Recent content by humptydumpty

Hi GP, Thanks :-) So you'll probably be surprised, but I'm actually the only person in my household. Although I usually understand spoken English quite well, too, it's always a bit harder than written English. On top of that, there are always moments when a colloquial expression is used or an...

I had to look up the meaning of "forced subs¨ ;D The problem is that I am Dutch, and we watch all foreign movies with subs. Our country is simply too small to do voice-overs. So subs are in fact a big deal to me. The other problem is that I own none of the 3D movies that I watch. I actually...

Hi, Thanks again for your ideas, GP. I tried two more 3D movies (The Hobbit II and Frankenstein 3D), last Friday, and tried a bunch of different settings on my TV and player. Nevertheless, I had the same subtitle issue again and did not manage to eliminate it. So I went back to the TV-store...

oh, I forgot one thing. So yeah, I was indeed a bit surprised to see you mention the HDMI cable as one of the possible causes for the subtitle issue. The cable that I have was 20 Euros and it was only 100 cm. So it wasn't ridiculously expensive but not too cheap, either. Would there be another...

Hi Glacialpath, I did not have the time to watch a new 3D movie, hence the delay this time. Hopefully tomorrow I'll find the opportunity to watch one. Thanks for your suggestion that it could also be the TV itself. If I get the same subtitle issue again, I'll go and fiddle a bit with both the...

Hi Glacialpath, Bit of a late reply, but I had to watch a couple of movies, to get a clear impression. So this was eventually the setup: Bluray (Sony BDP-S6200), connected with HDMI to TV (an LG 42LA8609), and the TV connected via analog stereo output (headphones output - mini stereo jack to...

Thanks a lot, Glacialpath, that did help. Sounds like the Marantz will probably downmix every movie, and for the Panasonic, it remains a bit vague, because of how they described it in the manual. Good chance though that that one will also do the job. Your statement about the core audio signal...

Sorry guys, I can't let it go just yet. When I check the user manual for the Panasonic DMP-BDT-460, it says the following about the ability of downmixing to stereo: "The audio output will be in Stereo in the following cases: (1) AVCHD playback (2) Playback of secondary audio (including the...

Took me a little while to respond, but yes, thanks for referring me to your thread, Plastic Penguin. Funny and interesting to read, although I kind of scanned through the parts about scart connections, and something about an engineer.. Oh and something about a 200 pounds school uniform... I did...

Stavvy, no problem; your answer was helpful anyways ;-) Glacialpath, I'm well, thanks :-) And many thanks for your detailed answer. I did not realize that some discs also offer the opportunity of selecting a stereo channel. I´ll also keep your advise in mind of selecting PCM for the downmixing...

Thanks so far, stavvy and plasticpenguin. @stavvy: the reason why I was asking is that I simply did not know if all blu-ray players offer the option of downmixing to stereo, and if this signal is always passed on digitally. And even if so, there might be aspects or complications that are not so...

Dear All, [I am reposting this, as I cannot find the new thread that I just started with this subject] I have searched the internet and several forums, but I can't quite figure it out and wanted to know which options I have before making a purchase that I later regret. My problem is the...

The last ones are on sale in the Netherlands, and I am am interested in a bluray player with analogue stereo output (see my other post which I am about to make now ;). I don't mean to rule out Panasonic as a whole, but because the last ones are only available in internet stores, I don't want to...

Glad that I read this thread. I had the DMP-BDT500 on my shortlist because of all the positive reviews, including the one from Whathifi themselves. Brings my shortlist down to the Sony mentioned earlier in this thread and the Marantz UD5007. Many thanks to psurquhart and Print@bugpress.com for...