Please can anyone advise of a blue ray player that works with beosystem 3 and what leads are required? is it just hdmi??

Will BS3 control the blue ray via beo 4 or is that to much to ask! any issues I should know about or any exprtise--- feel free

I have a playstation 3 blue ray player attached to my bs3 using HDMI to HDMI only - excellent picture and sound quality

Will beo 4 control it though??

The Playstation 3 does not use IR, so you'll have to get a converter for it - then get the BS3 to control it. With regard to connecting it up, you'll need the SP/DIF connector connected if you want 5.1/&.2 sound also.

*need the SP/DIF connector*

With HDMI ???? 

I am using a Playstation 3 with mine. I have my beo4 controlling it in a limited fashion as the ir control on the playstation is not very elaborate.

Very happy with the sound and picture, just use the HDMI of course and watch in uncompressed format where possible.

I think the Beosystem 3 does not support Dolby TrueHD und DTS-HD at this moment. So you don't get out what's in the Blue ray disc.

From what I read on the subject, decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD soundtracks is done by the player itself. The digital output format  should be set to multi-channel PCM, which the Beosystem 3 supports (according to one message here). There is no need that the decoding be done by the A/V processor itself.

 Best regards,

 Jean Vezina

 

Using the Playstation 3 I selected sound settings and PCM from the Bluery disc menu. I noticed an incredible amount of depth to the sound. Far supperior th movies in Dolby Digital.

DoubleU:

*need the SP/DIF connector*

With HDMI ???? 

 'fraid so - it isn't pretty but you can confirm that it is needed by putting the default speaker mode to 3 and trying to play a DTS movie - unless you have the SP/DIF cable plugged in - the surround speakers will not switch on!

Isn't that because you require speaker 5 for the surround?

I am using the HDMI only and the surround is fantastic. Think i have only tried PCM with the Playstation 3.

That's the point - the processor would detect the DTS and switch on the rear speakers automatically - they don't if you only have the HDMI cable plugged in.

I have a playstion 3 plugged into my bs3 only with an hdmi cable I have just put in a DTS DVD and selected the DTS track , I am hearing beautiful DTS 5.1 with no sp/dif cable. I can confirm this by looking at the PS3 display which says it is playing DTS 5.1, and the BS3 sound menu is stating Multichannel PCM 5.1 which makes sense.

I agree with Corvin, you only need an HDMI cable. Only other thing I can think of is as of BS3 sw version 2.7 you can choose where the sound comes from either hdmi or another input.

Cheers

Peter

On a Sky HD box though, you can't get DD 5.1 out of the HDMI port - shame.

Thanks Beonut, maybe it was the software version that was causing confusion. I have 2.7. (I wish B&O would provide a changes list fir each software version)

I had originally bought a optical to coax converter for the Playstation but realised that it was not needed.

frog:

On a Sky HD box though, you can't get DD 5.1 out of the HDMI port - shame.

Agreed I have that prob too but that is a problem caused by the sky hd box i think.

Cheers

Peter

I have a new BeoVision 4-65 (Colour Management Version) being driven by the BeoSystem 3, connected is a PS3 and a Sky HD Box.

What settings do i need to set my PS3 to as the picture isn't as good as it could be? Do i need to do anything to my BeoSystem 3?

 

Many Thanks

355f:

Please can anyone advise of a blue ray player that works with beosystem 3 and what leads are required? is it just hdmi??

Will BS3 control the blue ray via beo 4 or is that to much to ask! any issues I should know about or any exprtise--- feel free

Sony BDP-S300 (I don't really know market specifications...). We use two in our store, plugged in two BeoSystems 3. The connections are: HDMI & IR. The integration is total & perfect: we control them with Beo4 via STB-Controller 

I am using the same player and it works fine. The Beo 4 controls all basic functions with the exception of turning it off. However, I have the player set to turn off after 30 minutes paused so I use STOP on the Beo 4 to pause it when done and 30 minutes later it will turn off. Of course it can also be turned off on the player itself when removing the disc but the other method works fine when stopping in the middle of a movie.

xegoon:

355f:

Please can anyone advise of a blue ray player that works with beosystem 3 and what leads are required? is it just hdmi??

Will BS3 control the blue ray via beo 4 or is that to much to ask! any issues I should know about or any exprtise--- feel free

Sony BDP-S300 (I don't really know market specifications...). We use two in our store, plugged in two BeoSystems 3. The connections are: HDMI & IR. The integration is total & perfect: we control them with Beo4 via STB-Controller 

the SDP300 is a first generation and not profile 2 compliant- it also takes and age to load anything- sont have just scrapped it

355f:

xegoon:

355f:

Please can anyone advise of a blue ray player that works with beosystem 3 and what leads are required? is it just hdmi??

Will BS3 control the blue ray via beo 4 or is that to much to ask! any issues I should know about or any exprtise--- feel free

Sony BDP-S300 (I don't really know market specifications...). We use two in our store, plugged in two BeoSystems 3. The connections are: HDMI & IR. The integration is total & perfect: we control them with Beo4 via STB-Controller 

the SDP300 is a first generation and not profile 2 compliant- it also takes and age to load anything- sont have just scrapped it

Which is why I will be exchanging my 300 with my B and O dealer for the new 550 as soon as it is released, as well as for added support of Dolby and DTS HD Audio.

But as for working with the BS3 and Beo 4, which was the question being responded to, not a question about the capabilities of a specific player, the answer is absolutely yes.  

 

Razlaw:

355f:

xegoon:

355f:

Please can anyone advise of a blue ray player that works with beosystem 3 and what leads are required? is it just hdmi??

Will BS3 control the blue ray via beo 4 or is that to much to ask! any issues I should know about or any exprtise--- feel free

Sony BDP-S300 (I don't really know market specifications...). We use two in our store, plugged in two BeoSystems 3. The connections are: HDMI & IR. The integration is total & perfect: we control them with Beo4 via STB-Controller 

the SDP300 is a first generation and not profile 2 compliant- it also takes and age to load anything- sont have just scrapped it

Which is why I will be exchanging my 300 with my B and O dealer for the new 550 as soon as it is released, as well as for added support of Dolby and DTS HD Audio.

But as for working with the BS3 and Beo 4, which was the question being responded to, not a question about the capabilities of a specific player, the answer is absolutely yes.  

 

Well  the tests I  and engineers have undertaken thus far indicate no HD audio - or suitable handshake for the following players- panasonic BD30, panasonic BD50 Sony PS3  and Sony BDP 300 ( with version 4.2 update that allows true audio HD)and all previous generation Pioneer product- maybe the new Sony will be the first player that sends Hd audio via HDMI and the bs3 recognises it-  perhaps the BS3 was way ahead of its time after all.

 

Can anyone please help?

beocraig:

Can anyone please help?

Perhaps you can help us help you by describing how you have connected your PS3 to the BS3?

I have connected it with a HDMI cable and i'm using a USB Dongle for control with the Beo4.

Should i have the PS3 set to a certain setting to get the best picture?

Cheers