The Sony BDP-S300/301 Review Thread - Page 27 - Blu-ray Forum

electric turd · 02-06-2008, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dankoo

Turn down sharpness...hmm...the noise was flickering in and out and only on certain part of the show...any explanation?

Its not your player, its the movie, they used different cameras and recording styles on several shots. Thats why you dont see it all the time. its normal, dont worry about it.

Living Near Shamu · 02-06-2008, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by shoe465

I have got a samsung player and am thinking of taking it back because of all the problems with it. Are there any problems with movies playing in the player such as not working at all. I know 3:10 to Yuma will not play at all in my Samsung bd-p1200 and I can get an even exchange at work for the 300 series sony.

Get the $300 credit, spend the extra $100 and get a PS3. One word: Futureproof.

Blu-Raider · 02-06-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

Get the $300 credit, spend the extra $100 and get a PS3. One word: Futureproof.

I'll buy "near-future resistant" but "futureproof" is a complete load of crappola, imo.

tron3 · 02-07-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu-Raider

I'll buy "near-future resistant" but "futureproof" is a complete load of crappola, imo.

I don't think he meant "future proof" as an absolute. Way back in the early days of my joining this forum I was among the first to say BD was MORE future proof. I swear those CEO's are reading stuff here as they started to say it too. Not saying I made up the term, but I was among the first to use it. I'm sure others came up with it on their own.

However, the point is that BD IS future proof as long as HDTV remains a 1080p display for mainstream consumers.

paulfromtulsa · 02-07-2008, 03:25 PM

if a movie has a uncompressed 7.1 track will this player be able to play it via hdmi? if it can is the any changes in need to do in the setup menu or can i leave it to bitstream?

krazeyeyez · 02-09-2008, 02:41 PM

so i want to download the newest 3.7 update but i have a mac os and the only choices listed are windows, what do i do, what do i do?

ericwithcheese · 02-09-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

so i want to download the newest 3.7 update but i have a mac os and the only choices listed are windows, what do i do, what do i do?

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...=3239&os_id=99

About midway down the page there will be a link to order the firmware update on cd via mail. I believe it will ask for the serial number of your unit on the following page along with your mailing address. I submitted a request and I received my disc from Sony within a week.

Hope that helps!

martigen · 02-10-2008, 02:09 PM

I'm buying a 120 hz tv so i can get the best picture of of my BDP-300, my question is, can the "Motion-Flow" feature work on regular DVDs and Direct TV HD or only on BR discs?

GertFroebeBD · 02-11-2008, 08:24 AM

Hello!

I plan to buy a Sony BDP-S 300. But one of my criterieas is that I want to play region code 1 and 2 DVDs on it too. Is there a way to do that with the S 300 player?

Greetings
Gert

monkyman · 02-11-2008, 11:28 AM

Paidgeek says the S300 can decode TrueHD through HDMI, If so, it must have been slipped in with the latest firmware upgrade.

Can anyone confirm this with there reciever???

I would really like to know this for sure before I get a new reciever.

Link:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=336

JasonR · 02-11-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by monkyman

Paidgeek says the S300 can decode TrueHD through HDMI, If so, it must have been slipped in with the latest firmware upgrade.

Can anyone confirm this with there reciever???

I would really like to know this for sure before I get a new reciever.

Link:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=336

I am wondering the same?

Shanester · 02-11-2008, 01:32 PM

My player died on me last week. I wasn't even able to update the new 3.7 fw. This really sucks. I've only had it for 4 months and have watched a mere 30 movies thus far

I'm debating weather to bring it and get it fixed or get the Samsung BDP1400 currently on sale at Future Shop for $399 + 2 FREE MOVIES

Why can't these things work properly right out of the box??...and last!!

I also have the Toshiba HD-A2 and it has played flawlessly for 6 months

Needless to say I'm not impressed with YOU Sony

zepherman · 02-11-2008, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkyman

Paidgeek says the S300 can decode TrueHD through HDMI, If so, it must have been slipped in with the latest firmware upgrade.

Can anyone confirm this with there reciever???

I would really like to know this for sure before I get a new reciever.

Link:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=336

I am also very curious about this. If this is true that would be awesome!

If anyone can confirm this that would be great!

Fozcycle · 02-11-2008, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shanester

My player died on me last week. I wasn't even able to update the new 3.7 fw. This really sucks. I've only had it for 4 months and have watched a mere 30 movies thus far

I'm debating weather to bring it and get it fixed or get the Samsung BDP1400 currently on sale at Future Shop for $399 + 2 FREE MOVIES

Why can't these things work properly right out of the box??...and last!!

I also have the Toshiba HD-A2 and it has played flawlessly for 6 months

Needless to say I'm not impressed with YOU Sony

Did you call SONY?

I had to upgrade my BDP-S300 right after I got it. Had to run the firmware upgrade twice before it worked right.

I just called SONY and they walked me through the process....went to my pc downloaded the firmware, burned it to a CD ROM and loaded it. Halfway thru the "...silver Surfer..." it froze

.....called SONY back and they walked me thru the fix. Worked flawlessly ever since.

Kilian · 02-12-2008, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkyman

Paidgeek says the S300 can decode TrueHD through HDMI, If so, it must have been slipped in with the latest firmware upgrade.

Can anyone confirm this with there reciever???

I would really like to know this for sure before I get a new reciever.

Link:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=336

PCM tracks decoded from TrueHD and DD are CBR and have the same sampling frequencies and so receivers only show PCM or multichannel on the display and we can't tell which.

Shanester · 02-12-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Fozcycle

Did you call SONY?

I had to upgrade my BDP-S300 right after I got it. Had to run the firmware upgrade twice before it worked right.

I just called SONY and they walked me through the process....went to my pc downloaded the firmware, burned it to a CD ROM and loaded it. Halfway thru the "...silver Surfer..." it froze

.....called SONY back and they walked me thru the fix. Worked flawlessly ever since.

I did that but when I play the cd-rom it's starts the normal upgrade process with the message: DISC DWLD then it says NO DWLD 09 and won't go any further and the disc ejects itself ??

I'm using a Fujifilm CD-R

Now I get the message "can't play this disc" with any movie that was working beautifully last week

wtf is going on here??

Cheers

chandril · 02-13-2008, 01:22 AM

Did you ejected the disk before the upgrade process was completed?. If so, or if you did not downloaded the full upgrade correctly that sort of error will happen. Not sure what to do about it but you might need to take the player for service.

Stacy74 · 02-13-2008, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shanester

My player died on me last week. I wasn't even able to update the new 3.7 fw. This really sucks. I've only had it for 4 months and have watched a mere 30 movies thus far

Mine died last week, after only having it since Christmas. It was a pile of junk.
Luckily I had my Target receipt, that was still under it's 90 day return policy. They took it back with no problem and we walked out with a PS3 instead of another BDP-3000.
The PS3 has been flawless; loads much faster, no "clicking" noises while loading, not one frozen movie...not even with our old DVDs. My husband simply said "why didn't we get the PS3 in the first place?"

tron3 · 02-13-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Stacy74

... no "clicking" noises while loading,...

If you are hearing clicking you probably got a bum unit to begin with. Statisically, a small percentage of any electronic item goes out defective. Plenty of others here have great running machines.

Shanester · 02-13-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stacy74

Mine died last week, after only having it since Christmas. It was a pile of junk.
Luckily I had my Target receipt, that was still under it's 90 day return policy. They took it back with no problem and we walked out with a PS3 instead of another BDP-3000.
The PS3 has been flawless; loads much faster, no "clicking" noises while loading, not one frozen movie...not even with our old DVDs. My husband simply said "why didn't we get the PS3 in the first place?"

I called Sony they're sending me the updated firmware. If it doesn't work then I'll end up getting the PS3 also

02-07-2008, 03:25 PM	#525
paulfromtulsa Active Member Member since:Feb 2007	can this player do uncompressed pcm if a movie has a uncompressed 7.1 track will this player be able to play it via hdmi? if it can is the any changes in need to do in the setup menu or can i leave it to bitstream? Last edited by paulfromtulsa; 02-07-2008 at 04:39 PM.

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02-09-2008, 02:41 PM	#526
krazeyeyez Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:the guy on the couch Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:287 Blu-ray reviews:4	so i want to download the newest 3.7 update but i have a mac os and the only choices listed are windows, what do i do, what do i do?

02-10-2008, 02:09 PM	#528
martigen Member Member since:Nov 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	I'm buying a 120 hz tv so i can get the best picture of of my BDP-300, my question is, can the "Motion-Flow" feature work on regular DVDs and Direct TV HD or only on BR discs?

02-11-2008, 08:24 AM	#529
GertFroebeBD New Member Member since:Feb 2008	Hello! I plan to buy a Sony BDP-S 300. But one of my criterieas is that I want to play region code 1 and 2 DVDs on it too. Is there a way to do that with the S 300 player? Greetings Gert

02-11-2008, 11:28 AM	#530
monkyman Special Member Member since:Jun 2007	Paidgeek says the S300 can decode TrueHD through HDMI, If so, it must have been slipped in with the latest firmware upgrade. Can anyone confirm this with there reciever??? I would really like to know this for sure before I get a new reciever. Link: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=336

02-11-2008, 01:32 PM	#532
Shanester Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Montreal 4K collection:596 Blu-ray collection:2027 Blu-ray reviews:442 Trading Score:8	My player died on me last week. I wasn't even able to update the new 3.7 fw. This really sucks. I've only had it for 4 months and have watched a mere 30 movies thus far I'm debating weather to bring it and get it fixed or get the Samsung BDP1400 currently on sale at Future Shop for $399 + 2 FREE MOVIES Why can't these things work properly right out of the box??...and last!! I also have the Toshiba HD-A2 and it has played flawlessly for 6 months Needless to say I'm not impressed with YOU Sony

02-13-2008, 01:22 AM	#537
chandril Junior Member Member since:Feb 2008	Did you ejected the disk before the upgrade process was completed?. If so, or if you did not downloaded the full upgrade correctly that sort of error will happen. Not sure what to do about it but you might need to take the player for service.

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