Sony BDP-S790 Blu-ray Player Video Review

[j_garcia]

Because Samsung did it already.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Because Samsung did it already.

Another face palm design.

 

[j_garcia]

What's worse is, that Samsung is from at least a year or two ago.

 

[Adam]

I'm trying to find how to set the video black level on the 3100, but I haven't found it, yet. I was wondering why the Netflix video looked worse than it did on the PS3, and then I realized it was because the black levels are different. I kind of fixed it with a setting on the TV, but I'd rather have the two of them output the same video to begin with.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I'm trying to find how to set the video black level on the 3100, but I haven't found it, yet. I was wondering why the Netflix video looked worse than it did on the PS3, and then I realized it was because the black levels are different. I kind of fixed it with a setting on the TV, but I'd rather have the two of them output the same video to begin with.

Hmm, I didn't set the black level at all. PQ looked great already so I didn't even mess with it.

 

[afterlife2]

Hmm, I didn't set the black level at all. PQ looked great already so I didn't even mess with it.

My BX59 too. No setting anything. Worked nicely with blacks.

 

[canelli]

I calibrated my tv a while back, and the Sony looks really good. I will go back and try calibrating with the Sony and see if there is a difference.

 

[canelli]

Either the NAS I use for streaming decided to start reporting mp4 videos as M2TS or Sony did a firmware upgrade and I didn't notice. After days of flawless playback, the Sony started seeing mp4 files as M2TS. The Sony then got confused trying to play the mp4 as a M2TS and started reporting every mp4 file as a corrupted M2TS. This happened right after my wife tripped the power switch on the battery backup causing the NAS to crash. After about an hour of total frustration, I renamed all the mp4 files to avi and everything is back working.

I did recently upgraded the OS and some of the installed software to my NAS. I am guessing that after the reboot, the updates finished and created the fairly short lived problem.

Either way, thought I would pass along the problem and solution.

 

[Adam]

That might be your NAS. I just confirmed that my 3100 plays mp4 files off of the USB drive as MPEG4 files. One of them it plays as an AVC file - but I can't say for sure that it wasn't improperly named (I downloaded that one, but I created the other one yesterday as an mp4 file, so I know). Are you sure that your files with an .mp4 suffix actually are mp4 files?

 

[canelli]

Are you sure that your files with an .mp4 suffix actually are mp4 files?

All the files except for one were downloads from youtube. The one odd ball was a straight rip of Wall-E. If you know of a utility to identify the media type, I would be happy to check the files and post the results.