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My Sony blue ray player won't play either of my discs.
I used my sons xbox1 to play them which is far from ideal...
Looked into a oppo player but at this time I can't see dropping the money for one of these..
Good luck everyone!!
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What I don't get about this problem, the Big Big Train, BD, and the IQ BD is why are things suddenly being shot at 25fps? This seems to be a new thing, why is the US using 24fps and Europe using 25fps?
How is there a NEW unstandardized thing - couldn't this have been avoided?
I'm looking stuff up online, and this has obviously been a known issue for a long time (15 years at least!). Don't know why it's suddenly a problem. Smaller, less experienced places doing the authoring?
I keep rereading the explanation from the band, and wondering why they didn't make a separate North American release. More expensive? Harder to coordinate?
Just found this Question and Answer online:
Q: I know 1080p 23.976 and 24fps is Bluray compliant but what about 1080p 25fps or 29.97fps?
A: To answer your question, no, 1080p 25fps or 29.97fps aren't compliant. The content may be progressive but has to be encoded as interlaced.
I don't exactly know what Blu-Ray compliant means, but is this kind of like with CDs where there is the Red Book standard? Remember when some CD labels started using copy protection and people said we should complain to the labels that what they were selling was not a CD because it didn't conform to the standard? Is this Blu-Ray situation at all similar?
I would settle for a download of the audio-only or maybe the video about now, in any reasonable quality.
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Seriously, look into LG's.
I bought a Sixun DVD years ago, and didn't think to try it in my LG. I couldn't get it to play in my Toshiba DVD Player--this is when I learned about PAL vs. NTSC. I spent a bunch of time converting the thing to NTSC, with a downturn in quality, using some software....but voila! When inserted into the LG it played like a charm.
Now, I dunno about BluRays at 25 fps...but the threads at the various AV forums seem to suggest an LG may work fine.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
My DVD-player, an rather old Marantz, played the DVD fine.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
The worse the human rights are in the country your Blu-Ray player was made, the better the chances it'll play your Anglagard Blu-Ray disk.
Unreal - The BR DVD plays in on my 8 year old DVD player! WooHoo!
After watching about one hour of this DVD I'm really excited about it. The music is very well captured, very detailed. Great sound of all instruments (and there are many).
Yes, it's a very small stage, but you get used to that and it gives you the feeling you're part of it.
I was thinking about pulling the trigger on this, but I'm thinking it won't work on my BR player since Cardiacs Mares Nest doesn't either (sadly).
Bought a Sony UBP-X800 HD Blu-ray player on Boxing Day and I just tested this disc out - and it plays! Perfectly! Looks like they've upped their game with regards to multi-format disc compatibility. Now that I can play this one properly (i.e. not watching it on the desktop computer), I am now free to order the other 25 fps blu-rays I had been avoiding (IQ, Big Big Train). This player has so far been flawless and instantly plays every disc I've thrown at it - including HDCD and DVD-A discs... something my $500 Panasonic will not do.
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That is good to know, as I am just about ready to make the jump to a 4K player. I've still got my original Sony Blu-Ray player humming along, still plays great, but frustrated with the disc limitations. The 25fps stuff was very frustrating, as I also have the Anglagard blu ray and the IQ Road of Bones tour blu ray sitting here ready to go. And oddly, I have an old Pioneer regular DVD player that will play the Anglagard BD.
The CNET review says your player also plays SACD discs, which is nice, but I also would be interested to know if it plays PAL discs. Looks like they rate the video quality on par with the Samsung and Oppo 4K players, but says the Sony is a little slower than the Samsung loading 4K discs. I guess the Oppo is the only one that does Dolby Vision audio.
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