New Member - just a few quick questions!

[netgem21]

Hello all! I'm a new member from the UK and this if my first post - Firstly, I am an owner of an Xbox 360 Elite with an HD DVD drive. If you've been keeping up with the news lately, you'll know exactly why I'm here.

So - I'm in the market for a Blu-Ray player. I really would like to avoid the PS3 for many reasons including fan noise, and ease of use.

I was originally looking at the BD P1400 by Samsung (I should say at this point that I am the owner of a 40 inch Samsung M87 LCD). However, I've recently found out about the new Panasonic BD30 which is being released on April 7 here in the UK. Now, I notice that it has a feature called 'Viera Link' which seems very similar to Samsung's 'Anynet+' (I'm guessing this is HDMI-CEC). Being the owner of a Samsung TV can I make use of this Viera Link technology?

Also, I own a Denon AVR-1507 AV receiver. This supports 8ch audio in (with manual inputs) or 5.1 (with digital inputs - I think ). As far as I know, it can do DTS HD and Dolby TrueHD but only through individual channel inputs.

As a new buyer of Blu-Ray and a new member of the Blu-Ray camp, any advice, tips and tricks would be greatly welcomed.

Thanks for reading this pretty lengthy post and I await your responses!

Thanks again!


netgem21