Not necessarily (for the BD60 at least). If you press stop (for non Java BD) you can still see the time position on the player's display, then you can power off and when you switch on again (when the Blue Screen appears) just press play and it will continue from the last play position.

I never said I always do that

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Added on November 4, 2009, 6:36 pmAt that time S350 at one particular center was display units and even then price was RM999. Now price different already if you can still find this phased out model. Last week I saw S350 sold at Sony Sunway Pyramid for RM799/- , new set they said. Now someone mentioned a few posts back price dropped to RM599/- already.

The newer S360 is selling at Best electronics for RM999/-, no way can match the SEC Penang offer at RM599/-.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 4 2009, 07:24 PM

Simple explanation, if your TV got HDMI input and your player got HDMI output then buy a HDMI cable and connect. HDMI gives the best quality. Both video and sound is output with just one cable.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 16 2009, 08:38 PM

Sorry BD60 doesn't play VCD.

For DVD it's region free. Blu-ray is Reg A.

I wouldn't risk playing VCDs on an expensive player. But then again since it's an Oppo with good quality scaling I guess it's worth some risk.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 30 2009, 10:30 PM

If in KL, Philips BDP3000/3008 at RM599/- at Carrefour. Hurry before no more stocks. The price tag shows RM799/- but you must ask the sales rep for actual price.

But I don't think got DTS-MA decoder. Only Dolby True-HD.

If your amp already got both the HD Audio decoder, then don't need the feature in the player.

Another thing, USB port does not play any media files. It's only for BD-Live use.

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Added on December 1, 2009, 9:15 pmPhilips BDP3000/3008 also plays VCD.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Dec 1 2009, 09:15 PM

BD60 Bigggg problem with ... cannot mention . But I tested just one disc (which got problem with DB60) on both the Sony 360 and Philips 3000 and no problem playing.

Long time available already. But quite a number can't play on the BD60. But then those that I managed to play on the BD60 I couldn't tell the diff compared with the orginal. Just some Audio options and features missing to fit into 25GB disc.

Price is RM40/- at some places.

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Added on December 3, 2009, 11:53 pmThey are the same , just the 3008 slightly heavier. Don't know why though.

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Added on December 3, 2009, 11:56 pmNo lah you are mistaking those fake DVD9 blu-ray with those BD-R blu-ray 25GB. For BD60 updating to newest firmware also won't help in better playability of BD-Rs.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Dec 3 2009, 11:59 PM

A few possibliities, but don't think that lens is a major problem.

Reason is when those discs that can't play on BD60 , they happen only when you play the main movie. Everything will start up fine, menus everything , you can even play their special features etc.

But the moment you press play , the player kicks out back to the menu or something like that. Selecting by chapters also the same thing.

Just a wild guess, maybe those BD-R still got some sort region codes that the BD-60 reject . Could be those movies not from Region A. The BD60 btw is a Reg A player and is not region free. But like I said it's just a wild guess, nothing more.

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Added on December 4, 2009, 1:11 pmNow 25GB already RM8/- cheaper (RM40 now) , if you know where

This post has been edited by Ngto: Dec 4 2009, 02:32 PM

You look at the colour of BD-R and you will know. The surface is almost Black in colour. The disc will never be able be read by a DVD drive (without saying ). And then there is also the HD audio.

On another note, If original Blu-ray 50GB disc has only 30GB of data (all of them are not normally filled to the max) and by taking out certain features , the size can be reduced to 25GB and below, then you will get the same quality (or maybe almost the same) when coverting to the BD-R 25GB.

I got a handful of BD-R for testing (one of then "Knowing", Nicholas Cage) and compared with a rented Original from ToraTora and I couldn't make out the diff between Video and Audio. (not side by side comparison though) . The BD-R had the DTS-MA track as well.

But since you guys have High End systems, maybe you could test it out and see if the differences are obvious.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Dec 4 2009, 02:03 PM

Yes, I understand , those titles that are already huge in Original disc, won't be so appealing on BD-R.

Haha I said price cheaper BY RM8/- (RM48 before , now RM40 certain places). I didn't say price is RM8/- . Uncle HO BD-R and BD-60 bad combination

I could just lend you the 'Knowing' disc for you to satisfy your curiosity. PM me .

Gotta go, late for appointment with someone.



This post has been edited by Ngto: Dec 4 2009, 02:34 PM

It should be can't decode DTS-MA but can Bitstream.

Disadvantage only for people using old AVR without decoders but with HDMI which can accept decoded LPCM.

Don't be greedy, if all is playing well, what more changes you need? . Maybe after you change, Uncle HO might not be friendly to you anymore. Hehe j/k.

Have you tried G.I Joe disc 2 on another player?

Haha Great player, can play Blu-ray but cannot play DVD

Better make detour, go up north

First Class, buy Blu-ray player to watch DVD

Yup .

Buy BD60 locally (Penang espc) price as low as RM599/-. How much did you buy overseas ?