I'm back! Ta-Dah! Guess what? It DIDN'T work after all, swapping the HDMI cable worked the first couple of test discs, then the next night, we settle down to watch Iron Man 2 4K, "Multi Channel In 7.1" AAAGGhhhhhh!!!! Now, i'm wondering if it's the player itself, it's a Samsung ubd m9500.....it was working absolutely fine for a long time. Then, a few weeks ago, it started skipping, then, it kind of had a meltdown, red light flashing constantly, wouldn't let you enter any commands, you turn it off and it turns itself back on, but is still inoperable and STILL has the constantly flashing light. Did a reset and it seems to be fine....but, the other night i noticed that when i was watching a film, and paused, then unpaused, the info/detail stuff that comes on at the top of the screen said "PCM" briefly, then went to bitstream.....surely it shouldn't be wandering between formats like that?
Also, The Xbox stays steady on Atmos all the time, never skips a beat, that's what makes me think the player might be at fault here....
Anyhoo, it's seriously peeing me off, so i ordered a Panasonic DP-UB820EB, A) because it seems to be a top notch player and B) I just had this feeling that the Sammy is on it's last legs....
Sorry for all the rambling, but i had to get it off me chest.
I'm still open to any advice....
Thanks for reading,
Rich