The Sony BDP-S2000ES Review Thread

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Originally Posted by quetzalcoatl

Well I am one of those that bought the Pioneer 95 and knew exactly what it could do and not do. And it does everything I need it to do. I donot need onboard decoding of DTS HD MA. And no it will never do it. And I have no regrets over buying it. If we wish to wait on what is next there is never a time to buy. The HT market is getting so much like the computer market that there is always something new around the corner.

I understand that you cannot wait forever to buy new technology, and if you see my equipment list, I have already bought some.

My point was that with the new high def video technology (Blu-ray, HD-DVD) came the new high def Audio technology (DD+, TrueHD, dts-HD, dts-HD HR, dts-HD MA, etc.) which is exclusive to this new technology. Now, when these manufactures build a high end player that costs that much, they should at least stuff them with the latest technology availablr at the time - after all we are not talking about an entry level player here.

In any case, I am glad you are happy with your 95D, it is a great unit, don't get me wrong.

BTW, I noticed you have this quote in your post: "DTS HD MA not sure how I lived without it."

Souds like we both agree on that! But I am curious how you get dts-HD MA output from your 94THX if the 95FD cannot decode it? Still learning this stuff!

TIA

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Pioneer PDP-5050HD plasma
Sony STRDA5300ES receiver
Sony BDP-S300 blu-ray