need help lookin to buy a BD player

[djdon]

so guys first of i want to say Lots of thankx to this website and all the memebrs that has helped me over the past few days.. I have learned a lot and got a lot of help.. now i jus need few tips and advice b4 i make a purchase.. so if u had helped me b4 u know i had a yamaha 6130 Receiver for my room which i used with a ps3 but as i learned it does not support TURE HD and HD AUDIo.. so i went and bought a yamaha 6160 which decodes True HD In the receiver.. so now i have this Spare receiver.. so what i want to do is put it in my living room with a Blue Ray player which DECODES TRUE HD and then transfer it to the reciver through analog . someone was telling me that its possible.. So can someone help me pick a BD player which is good and Mainly can Decode TRUE hd.. so i can use ANALOG to transfer it to the receiver.. and one more quesiton.. if i use analog way with the Rca wires i guess. Will it Ruin the quality ? or like have a badder quality then a hdmi would??

[BIslander]

There are only a couple of players that decode TrueHD and dts-MA (BD55 and S550) for output over analog. Analog quality is every bit as good as HDMI. The lossless codecs must get decoded back into PCM. And the PCM must get converted to analog. It doesn't matter whether that happens in the AVR or the player. There are some factors such as the DACs and bass management to consider. But, there's nothing wrong with analog.

[djdon]

so if i buy a BD player which decodes True HD and i transfer it over Via analog it should be fine? so from the BD hdmi to tv and analog to receiver that should be it right?

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by djdon

so if i buy a BD player which decodes True HD and i transfer it over Via analog it should be fine? so from the BD hdmi to tv and analog to receiver that should be it right?

Yep. But you should look into buying a player that can decode DTS HDMA on top of TrueHD over analog. All of Fox discs are DTS HDMA.

You may also want to get a player that have 7.1 analog out - so far it's the Panasonic DMP-BD55 - even if your current receiver and setup is not 7.1. In case you do upgrade your receiver and setup to 7.1, then you don't need to buy another player. But I guess there's a flaw in that logic; if you upgrade your receiver, you should be buying a 7.1 one that already can decode DTS HDMA and TrueHD via HDMI.


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[djdon]

cool i get all the info so far.. so any advice which db player i shoudl get in a reasonable price?? any website out there with good pricing .. which models?? i should look into thankx

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by djdon

cool i get all the info so far.. so any advice which db player i shoudl get in a reasonable price?? any website out there with good pricing .. which models?? i should look into thankx

There are only a couple of players that decode TrueHD and dts-MA for output over analog - the Panasonic BD55 and (most likely) the Sony S550. They both cost $400 now from the manufacturers and at various websites. If you have 2K to spend, add the Denon 3800BDCI and Marantz BDP-8002. Pioneer's 51FD and 05FD wil need firmware updates to do dts-MA. There's no ETA on that, although Pioneer says it is coming. The pioneers are in the $600-800 range.

[djdon]

wow price are pretty expensive with those receivers.. i dont think im ready to spend that yet i already spet a lot for my room with the new tv ps3 and surround.. so since i already have the receiver.. which takes analog option.. i think i will go buy the BD player that will decode the true HD and use it..so if i do that.. i should be hearing a BIG difference right?? is it like going to be LOUDER or something? becuase i still dont understand how its big difference its just audio.. TV i can understand the VIDeo quality being sharper but how will the audio have a difference