best in your opinion?

[kpkelley]

Ps3.

[ILOVEBLU!]

id go with s300 over the samsung or get a ps3 both of those play just about every title out on the market p1400 has some issues

[Jim L]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Ps3.

@kpkelley: That's not one of his choices. I think he wants to know how these 2 compare.

I've owned a Sony S1, and I've read that the S300 has equivalent PQ to the S1. Sony has frequent firmware updates and is much better at support than Samsung.

All of the standalones are slow compared to the PS3. The Panny BD30 is the fastest of that bunch.

[Brain Sturgeon]

Between those two, the S300 appears to be much more reliable, but it does not decode/bitstream TrueHD or DTS-HD MA. The P1400 will decode & bitstream TrueHD and bitstream DTS-HD MA, but it seems to have had all sorts of problems playing particular BD's (Fox releases, in particular).

So it depends on what your needs are. Personally, the Samsungs have all seemed kinda dodgy to me-- I would go for the Sony, or a Panasonic, if you are considering a standalone player.

[DigitalRain]

Originally Posted by Brain Sturgeon

Between those two, the S300 appears to be much more reliable, but it does not decode/bitstream TrueHD or DTS-HD MA. The P1400 will decode & bitstream TrueHD and bitstream DTS-HD MA, but it seems to have had all sorts of problems playing particular BD's (Fox releases, in particular).

So it depends on what your needs are. Personally, the Samsungs have all seemed kinda dodgy to me-- I would go for the Sony, or a Panasonic, if you are considering a standalone player.

According to PC Richardson.com it says the Sony S300 has a built in Dolby/DTS decoder. is that not the same? True HD or DTS-HD MA

[gearyt]

seem to be alot of concerns on the Sammy.. see threads
I'm a panny kind of guy

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by DigitalRain

Im Looking at either a Sony BDP-S300
or Samsung BD-P1400

I hear good and bad things about both. Which is the best in your opinion?

If you HAVE to choose one of these two... the safer bet for reliable playback is clearly the Sony BDP-S300. But, the audio situation isn't the greatest (view a post above regarding details). The Samsung offers the full audio experience but has some long outstanding playback issues with some titles.

If you are willing to entertain the idea, the PS3 is an even safer way to go. With the ability to update through a wireless connection, the fact that it TELLS YOU that there's an update available instead of constantly having to look for an update, the fact that it is almost 3 minutes quicker on loading Blu-ray content, and that it's already practically guaranteed to meet all future profile standards... it can't be beat.

And all of that is just the facts about Blu-ray playback. The PS3 offers about 30 other features that just make it that much more useful in a home entertainment centre.

[DigitalRain]

Does the PS3 have HDMI H/U's

[Brain Sturgeon]

Originally Posted by DigitalRain

According to PC Richardson.com it says the Sony S300 has a built in Dolby/DTS decoder. is that not the same? True HD or DTS-HD MA

Nope, not the same. The S300 (and pretty much any BD player, and DVD players for that matter) decode the lossy Dolby Digital and Legacy DTS codecs. True HD and DTS-HD MA are the new lossless codecs present on various BD releases, and the S300 cannot decode these at this time. The S300 can play back lossless multichannel LPCM on the various Sony/Disney/WB BD releases.

[Jacobisthe]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Ps3.

Amen. In my opinion the 40gb is the best player for the price and is also the best gaming console, a web browser, and a media hub. Also it supports or will support profile 2.0 or whatever it is called.

[clyon]

Originally Posted by DigitalRain

Im Looking at either a Sony BDP-S300
or Samsung BD-P1400

I hear good and bad things about both. Which is the best in your opinion?

The sony from a samsung owner.