Alternatively...
Get a video/audio server PC
rip your Blu-rays to 1080p MKV (or ISO) and play 'em through XBMC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohjkj6zOucs
sorry, wrong meeting....
Alternatively...
Get a video/audio server PC
rip your Blu-rays to 1080p MKV (or ISO) and play 'em through XBMC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohjkj6zOucs
sorry, wrong meeting....
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
We have a media server, sort of now. It's a PS3 sitting next to the plasma. My son downloaded some software that allows him to wirelessly send hidef movies to the PS3 from his computer upstairs in his room. It works well, we watched Cowboys and Aliens at the weekend. Ok, not the most inspired choice of film but watchable.
I don't ask where he gets the movies from.
Jerry
Hifi: IPL transmission line floorstanding speakers, Squeezebox Touch, Denafrips Ares 11 DAC, DCB1 Pre-amplifier, Croft Series 7 power amp.
Custom Hifi cables HA10SE headphone amplifier and Hifiman HE-400 headphones.
AV system: LG 55B7, Denon AVR -x2300w receiver, Quad 12L (front) 11c Centre and 11L rear . Velodyne DD15 subwoofer.
Location: Ramsbottom, Lancashire
Posts: 6
I'm Bill.
I've just bought a second hand Denon dvd2500 blu ray player to replace a Samsung BD-C5900 - set it up and bugger me, it seemed like my display and AV setup had just taken steroids - stunning difference! (LG 50 inch plasma 1080p/24fps and Pioneer VSX-LX50 driving Tannoy surrounds). It only has a single HDMI output though (no coaxial, optical, anything) so you'll need a decent AV amp.
I'm also thinking of entering the Blu-ray market. Where does the bd80 sit in relation to the bd75? I want something that's not too slow to load and has good pq for the price.
P.s I have a 42" panny plasma
Location: Newbury
Posts: 702
I'm RichardbutpreferRich.
Used our £50 Richer Sounds Toshiba BD player for the first time last weekend despite buying it 10 months ago. Have to say that even for a cheap player the picture quality was noticably better than the Sony DVD it replaced, not a night and day difference but definitely an improvement.
Rich
Source: Squeezebox Touch, Chinese AK4396 DAC, Pioneer PL-112D + Shure M75ED type2, Pioneer PD-7700 CDP
Amp: Sansui AU-505
Speakers: Ditton 44's
Location: NW London, UK
Posts: 218
I'm Christian.
‘Blu-ray’ Reminds me of a joke from Peter Kay about a bloke he used to buy exotic videos from, he heard Blue Ray was big in Asian, ‘Christ he’s done well for him self!’
I can recommend the DMP-BD80, I have a couple of them here
As John says, they have the full complement of analogue outputs, very handy if you don't want to have to purchase an AV amp to decode audio from the HDMI output.
Picture quality is very good indeed for the money, or it was when I bought mine That was a few years back now. Better picture than the Sony BDP550 I was using prior to them, which I have just sold.
Still going to use them, but the main system now has an Oppo 95.
Bests, Mark
"We must believe in free will. We have no choice" Isaac Bashevis Singer