The Sony BDP-S300/301 Review Thread - Page 73 - Blu-ray Forum

Teabaggins · 12-08-2008, 09:54 PM

what do you currently use?

fighthefutureofhd · 12-08-2008, 10:06 PM

nothing. my blu-ray player isn't that functional. it's a samsung bd-p1200. i'm in the market for a new player and have lucked out on a sony s300. i wanted to be sure i wasn't getting another lemon.

tek101 · 12-09-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

nothing. my blu-ray player isn't that functional. it's a samsung bd-p1200. i'm in the market for a new player and have lucked out on a sony s300. i wanted to be sure i wasn't getting another lemon.

Go to Sony S350 forum and check out what people say...I heard its good.
You just missed out the great deal from black friday.....ony $199.00 - S350.
did not have to line up early eaither.....I came in store at 12Pm..there were about 20 players left.

fighthefutureofhd · 12-09-2008, 12:40 PM

i'm not looking at the 350. i'm looking at the 300 as i have lucked out on getting a s300. as i mentioned earlier. i will not buy another player. 3 players in one year is too much and will definitely end my love of blu.

tron3 · 12-09-2008, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i'm not looking at the 350. i'm looking at the 300 as i have lucked out on getting a s300. as i mentioned earlier. i will not buy another player. 3 players in one year is too much and will definitely end my love of blu.

So far, the S300 has been a solid performer with firmware updates addressing all the glitches. The current problem being that some movies such as Wall-e and POTC will freeze during playback for no particular reason with 4.30 firmware. Sony should work that out during the next release. If history is any indicator, we might be lucky to see something by Christmas.

Otherwise, welcome to "The Tank" club.

krisjan · 12-09-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i'm not looking at the 350. i'm looking at the 300 as i have lucked out on getting a s300. as i mentioned earlier. i will not buy another player. 3 players in one year is too much and will definitely end my love of blu.

I own the Samsung 1200 and the Sony S300 (as well as a Panny BD30 - which is the best of the three overall). The S300 is a solid BD player. Sony has done a good job in keeping it current via FW updates (latest is 4.3). It is slow to power up and load BD's but after that it generally will play everything you put into it. TrueHD audio is also now available (via HDMI out) with a recent FW update which means you can get 2 of the 3 lossless audio formats (unlike the 1200 which only will give one lossless format - LPCM).

SD DVD upconversion is OK - not nearly as good as the 1200 but that was the 1200's strongest feature. I hope this helps.

fighthefutureofhd · 12-09-2008, 05:39 PM

thanks. that actually did help. i'll probably keep the samsung for upconversion. unless it doesn't cost much to fix it.

SpikesBluBlooded · 12-09-2008, 08:17 PM

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Otherwise, welcome to "The Tank" club.

What exactly is "The Tank"? I ask because I don't know, and I think that my BDP-S1 might qualify (it is a bit of a behemoth, after all!)...

Old Geezer · 12-09-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SpikesBluBlooded

What exactly is "The Tank"? I ask because I don't know, and I think that my BDP-S1 might qualify (it is a bit of a behemoth, after all!)...

"The Tank" is, of course, the Sony BDP-S300. It's slow, heavy, and reliable. I love mine.

tron3 · 12-10-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SpikesBluBlooded

What exactly is "The Tank"? I ask because I don't know, and I think that my BDP-S1 might qualify (it is a bit of a behemoth, after all!)...

Well, the BDP-S1 could also be a tank. But I was the first to dub the S300 "The Tank", so it is the flagship of "tank" models.

"T'ank you. T'ank you very much." - Elvis Pressley

tek101 · 12-10-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tron3

Well, the BDP-S1 could also be a tank. But I was the first to dub the S300 "The Tank", so it is the flagship of "tank" models.

"T'ank you. T'ank you very much." - Elvis Pressley

How about Super Tank

divemaster · 12-11-2008, 01:20 AM

what I don't understand is if they know the 4.3 firmware is buggy, why are they asking those of us who called to return our players for repair rather than telling us how to reinstall 4.2? They will be clobbered with players which will make the wait time intolerable.

CJS · 12-11-2008, 02:00 AM

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what I don't understand is if they know the 4.3 firmware is buggy, why are they asking those of us who called to return our players for repair rather than telling us how to reinstall 4.2? They will be clobbered with players which will make the wait time intolerable.

I asked the same question when I was having problems with my player. Sony tech support told me that the BDP-S300 will not allow installation of an older firmware update. I wondered whether that was really true or not, but I did not have a copy of the 4.2 update to try it. It's just as well. Doing so might have invalidated my warranty.

CJS · 12-11-2008, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by divemaster

what I don't understand is if they know the 4.3 firmware is buggy, why are they asking those of us who called to return our players for repair rather than telling us how to reinstall 4.2? They will be clobbered with players which will make the wait time intolerable.

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Originally Posted by CJS

I received my player back from Sony today. They replaced it with a refurbished one (same model) and did not elaborate on what the problem was with my original unit. I have not tested the replacement yet. Once I do I will post that information and I will try to get more info from Sony on what exactly the problem was with my original player.

I'll be selling the refurbished BDP-S300 since I've already replaced it with a Panasonic DPM-BD35 player (which I am very happy with).

The relacement BDP-S300 Sony sent came with the 4.3 update, and it's running great. It can play all the movies that it previously had trouble loading. I tested WALLE out as well and it played without any problems.

Still waiting to hear back from Sony on what exactly went wrong with my original player.

divemaster · 12-11-2008, 02:20 AM

How long was the round trip - and where did you send it to/from?

lpfan71 · 12-11-2008, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

nothing. my blu-ray player isn't that functional. it's a samsung bd-p1200. i'm in the market for a new player and have lucked out on a sony s300. i wanted to be sure i wasn't getting another lemon.

It's a decent player. PQ is good. SQ, you can't bitstream HD audio, which is only an issue if you have a newer receiver. The only thing is that there is no DTS-MA decoding for the s300. Also no Blu Ray Live capabilitiies, which you don't have to use but pretty much any blu ray movie that comes out now has some sort of Blu Ray Live interactive feature(S). I don't know, I think you would have been better off with a newer sony or panasonic at this point in time no matter how much you lucked out. Put the s300 in a different room if you have another HDtv.

fighthefutureofhd · 12-11-2008, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lpfan71

It's a decent player. PQ is good. SQ, you can't bitstream HD audio, which is only an issue if you have a newer receiver. The only thing is that there is no DTS-MA decoding for the s300. Also no Blu Ray Live capabilitiies, which you don't have to use but pretty much any blu ray movie that comes out now has some sort of Blu Ray Live interactive feature(S). I don't know, I think you would have been better off with a newer sony or panasonic at this point in time no matter how much you lucked out. Put the s300 in a different room if you have another HDtv.

i'm sorry, but i don't have that kind of money. i don't even have but one hdtv. i got a blu-ray player back in may and it's not working out so well for me. i found this sony bdp-300 for a decent price. i wasn't planning on getting it, but i have and though i can't really afford it either (we're in a recession, christmas is here and is about giving towards others, i don't make enough to blow it foolishly, etc.

) i have to find a way to pay. i was hoping to wait til after christmas, but all i want to do is play i want to believe and at the time of buying the s-300 i thought my player was a complete brick. turns out it's not a complete brick.

i jumped the gun. that i realize. but it's too late to worry about that now. i will eventually get my samsung bd-p1200 fixed and i will have two players. sorry if this post seems nasty or hateful. it's not your fault or anyone else's in particular. i'm just getting a little tired of people, in general, thinking that i have a money tree. or that i'm bill gates' son. i don't hurt for sure, but i have to be careful or i will. priorities come first. i admit that i acted very rashly in regards to this s-300 purchase, but the x-files will do that to me.

and blu-ray too. ok, maybe not so much. he he. still the combo of the two is enough to drive someone crazy.

tek101 · 12-11-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i'm sorry, but i don't have that kind of money. i don't even have but one hdtv. i got a blu-ray player back in may and it's not working out so well for me. i found this sony bdp-300 for a decent price. i wasn't planning on getting it, but i have and though i can't really afford it either (we're in a recession, christmas is here and is about giving towards others, i don't make enough to blow it foolishly, etc.

) i have to find a way to pay. i was hoping to wait til after christmas, but all i want to do is play i want to believe and at the time of buying the s-300 i thought my player was a complete brick. turns out it's not a complete brick.

i jumped the gun. that i realize. but it's too late to worry about that now. i will eventually get my samsung bd-p1200 fixed and i will have two players. sorry if this post seems nasty or hateful. it's not your fault or anyone else's in particular. i'm just getting a little tired of people, in general, thinking that i have a money tree. or that i'm bill gates' son. i don't hurt for sure, but i have to be careful or i will. priorities come first. i admit that i acted very rashly in regards to this s-300 purchase, but the x-files will do that to me.

and blu-ray too. ok, maybe not so much. he he. still the combo of the two is enough to drive someone crazy.

Geez...man...calm down.
No body makes you buying anything....else...?

fighthefutureofhd · 12-11-2008, 04:18 PM

i know. i jumped the gun on purchasing the s-300 and i have no one to blame but myself. when people are told the situation and circumstances and still tell me to spend more money it bothers me. but i'll live. it's not life-threatening. anyway, question on the 300. can you pause and stop the movie? i read on epinions you can't. that you have to watch it all the way through.

Teabaggins · 12-11-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

...... can you pause and stop the movie? i read on epinions you can't. that you have to watch it all the way through.

hahah

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12-08-2008, 09:54 PM	#1441
Teabaggins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2008	what do you currently use?

12-08-2008, 10:06 PM	#1442
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	nothing. my blu-ray player isn't that functional. it's a samsung bd-p1200. i'm in the market for a new player and have lucked out on a sony s300. i wanted to be sure i wasn't getting another lemon.

12-09-2008, 12:40 PM	#1444
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	i'm not looking at the 350. i'm looking at the 300 as i have lucked out on getting a s300. as i mentioned earlier. i will not buy another player. 3 players in one year is too much and will definitely end my love of blu.

12-09-2008, 05:39 PM	#1447
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	thanks. that actually did help. i'll probably keep the samsung for upconversion. unless it doesn't cost much to fix it.

12-11-2008, 01:20 AM	#1452
divemaster Junior Member Member since:Dec 2008	what I don't understand is if they know the 4.3 firmware is buggy, why are they asking those of us who called to return our players for repair rather than telling us how to reinstall 4.2? They will be clobbered with players which will make the wait time intolerable.

12-11-2008, 02:20 AM	#1455
divemaster Junior Member Member since:Dec 2008	How long was the round trip - and where did you send it to/from?

12-11-2008, 04:18 PM	#1459
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	i know. i jumped the gun on purchasing the s-300 and i have no one to blame but myself. when people are told the situation and circumstances and still tell me to spend more money it bothers me. but i'll live. it's not life-threatening. anyway, question on the 300. can you pause and stop the movie? i read on epinions you can't. that you have to watch it all the way through.

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