Multi-region Blu-ray player

[gasteropod]

OK cool, let me know when you do

[bradavon]

But worst of all for me is, it won't play my Trout Mask Replica CD! Its CD playback is amazing so I really want to hear my favourite album through it, but after taking ages to load it plays the CD like an apocalypse of data bytes, I've never heard anything like it!

Is it a standard redbook CD or does it have an SACD, or data layer?

Hybrid SACDs have a standard redbook CD layer which works on 99% of CD Players (and anything that can play CDs). My LG BD/HD-DVD Player won't play them, it thinks they're a data disc. CD support on a BD player seems to be an after thought.

If you're that interested, try making a copy of it and see if the copy plays.

Now if you could try a BD with PCM and let me know whether you get stereo, DD or DTS over Re-encode and Bitstream please.

[gasteropod]

It's a standard Red Book CD so there's no reason why it shouldn't play, I'd understand if it had copy protection and videos on it but it doesn't. I can only presume that it's a joke being played on me by the universe, with it being my favourite album and all.

[bradavon]

If you rip with EAC you can create a bit-for-bit copy. I bet that'll play.

[Markgway]

I got the Lovefilm letter today.

I'm off to see how it works.

[gasteropod]

My Lovefilm code came today, I've got 3 discs a month (1 home at a time). At first my code wouldn't work because Lovefilm was asking me to reactivate my account, so I went in with a Chrome Incognito window (no cookies) and got the free 12 months haha.

[Markgway]

Unless I'm mistooken I think for the first month I'm getting SIX rentals (maybe there's a one month free newbie offer in play).

[Ray_Rogers]

I just have the ASUS 12x Blu-ray disc burner drive in my self-built computer along with AnyDVD HD for Region locked imports. Still using a CRT monitor at 1280x1024...

[luckystars]

Got this player today.

Build is cheap, remote is not bad though.
Flashing was easy (did with iso on a CD-RW)
DVD upscaling is very good (as already pointed out).
VCD playback works fine.
Seems to play various video formats from the USB...no HD video though??
Sound is weaker than my Sony DBP-S350. Very unbalanced listening to CDs (sounds like a poppy hi-fi). Little midrange listening to Blu-Rays.
Player is very noisy (the drive is never quiet).

Definitely worth the money (£50 from Richer Sounds + £10 five years Supercare)

Will come into it's own when I get some import Blu-Rays. Nice budget upgrade for my system.

[gasteropod]

Player is very noisy (the drive is never quiet).

I've had the opposite experience with mine, it's quieter than my PS3 and my Limit Blu-ray player.

[luckystars]

The Sony makes only the quietest fan cooling sound. The Toshiba sounds like r2d2 reading from disc

[gasteropod]

The Sony makes only the quietest fan cooling sound. The Toshiba sounds like r2d2 reading from disc

I paid close attention to mine last night after reading your comments and I do wonder if you have a dodgy unit, mine's very quiet, no machine with moving parts is going to be silent. Does yours make this noise all the way through the film, or just when loading?

[luckystars]

Could be. You just hear that 'read read read' sound the drive makes every time it's accessing the disc.

[gasteropod]

But during a film it shouldn't need to do that, so surely it's not an issue?

[bradavon]

Definitely worth the money (£50 from Richer Sounds + £10 five years Supercare)

In case you didn't know, it used to be the case (it may still be) they'd refund that back, if you don't end up using it. Of course most people forget. I did and now cannot find the proof or purchase.

Isn't the PS3 known to be noisy?