Help with Setup Onkyo SR875 / Sam bd-p1200

[quetzalcoatl]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

The Sammsung BD-P1200 does not decode nor can it send Dolby TrueHD or Dts-HD Master. (hopefully a firmware update will change that)

In the meantime, it is probably best to leave it set on Bitstream. (This will send the "core" mix which will still sound excellent because its originated from the Lossless mix. When you select an Uncompressed PCM track it will automatically default to Linear PCM so you dont have to worry about switching back and forth, just leave it on bitstream.)


As for why they sound different to you? well, a whole bunch of factors play a part. Sound Level matching for starters, DSP's applied, Dialnorm, Bassmanagement, room dynamics, quality speakers...and the list goes on.

anyways, just enjoy.

Where it might be nice to have a FW update change the audio on the 1200 the fact is that it cannot.
Samsung pulled a fast one or that is what I say they did. Just before releasing this unit they changed the SoC to a Broadcom 7411 when they were going to use the 7440. They sited manafacturing delays. Well the 7411 cannot do any of the HD audio.

http://www.broadcom.com/collateral/pb/7411-PB07-R.pdf

So the 1200 is a 1.3 HDMI player that only supports Deep Color which is not being used. Or in otherwords it might as well been a 1.2 player.