Advice Recommend me a good Blu-ray player.

[DaGaffer]

Right, PS3 is finally dead after months of serial toddler abuse. I need something to play the occasional BD on, but there's not much point in getting another PS3 as I never play console games anymore and I have plenty of alternate ways to stream/watch Netflix etc. So I need a good, but inexpensive Bluray player. Any ideas? TV is a Samsung.

 

[AngelHeal]

get another ps3....
they are relatively cheap, you can use it as storing capacity for pictures, movies etc on your network.
stream from laptop / pc to ps3 and watch it on it..

for only 249€!

 

[Raven]

Any old crap really, I am not sure there is all that much difference these days, it's such old tech. Have a look in Tesco (Do you have Tesco in Ireland?)

 

[DaGaffer]

get another ps3....
they are relatively cheap, you can use it as storing capacity for pictures, movies etc on your network.
stream from laptop / pc to ps3 and watch it on it..

Thanks for reading what I wrote . I already have plenty of ways to stream (the TV has dlna, I have an AppleTV and and a Raspberry Pi is on the way). Cheapest new PS3 is still €230-odd and I just don't need it.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Last I looked in order to get a PS3 equivalent stand-alone BR player of equal quality it would cost more than a PS3.

 

[DaGaffer]

Any old crap really, I am not sure there is all that much difference these days, it's such old tech. Have a look in Tesco (Do you have Tesco in Ireland?)

First place I looked. Sony, Panasonic and Samsung all for around €120 but I've no idea if one brand stands out.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Asda have blue-ray players for £57. Don't know if they're any good.

 

[georgie]

Due to Sony now incorporating Cinavia into their BD players, I'd avoid them. No idea about Samsungs. Personally I like Pannies for my players:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMP-BDT120-Network-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B0083SX5SA £109

Claim Avatar 3D and Titanic 3D on Blu-ray when you purchase this product between between August 2, 2012 and December 31, 2012

For something more basic (no 3D for a start):​

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www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMP-BD75EB-K-Booting-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B004MPQR4M £60

 

[Cyradix]

Don't know if this list is completely up to date, but you should avoid these players because of the Cinavia protection

ManufacturerModel & Firmware
Sony Playstation 3 (fw: 3.10 or higher)
Sony BDP-S185/BDP-S186 (fw: M09.R.0033 or higher) BDP-S390 (fw: M11.R.0147 or higher)
BDP-S280/BDP-S480/BDP-S485/BDP-S580/BDP-S780 (fw: M07.R.0615 or higher)
BDP-SX1000 (fw: F01.R.0102 or higher)
BDP-BX39/BDP-BX59/BDP-S590 (fw: M11.R.0320 or higher)
Samsung BD-Dxxxx Series BD-Exxxx Series
Philips BDP5200, BDP6000 (fw: 1.42 or higher)
Pioneer BDP-V6000
Marantz UD5005 UD7006
LG BDP550 (fw: 8.31.283.C)
Denon DBP-1611UD (fw: MCU Ver 100/07.04.2011) [NOT CONFIRMED] DBP-2012UDCI

 

[DaGaffer]

Due to Sony now incorporating Cinavia into their BD players, I'd avoid them. No idea about Samsungs. Personally I like Pannies for my players:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMP-BDT120-Network-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B0083SX5SA £109

Claim Avatar 3D and Titanic 3D on Blu-ray when you purchase this product between between August 2, 2012 and December 31, 2012

For something more basic (no 3D for a start):​

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www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMP-BD75EB-K-Booting-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B004MPQR4M £60

I'm going to get that Panasonic. We sell it so I get staff discount.

 

[AngelHeal]

..or... get a ps3!

game-on!

 

[Job]

Try isohunt.com, they have great selection of free movies in HD that play on any PC or MAC.

 

[caLLous]

My old DVD player has finally bit the dust so I'm going to get a Blu-ray. Are players with Cinavia protection are to be automatically avoided? I also have a Samsung telly and the DLNA stuff on a wireless-enabled BR player (BD-E5700 frinstance) plays nicer with a Samsung telly (I think). But that is one of the cinavia players, so avoid?

 

[georgie]

My old DVD player has finally bit the dust so I'm going to get a Blu-ray. Are players with Cinavia protection are to be automatically avoided? I also have a Samsung telly and the DLNA stuff on a wireless-enabled BR player (BD-E5700 frinstance) plays nicer with a Samsung telly (I think). But that is one of the cinavia players, so avoid?

I would avoid, but up to you. If you're never gonna play backups then it wont affect you.

 

[caLLous]

Well I am. But not off of burned BR discs, it would be mkv's straight across the network or off of a portable hard drive. I can plug a USB hard drive into the TV as it is but I quite liked the idea of the integrated wifi in the Blu-ray player, as it's not easy to get a network cable to where the TV is. I could just get a wireless dongle for the TV I suppose. Is there anything that I won't be able to do if I don't get a Samsung player?

I'm reading things that say that even re-encoded mkv's will flag up warnings with Cinavia because the watermark survives compression and re-encoding.

 

[georgie]

Indeed. It certainly kicks in with the PS3, I assume it would with the a BD player too.

 

[Job]

TBH I get most of my HD material from Youtube.
Download stuff like this in 1080, bang it on the projector and sit back and dream.