Sony BDP-BX1 = BDP-S350?

[krisjan]

Originally Posted by rwojtalewicz

Yes that's a good suggestion. At WM the BD30 is about $448. If your prediction is correct, I'd like to see it come down to around $300. Although still a bit steep, I can handle it.

My Yammy V663 should be an excellent match for the BD30. The V663's decoders decode all the lossless formats.

There might be just one caveat though:

I have a 7.1 surround system. Can the BD 30 bitstream DTS-HD MA and DD THD 7.1 channels? I have no doubt that the BD 30 can send 7.1 PCM through HDMI but it's the other lossless formats that I'm concerned about. Someone awhile back told me it couldn't but he didn't even own the BD 30 player. So I'm not sure if that is correct. Can you clarify that? Thanks for your help.

Yes, the BD30 will do 7.1 audio via HDMI for the hi-rez formats. See here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1050507