My SACD discs are in storage and I have no need to play them. Ditto for DVD-A.
I think the interest here would be playing the sound from Blu-ray/UHD discs through analog out to one's 2-channel system that doesn't have HDMI in. Digital audio out over S/PDIF by AACS copy protection is disallowed above 48 kHz.
Give me a multichannel music disc title and I'll buy and try it in the UB820 and UB9000.
My SACD discs are in storage and I have no need to play them. Ditto for DVD-A.
I think the interest here would be playing the sound from Blu-ray/UHD discs through analog out to one's 2-channel system that doesn't have HDMI in. Digital audio out over S/PDIF by AACS copy protection is disallowed above 48 kHz.
You mean other than being a founder member and representative for Microsoft in AACS?@amirm , you wrote:
«Digital audio out over S/PDIF by AACS copy protection is disallowed above 48 kHz».
Curious so do you have source, background?
Doesn't the back panel say that it's made in China?
heat sinked on the far right and the fan is only needed on the power supply.
The unit clearly generates heat as Panasonic have put a fan pulling air directly across (it's right behind it) the grid-fin heatsink (which is obviously the video processor) and likely to run very hot. That size fin with forced air is likely around 15-20W TDP, which would correlate reasonably with the total 37/39W rated consumption on the compliance label. There appears to be little or no venting/airflow around the SMPS PSU components which are on the other side of the case.
That would mean the small (~50mm) fan runs pretty much all the time and likely quite fast. Maybe not audible for loud movies, but for music, fans are simply unacceptable and failure prone.
You mean other than being a founder member and representative for Microsoft in AACS?
See: https://www.aacsla.com/license/AACS_Adopter_Agrmt_090605.pdf
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It was due to fear of people stealing the high-quality soundtrack. If you transmit it over copy protected links like HDMI, the player can and does send the original stream. But if you attempt to spit it out over unprotected links like Toslink/SPDIF, it must be downgraded as noted. Same provision is there for video from what I recall.@amirm , this makes me even more curious.
So let me ask you a stupid question:
Why set the upper blu-Ray/hdmi resolution limit at 1648 for spdif out?
Sounds a bit like the labels support for MQA to me.This was a compromise as the hardliners in studios want no sound whatsoever to come out of the unprotected connections. As "IT" (computer) folks (Intel and Microsoft) and to some extent consumer electronics companies, we fought and got this kind of compromise.
Sounds like if I want a SACD spinner on the cheap I might grab a X800 now? Problem being I don't have any SACD at the present and the few multich's out there in the popular genre are expensive. Might just wait a bit to see if my Sammy UHD BD player lets the smoke out any time soon. Dang I wish there was more interest in multich from the studios ------------------------At least for now. I expect Sony realizes that and going forward will reserve universality for their most expensive player. That is analogous to how Anthem's first AVR lineup all had the same processing capabilities but increasing amplifier power at higher price points. Smart people all bought the cheap one! In their second go around and beyond, Anthem lowered the channel count on the cheaper ones (without lowering the price compared to the previous entry level) to entice buyers to spend more.
It was due to fear of people stealing the high-quality soundtrack. If you transmit it over copy protected links like HDMI, the player can and does send the original stream. But if you attempt to spit it out over unprotected links like Toslink/SPDIF, it must be downgraded as noted. Same provision is there for video from what I recall.
This was a compromise as the hardliners in studios want no sound whatsoever to come out of the unprotected connections. As "IT" (computer) folks (Intel and Microsoft) and to some extent consumer electronics companies, we fought and got this kind of compromise.
Frankly, studio recording, which most pop is, doesn't really benefit that much from Mch, unless you like performers panned around you in "surround sound". I tire of that quickly, myself.