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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:19 am
by Leisher
To you video techies, if you were to recommend a Blu-Ray player today which one would you recommend? Stick with something in the entry level price range please.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:21 am
by GORDON
About a month ago I read that, strangely enough, the PS3 was the BD player to beat.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:22 am
by TheCatt
I was gonna say PS3 too. But not sure about your price level.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:47 pm
by Cakedaddy
I've been warned against using the PS3 as a player. It wears it out faster and breaks sooner. Anyone that used their PS2 as a dvd player experienced just that. People who 'gamed only' had theirs last much longer.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:50 pm
by GORDON
Well people tend to lie to you, so I'll just ignore that since I've never heard it before.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:19 pm
by TPRJones
I'm on my third PS2, the first two having lasted six months and four months respectively. I used them as DVD players a lot. The third one has lasted two years now, and I've not used it as a DVD player at all (bought a cheap DVD player at the time I picked up my third PS2).
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:26 pm
by Cakedaddy
TPRJones wrote:I'm on my third PS2, the first two having lasted six months and four months respectively. I used them as DVD players a lot. The third one has lasted two years now, and I've not used it as a DVD player at all (bought a cheap DVD player at the time I picked up my third PS2).
Well people tend to lie to you, so I'll just ignore that since I've never heard it before.
Suck on that!
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:29 pm
by GORDON
If this was a PS2 discussion, that might have been relevant.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:34 pm
by GORDON
I just googled "ps3 reliability", I hit almost every link in the first 2 pages, and 100% of them said, to summarize, "Yep; it seems they learnt well from the mistakes of PS2. For all its faults; the build quality and all-round robustness of PS3 seems to be exemplary."
But there have also been rumors of sub $150 dedicated BD players on Black Friday, so I dunno. May want to just go that route................. but some players are better than others, and it probably won't be the really good players at that price.
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:41 pm
by TPRJones
Oh, cool! I've held off on getting a PS3 partly because the PS2s hadn't been so long-lasting. I think perhaps it's time I considered getting one, then.
When I buy a game system I want it to last awhile. I still have an Atarti 2600 and a Colecovision I play with every few years.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:45 pm
by Leisher
Every night when I head to bed, I throw a DVD into the player and fall asleep to it. The TV has a sleep timer, DVD players don't.
In the 7 years I've lived in my house I've gone through 3 Sony DVD players in my bedroom (the rest of the house has suffered zero DVD player outages, but the VCR that used to be in my office died a few years back).
About a year and a half ago I bought a $30 generic player to put in the bedroom and that thing has shown no signs of slowing down and even plays scratched DVDs my upgraded Sony DVD player in the living room refuses to play.
Point being, I don't fear going off brand to get a deal.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:01 pm
by GORDON
In that case, this time of year you should definitely brave the crowds on Black Friday.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:51 pm
by WSGrundy
Leisher wrote:Point being, I don't fear going off brand to get a deal.
Best Buy has an Insigna Blu Ray for $180 right now.
It also has the DVD upgrading capability. I don't know enough about other Blu Ray players to know if that is in all of them though.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:14 pm
by Leisher
I have a Sony DVD Upgrade player. It is the worst electronics purchase I've ever made.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:18 pm
by GORDON
You guys mean upscaling? I believe all BD players upscale DVD's, partly because the HDMI cable is so much superior to the old RCA cables.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:21 pm
by Leisher
Yeah, upscaling.
This Sony model...if the disc even looks like it might not be in mint condition, the player has a really hard time reading it.
I can throw the same disc in my no name $30 model in the bedroom and it'll play it like a champ.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:22 pm
by WSGrundy
Leisher wrote:Yeah, upscaling.
This Sony model...if the disc even looks like it might not be in mint condition, the player has a really hard time reading it.
I can throw the same disc in my no name $30 model in the bedroom and it'll play it like a champ.
Yeah my sony DVD player won't play most of the blockbuster disc anymore but the other DVD players($30 ones) play fine.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:57 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:33 pm
by WSGrundy
I know you said your other sony was crap but you can get one here for $150 if you use the code on slickdeals.
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:57 pm
by Leisher
I think I'll end up with a Blu-Ray player before the weekend is out, but I think I'm going to pass on the PS3. Between the Wii, X-Box 360, DS, cell phone, and my PC I have enough gaming systems.
Lots of Blu-Ray players on sale at various stores for less than $200 tomorrow and I'm due at Best Buy at 9:30 a.m. to meet my folks who are TV shopping.
If I do get one, I'll probably grab a few DVDs, what is the story with the Casino Royale Blue-Ray? (Or was it just the DVD version?)
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