You have to go back a ways to find a 7.1 - nay, a 5.1 receiver without a single optical or coax audio input. With all due respect to the analogians, it's time to upgrade your receiver.
I agree, but it's still nice to see more companies jump on the $199 price point. Personally I recommend the Panasonic BMP-BD35 which can be found for about $200-$235 and is a 5 star player.
Optical or Coax digital inputs don't give you high def lossless audio. You need an HDMI receiver for that which are much newer. So, multichannel analog out benefits even those who have digital inputs.
You're really missing the point on the importance of 7.1 analog outputs for many with older high-end electronics lacking HDMI.
Optical and Digital Coax are not capable of transmitting either a bitstream or decoded LPCM stream of DD+, TrueHD, or DTS-MA. The only way to enjoy these codecs is either bitstream or player-decoded LPCM over HDMI to a capable receiver, or player-decoded LPCM over 7.1 analog.
This feature lets people with older high-end receivers and processors enjoy the new lossless and uncompressed audio codecs without having to replace an expensive piece of equipment (likely $500 - $2k for a high-end receiver, $2k - $5k for a pre-processor) just to add HDMI.
ohhhh. Yeah, forgot that bit. Very good point. Although I doubt anyone owning $3,000 worth of audio equipment is holding out for the sub-$200 Vizio BDP, but I guess you never know.
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Not much of a deal, most name brands are around this same price.
I disagree, sub $200 for multichannel analog out is pretty much unheard of. This is great for everyone that doesn't want to buy a new receiver.
this player should easily sell for 99.99 to 149.99 during any type of sale. 199.99 is the MSRP!!!!
Comparable Sony and Panasonic models are $350-400, so the Vizio is a steal.
what is the licensing cost for:
1. Blu-Ray
2. Dolby TrueHD
3. DTS-HD MA
4. HDMI
5. DVD
6. 7.1 surround
Plus cost of development for features like:
7. upconversion
8. variable resolutions
??
distributed across the U.S.?
If we look at comparable models it seems like this is a really good deal.
@bull3964,
You have to go back a ways to find a 7.1 - nay, a 5.1 receiver without a single optical or coax audio input. With all due respect to the analogians, it's time to upgrade your receiver.
I agree, but it's still nice to see more companies jump on the $199 price point. Personally I recommend the Panasonic BMP-BD35 which can be found for about $200-$235 and is a 5 star player.
@bandigolo
Optical or Coax digital inputs don't give you high def lossless audio. You need an HDMI receiver for that which are much newer. So, multichannel analog out benefits even those who have digital inputs.
@ bandigolo
You're really missing the point on the importance of 7.1 analog outputs for many with older high-end electronics lacking HDMI.
Optical and Digital Coax are not capable of transmitting either a bitstream or decoded LPCM stream of DD+, TrueHD, or DTS-MA. The only way to enjoy these codecs is either bitstream or player-decoded LPCM over HDMI to a capable receiver, or player-decoded LPCM over 7.1 analog.
This feature lets people with older high-end receivers and processors enjoy the new lossless and uncompressed audio codecs without having to replace an expensive piece of equipment (likely $500 - $2k for a high-end receiver, $2k - $5k for a pre-processor) just to add HDMI.
ohhhh. Yeah, forgot that bit. Very good point. Although I doubt anyone owning $3,000 worth of audio equipment is holding out for the sub-$200 Vizio BDP, but I guess you never know.