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Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 05-07-2012, 07:56 PM:

Now that they have started to release BluRays with 7.1 sound formats, is the trend in BluRay players' prime output to be digital and expect D/A conversion in an external D/A unit/receiver, or any do BluRay players have the capability of actually outputing 7.1 analog like many older DVDs players used to do output 5.1?

Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 05-07-2012, 09:43 PM:

yes the OPPO BDP-83 and BDP-95 have 7.1 analog output:

Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 05-08-2012, 04:10 PM:

You have to go up to the top models in each manufacturer's product lines, but they are there.

For example, the only current Panasonic model I could find that had 7.1 analog audio outputs was the DMP-BDT500:

http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/DMP-BDT500?t=specs

Sticker price is $350 and street price appears to be ~$330.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 05-08-2012, 09:57 PM:

Thanks guys; that's makes life easier.

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 05-09-2012, 10:23 AM:

And for what it's worth, the OPPO players also take serial commands from a DOLBY server. Well worth the hefty price tag if you play a lot of DVD/Blu Rays, like we do.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 05-09-2012, 11:32 AM:

Too bad the Oppos don't allow the on-screen display to be disabled. Otherwise, it would be the perfect cinema player.

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 05-09-2012, 07:46 PM:

I wrote to Oppo about the on-screen display- it's my one real complaint about their player (I have the BDP-93). Being obsessive I want to see EVERY FRAME of video on a disc with NOTHING overlayed by the player or TV- even if it's "just" the FBI warning or something like that. I did not buy an Oppo DVD player because they had a lot of un-defeatable onscreen displays, the BD player's displays are more tolerable as the longest they stay onscreen is one second. I got a reply from them saying that they wanted their users to know what the player was doing, for example seeing the Pause symbol so that they knew they had hit the Pause button and it wasn't the disc freezing up, but maybe they'll make some more changes if enough other people tell them how they'd like it.

I do like how this player doesn't appear to be made cheaply like most other players are- it might actually last 10 years or more. I've got the plug-in thingy to make it all-region too. My TV (Sharp) is multi-standard, but I checked this player's PAL to NTSC conversion and it's the first time I've seen a player be able to convert video-based material without messing up the frame rate.