Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Blu-Ray player price?




Ryan


im looking for a blu-ray player around $150 or less. anybody know of any. and i would prefer if it is not a black friday only sale.

thanks in advance



Answer
I am assuming you live in the United States. If so, there are good sales on Samsung and Sony Blu-ray players for 199.99 at bestbuy.

Samsung BD-P1500
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8735327&type=product&id=1201913483931

If you can stretch out an extra $50, this is a superb blu-ray player. It is profile 1.1 out of the box but samsung includes a USB 2.0 drive in the back of the unit so you can update it through USB or even CD to be the new 2.0 profile standard. I know a few families that own this exact player and none of them have had any problems. The player has relatively slow loading times when loading blu-rays but that is to be expected with all blu-ray players. Samsung includes a loading icon to remedy this which can allow you to at least know when it is loading and when it is not. The sony player is very good as well since Sony are the main innovators of blu-ray.

If the extra $50 is too big of a stretch, there is an insignia blu-ray player going for $149.99 at best buy.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8777344&type=product&id=1204332499513

Unfortunately with this unit, there is no ethernet port in the back or a USB port in order to upgrade to profile 2.0 so it is not exactly future proof in terms of extra content if that is what you enjoy in blu-rays. I personally do not care about the extra features they bundle and always just watch the movie. If you share the same views then this player would be fine as it plays blu-rays fine. The main downside with this player is that the display isn't exactly the brightest and it does not bear the mark of the popular companies such as Samsung, Sony, LG, Pioneer, etc. that make quality products day in and day out.

Hope I helped.

Should iI buy a Blu-ray player?

Q. I am not sure if it will make that much difference, because my tv is only 720p, it is a samsung 32 inch. What does anyone think, is it worth it?


Answer
picture-wise you probably won't notice much difference.
audio-wise, blu-ray has some lossless formats, so if you have a decent sound system you can notice a difference provided your equipment can properly decode them.

i myself have delayed upgrading to blu-ray, even though i have a 1080p tv. although some blu-ray discs can be found on sale for 15 USD or less, most titles are priced around 30 or more USD. Sorry, I'm not paying those prices. I used to pay that much for movies on 12 inch laserdiscs and ended up replacing them with dvd. i'll wait awhile longer. i've also curtailed buying many new dvd's. if there's something i really want i'll buy, otherwise i just download. eventually i'll buy blu-ray. i've also read some player reviews -- i want to get one that has the shortest delay (from time you load disc until time it starts playing).




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