Playing BluRay in a Theater/Concerthall

[Benedict Heinzl]

Hello,
I currently work at a new concerthall/theater in Vienna and I'm responsible for "Multimedia"
.In other terms it means that I have to make everything regarding video possible.
Our technical director wants the possibility to play BluRay/DVD there.
We have a Barco HDX-W14 and a PA System with a preconfigured 5.1 Programm Bus controlled over a SSL C100.
The projector is behind a SDI Matrix so I have to convert HDMI to SDI (Is there a HDCP problem when using the Gefen Scaler http://bit.ly/Xe68WG ?)

I think we need a good Player (something like this maybe?) Denon DBP-2012UDP
http://bit.ly/WbKYHe

And a decoder from Dolby/DTS so I can route the single channels to our PA System. Denon DN-500AV
http://bit.ly/XK0MS9

Is that really what we need or am I completely wrong?

PS: Please don't tell me that we are not allowed to play copyright protected features for such an audience. I know that and it is definitely not our plan.

Thanks in advance,
Benedict Heinzl

 

[David Rasberry]

You may have an HDCP problem with the scaler as the player has to handshake with the display device. I'm not sure SDI passes HDCP or EDID information. It will only apply to commercial blu-ray discs that do have content protection enabled on the disc. Non-commercial blu-ray disks without content protection won't be affected, nor will DVD's. Depends on how the GEFEN scaler handles HDCP. If it aliases the EDID data at its input, then it may work OK.
Extron makes a nice surround processor with balanced audio outputs that is more robust for a commercial venue:
http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=ssp&subtype=354&s=3 .
Definitely use the SPDIF inputs for audio rather than analog. It makes a big difference.