Panasonic BD30 - To return, or not to return? | Thread profile

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruined I will continue to make noise about the LFE bug so that Panasonic squashes it not only for the BD30 but also for the BD50 as it likely will have the same issue. Sounds like every Toshiba HD DVD player on the market unless you have a great receiver. I was gonna recommend taking it back. If you dead set on stand alone, I'd also wait for initial reviews, not just specs.

Quote: Originally Posted by Derb Sounds like every Toshiba HD DVD player on the market unless you have a great receiver. That's completely incorrect, Derb. As I've brought up before, Toshiba HD DVD players have zero problems with LFE. The only people who have issues are those who have older receivers which do not properly amplify the LFE channel 10db on incoming multichannel analog signals. My Parasound 2500 was on of those older...

Quote: Originally Posted by videoworx Tell me Ruined, if you can hear the difference between the PCM mix and the DD mix (other than the 5db LFE difference), why did you create multiple threads discussing the lack of difference between lossy and uncompressed audio? Why are there dozens of your posts suggesting that PCM is overkill and/or unnecessary? It's incredibly contradictory, and you of all people would be able to determine whether...