BD Player recommendations?

[jappler]

I'm in the market for my first BD player and since I dont have an HDMI receiver my main feature set is a decent set of decoders built-in so I can send decode HD audio over the analog outs.

I need a player that can decode most formats, and bitstream all.

Any recommendations?

Thx in advance!

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by jappler

I dont have an HDMI receiver ... I need a player that can decode most formats, and bitstream all.

Why do you need a player that can bitstream if you don't have an HDMI capable receiver?


In any case both these can decode and bitstream all audio, one has 5.1 anaolog outputs(Panasonic DMP-BD50), the other has 7.1(Sony BDP-S550).

[jappler]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Why do you need a player that can bitstream if you don't have an HDMI capable receiver?


In any case both these can decode and bitstream all audio, one has 5.1 anaolog outputs(Panasonic DMP-BD50), the other has 7.1(Sony BDP-S550).

Future-proofing. I'm sure eventually I'll upgrade my receiver, but its not possible at this point.