This week at CeBIT Panasonic introduced the DMP-BD10A, which is a revision to the DMP-BD10. Among other things the A revision brings with it advanced CODEC support including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. We are excited about the support, but wonder if the revision is nothing more than the firmware update that
was promised at launch. We certainly hope so at that price and with only a few additions over the non-A version it would be a rip to those who bought the first one otherwise. While Panasonic hasn't
updated their firmware for the DMP-BD10 yet, we will keep you posted.
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MC_ReXX @ Mar 17th 2007 12:12PM
"support including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD"
Now, is that support for JUST DTS-HD or DTS-HD Master Audio? I'll upgrade (currently have a Sony BDP-S1) when I see a player that supports full DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD internal decoding and when BD-J is completely implemented.
av enthusiast @ Mar 17th 2007 10:01PM
I actually don't think these things'll matter for most consumers - especially once we see the new crop of A/V receivers with HDMI 1.3, many of which will (should, at least...) have the ability to decode the audio stream internally. Denon's are coming this summer I believe?
People who're going to invest in a next-gen high-def player are also probably going to want a receiver with HDMI switching, and probably don't already own one, IMHO.
I guess the other option is sending the HDMI feed directly to the display, with the audio digitally back out as PCM to the non-HDMI receiver and switch everything manually or with a Harmony-style remote, but IMHO it's a more elegant solution to have an HDMI 1.3 Receiver w/ 2-3 HDMI Inputs do the switching and decoding, with the source components being an HD STB (i.e. Comcast) and high def player (i.e. PS3 or second-gen Samsung), along with a solid HDTV display option (I'm looking forward to seeing the upcoming offerings from Samsung, Sony XBRs, and Pioneer Elites in *hopefully* summer 2007)