Questions for anyone with a Sony BDP-S370.

[ayjaycee]

I am waivering over whether to replace my PS3 (Phat) with a stand alone Blu Ray Player. Can anybody with direct experience of a BDP-S370 please answer a couple of questions:

1. I know that it is supposed to play MKV files BUT can it also play the type produced by MKV2VOB for playing on a PS3. As I understand it, MKV2VOB takes the original MKV and converts it to a MPG file which can be read by the PS3 (or, more correctly, puts the audio and video into a different 'container' compatible with the PS3). As most will probably know, MKV2VOB also crucially retains both the HD video and 5.1 audio where it is present on the original file.

2. Assuming the use of the correct disk format (ie. FAT32), can you delete files from the USB Hard Disk Drive once watched. This is another really usefulof the PS3 that I would be reluctant to give up.

Sorry to ask but I have not been able to find one set up in a store to simply plug a USB drive into and see for myself and a quick search on the net didn't produce any answers.

The question of whether the BDP-S370 is a worthy replacement for a PS3 has also been discussed elsewhere but any further thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[ayjaycee]

Is anybody there?

 

[aliEnRIK]

The bitstreamed sound id far better through my S370 then the PS3 doing the decoding (Just in case your interested)

1 ~ it does. In fact ive found nearly all files need converting anyways. Most MKV files ive tried dont want to play ball (Usually down to the sound format, sometimes due to the picture or both)

2 ~ never tried, sorry

I personally wouldnt replace the PS3 as the PS3 has a far better photo viewer and certain files will play on the PS3 that dont play on the S370

For the record, I have both

 

[ayjaycee]

aliEnRIK, Thanks for that. I am still considering the issue but you will have swung it for now (probably until the PS3 dies) if I get a negative on the deleting files question. If I don't get the answer on the forum, I'll just have to wait until I can find one in a store. For the record, I don't play games or use the PS3 for photos and my wife thinks it's ugly and doesn't look as good as a 'normal' BDP.