raj29shenoy
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Guys,
Even though I have not contributed to the on going Blu-ray discussions, I have been a silent spectator and closely watching all the threads. I thought it was time for me take the plunge and buy a good future proof Blu-ray player. I finally decided to buy the Sony BDP-S790 which is a 3D BD player with 4K capability. Even though I do not have a 3D TV yet, I still have a 40" LCD TV along with Onkyo HT (which is also future proof as it has 3D capability), slowly I will upgrade my TVbut it is a long term plan.
Currently I am in Germany, and Sony players are relatively cheaper here than in India. Players are Region B locked and so are some of the Blu Ray discs although many are ALL region discs. I thought this should not matter to me, as either I will buy the BDs in Germany or in India (as in India, all the discs are region ALL anyway). I have no plans of buying discs from US. There was a crazy sale going on many Blu-ray discs and were available at half price (7 to 8 Euros), :licklips: so I bought many which are Blu-ray worthy (I am of an opinion that unless a movie is shot with an HD camera, no matter what techniques they use, it can never be of a true Blu-ray quality. So it is not worth to buy upscaled Blu-ray versions), which means only recent movies make the cut. And since I dont want to spend unnecessarily, I decided to buy only those movies which are my absolute favorites among those Blu-ray worthy movies (Avatar, Tintin, Avengers, Skyfall, Inception, Inglorious Bastards etc). Plus there were HDMI cables available at throw away prices (3 Euros!), so bought three of them! :licklips:
Now about the Sony BDP-S790 Blu-ray Player: Initial impressions are quite mind boggling. Just two days into using it and I am absolutely loving it. I do not understand why this model is not available in India! Feels like we Indians are always treated with the older models (given that this model was released an year ago and still not in India! :annoyed: ). I paid around 135 Euros for it (approx. 11000 Rupees) on a sale which is quite a bargain considering the features it provides. (Whole week was spent on searching over the internet and whole Saturday was spent on searching this model and then buying from the cheapest store, I visited 10 stores which were spread around the complete city of Stuttgart! I started in the morning 9.30 AM; I tasted success only in the last store which I visited at 7PM in the evening! It was worth it ) :yahoo::yahoo:
It is a 3D player with 4K capability, Dual Core Processor, can convert 2D to 3D, upscale to 4K, play SACD, has in built wi-fi, two USB ports, DTS HD-MA and Dolby TruHD via HDMI, two HDMI output ports! It has Skype integrated (one has to plug in a webcam), USB keyboard is supported, built in web browser and may other apps like Netflix etc. It has a very premium look finish, looks great. Love its look. Simply outstanding features.
Video quality is great, plays YouTube videos to perfection (I could easily pair with the YouTube from my laptop and Smartphone), DLNA working very well, USB play is smooth, Blu-ray discs are read fast, BD-Live works great.
Sony has a good firmware support. When I plugged in the system for the first time, and connected to wi-fi, it immediately asked for a firmware update to the latest which I did. Also, from the forums I have learnt that Sony releases firmware updates for its models time to time which means they dont forget their customer base.
I could not verify the audio quality as I dont have a HT here in Germany. This feature I can test only in next year January once I am back in India. I could see that player can recognize all the audio formats without any issues (it shows the audio track info on the top, it showed all DTS HD-MA, Dolby Tru HD, 7.1, 6.1, 5.1, 2.0 etc along with the bitrates).
Also, as I said before, I will not be able to verify the 3D quality and 2D-3D conversion capability of the player as I do not have a 3D TV, same goes for 4K playability.
Small irritants: Even though Remote works very well and its buttons are placed well, the buttons themselves are a little bit of let down. They are not that smooth, one gets a tick-tock sound while pressing them which I didnt like and it makes them a little harder to press. Another complaint about the remote which I found in the internet was the lack of backlight support. So far I have not felt the need of it so can not comment about it. For BD-Live, I have to connect an external USB of 1GB or more, I thought this could have been in-built in an player which has so many features. Its a stupid cost cutting technique! Also, no cables were provided with the player, absolutely none other than the power cord! One more stupid cost cutting method! It has no DivX support. This is not actually a problem for me as all my videos are usually .mp4 or .mkv, but may be an important factor for people who want to play DivX. For some of the .mkv files which I played through USB, it did not show the subtitles properly, they were shifted to below the bottom position which meant I could see only the top most parts of the subtitles! It happened only for some of the .mkv files! Does anyone know solution to this problem?
Now some small questions from my side:
I learnt that the 3D TV could be Active or Passive. Does the BD player need to know this aspect? Can it run a 3D disc smoothly in both type of TVs? Is it mentioned anywhere in specs of the player or in BD discs?
Also, if someone can answer the subtitle shifting issue which I am facing, it will be well appreciated.
Thank you one and all for providing all the precious information and deciding to buy the best Blu-ray player for me. :clapping::thumbsup:
Also, request to other BDP-S790 owners to contribute to this thread with their experiences, we can make this as a thread for BDP-S790 as I don't see any other thread for the same...
Even though I have not contributed to the on going Blu-ray discussions, I have been a silent spectator and closely watching all the threads. I thought it was time for me take the plunge and buy a good future proof Blu-ray player. I finally decided to buy the Sony BDP-S790 which is a 3D BD player with 4K capability. Even though I do not have a 3D TV yet, I still have a 40" LCD TV along with Onkyo HT (which is also future proof as it has 3D capability), slowly I will upgrade my TVbut it is a long term plan.
Currently I am in Germany, and Sony players are relatively cheaper here than in India. Players are Region B locked and so are some of the Blu Ray discs although many are ALL region discs. I thought this should not matter to me, as either I will buy the BDs in Germany or in India (as in India, all the discs are region ALL anyway). I have no plans of buying discs from US. There was a crazy sale going on many Blu-ray discs and were available at half price (7 to 8 Euros), :licklips: so I bought many which are Blu-ray worthy (I am of an opinion that unless a movie is shot with an HD camera, no matter what techniques they use, it can never be of a true Blu-ray quality. So it is not worth to buy upscaled Blu-ray versions), which means only recent movies make the cut. And since I dont want to spend unnecessarily, I decided to buy only those movies which are my absolute favorites among those Blu-ray worthy movies (Avatar, Tintin, Avengers, Skyfall, Inception, Inglorious Bastards etc). Plus there were HDMI cables available at throw away prices (3 Euros!), so bought three of them! :licklips:
Now about the Sony BDP-S790 Blu-ray Player: Initial impressions are quite mind boggling. Just two days into using it and I am absolutely loving it. I do not understand why this model is not available in India! Feels like we Indians are always treated with the older models (given that this model was released an year ago and still not in India! :annoyed: ). I paid around 135 Euros for it (approx. 11000 Rupees) on a sale which is quite a bargain considering the features it provides. (Whole week was spent on searching over the internet and whole Saturday was spent on searching this model and then buying from the cheapest store, I visited 10 stores which were spread around the complete city of Stuttgart! I started in the morning 9.30 AM; I tasted success only in the last store which I visited at 7PM in the evening! It was worth it
) :yahoo::yahoo:It is a 3D player with 4K capability, Dual Core Processor, can convert 2D to 3D, upscale to 4K, play SACD, has in built wi-fi, two USB ports, DTS HD-MA and Dolby TruHD via HDMI, two HDMI output ports! It has Skype integrated (one has to plug in a webcam), USB keyboard is supported, built in web browser and may other apps like Netflix etc. It has a very premium look finish, looks great. Love its look. Simply outstanding features.
Video quality is great, plays YouTube videos to perfection (I could easily pair with the YouTube from my laptop and Smartphone), DLNA working very well, USB play is smooth, Blu-ray discs are read fast, BD-Live works great.
Sony has a good firmware support. When I plugged in the system for the first time, and connected to wi-fi, it immediately asked for a firmware update to the latest which I did. Also, from the forums I have learnt that Sony releases firmware updates for its models time to time which means they dont forget their customer base.
I could not verify the audio quality as I dont have a HT here in Germany. This feature I can test only in next year January once I am back in India. I could see that player can recognize all the audio formats without any issues (it shows the audio track info on the top, it showed all DTS HD-MA, Dolby Tru HD, 7.1, 6.1, 5.1, 2.0 etc along with the bitrates).
Also, as I said before, I will not be able to verify the 3D quality and 2D-3D conversion capability of the player as I do not have a 3D TV, same goes for 4K playability.
Small irritants: Even though Remote works very well and its buttons are placed well, the buttons themselves are a little bit of let down. They are not that smooth, one gets a tick-tock sound while pressing them which I didnt like and it makes them a little harder to press. Another complaint about the remote which I found in the internet was the lack of backlight support. So far I have not felt the need of it so can not comment about it. For BD-Live, I have to connect an external USB of 1GB or more, I thought this could have been in-built in an player which has so many features. Its a stupid cost cutting technique! Also, no cables were provided with the player, absolutely none other than the power cord! One more stupid cost cutting method! It has no DivX support. This is not actually a problem for me as all my videos are usually .mp4 or .mkv, but may be an important factor for people who want to play DivX. For some of the .mkv files which I played through USB, it did not show the subtitles properly, they were shifted to below the bottom position which meant I could see only the top most parts of the subtitles! It happened only for some of the .mkv files! Does anyone know solution to this problem?
Now some small questions from my side:
I learnt that the 3D TV could be Active or Passive. Does the BD player need to know this aspect? Can it run a 3D disc smoothly in both type of TVs? Is it mentioned anywhere in specs of the player or in BD discs?
Also, if someone can answer the subtitle shifting issue which I am facing, it will be well appreciated.
Thank you one and all for providing all the precious information and deciding to buy the best Blu-ray player for me. :clapping::thumbsup:
Also, request to other BDP-S790 owners to contribute to this thread with their experiences, we can make this as a thread for BDP-S790 as I don't see any other thread for the same...
