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Sony BluRay Player with 6 free BluRay Discs and movie rental vouchers €249.99.

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  • 14-11-2008 10:09pm
    #1
    Dman001
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    Xtravision have a Sony BluRay player with Hancock, Wall-E, Mama Mia and Iron Man free and 10 half price (BluRay) movie rental vouchers. The deal doesn't start till 28th of November (that's when Hancock will be released). It's the best deal I've saw for a BluRay player yet. It may be worth waiting till December to buy it because they might add The Dark Knight as an option with the bundle.

    Edit: They don't mention the model of the BluRay player but going by the picture it looks like this one:http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665368427

    If it is this model, that means it has the BD-Live feature.

    Edit 2: When you register the player, you get Casino Royale and Batman Begins free aswell. So that makes it 6 free Blu-Ray discs. See here for more details. http://media.play.com/ContentDocs/6569654.pdf


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    #2
    Soarer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,865 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Great little player.
    Bought one a month ago for €299 from a local Sony Centre.
    To clarify though, the player needs to be software updated to be bd-live enabled. Simple to do though, ethernet cable into the back, "network update" in the menu, and it does the rest itself.
    There's also a USB port at the back into which you need to put in a usb key to download the bd-live content. Some people have said you need a slimline key to fit in, but I put a big old clunky 2gb one I had lying around into it, and it fit grand.

    Also, and this is the best bit, there's a registration disc in the box that, when you register, you receive Casino Royale and Batman Begins!:D

    So that's a great little bd player, and 6 discs, for €250. Excellent bargain! Gonna get one for the bedroom!


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    Dman001
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    Cheers for that. Makes me want it more now.


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    Lawdie
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    Soarer wrote: »
    the player needs to be software updated to be bd-live enabled. Simple to do though, ethernet cable into the back, "network update" in the menu, and it does the rest itself.

    Whats BD live and is it available on PS3?


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    godtabh
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    Lawdie wrote: »
    Whats BD live and is it available on PS3?

    It gives you extra features for each disk. Games info etc.

    I think its on the PS 3 as well


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    Dman001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    There's info on it here
    http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/bdlive/
    The PS3 does have it but you may need to upgrade the firmware to get it.
    Soarer can you play videos or music from a USB memory stick on the player?


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    godtabh
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    Dman001 wrote: »
    Soarer can you play videos or music from a USB memory stick on the player?

    Its purely for BD live


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    Dman001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    kearnsr wrote: »
    Its purely for BD live
    Ah, okay. Cheers


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    Dman001
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    Just seen this over in AVForums. Blockbuster (who own Xtravision) are doing the same deal in the UK. They seem to think it is the BDP-S350 model.
    http://www.avforums.com/forums/hd-dvd-blu-ray-movie-bargains/858784-blockbuster-blu-ray-player-6-films-199-99-a.html


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    unklerosco
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    Can anyone confirm what model it is yet??

    Only one they have on the site is http://www.xtravision.ie/xvElectrical.asp?id=503


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    godtabh
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    unklerosco wrote: »
    Can anyone confirm what model it is yet??

    Only one they have on the site is http://www.xtravision.ie/xvElectrical.asp?id=503

    If thats the one thats the old model (I think). Not 100% sure as its the BDP 3000 and the old one is 300


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    Tusky
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    Would I be able to hook these speakers (DAV-DZ260) up to this bluray player ?


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    meanmachine3
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    i know blueray have most of the market but what is the difference between blueray and HD. like may others i bought a HD recorder/ player sometime ago. is blueray better than HD picture wise?


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    PIMPHO
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    Tusky wrote: »
    Would I be able to hook these speakers (DAV-DZ260) up to this bluray player ?

    Ya I have same sound system so would be great if you could hook it up to the Bluray player.

    Anyone know??


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    unklerosco
    Registered Users Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    meanmachine3 wrote: »
    i know blueray have most of the market but what is the difference between blueray and HD. like may others i bought a HD recorder/ player sometime ago. is blueray better than HD picture wise?

    By HD do u mean hard disk recorder/player.. If so ur talking about something completely different. Blu Ray is HD as in High Definition, there was HD-dvd(high def dvd) but thats gone a good while now.. HD recorders/players are Hard drive based and are all std definition...

    If it is the player on the site its a shame, fairly old player...


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    unklerosco
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    PIMPHO wrote: »
    Ya I have same sound system so would be great if you could hook it up to the Bluray player.

    Anyone know??

    According to sony it has coax n optical inputs... I'd expect the player to output at least one of these so yes u can/could connect it up..


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    PIMPHO
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭PIMPHO


    Hmmmm...interesting! Might be seriously tempted so! Can anyone else confirm if this is possible? Just want to get a second opinion.

    Thanks


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    Jip
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    PIMPHO wrote: »
    Ya I have same sound system so would be great if you could hook it up to the Bluray player.

    Anyone know??

    When you say hook up these speakers do you mean solely the speakers or the whole unit ? I assume you mean the unit itself ?
    If so I would say yes (if it's the unit they think it is over ay AVforums) as the home cinema has optical in and the bluray unit has optical out.


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    PIMPHO
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    Just the speakers and subwoofer. Sure I wouldn't need to hook up the DVD player to it as I can use the Blu Ray player to play all my Dvds, or would I??


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    mik_da_man
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    The DVD Player prob has an inbuilt amp so Yep you would


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    #21
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    You probably would as the unit you now have acts as an amp but I haven't looked to much into it. I have a similar system to yourself and am also thinking of getting one.


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    unklerosco
    Registered Users Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    Exactly... U need to run an optical cable from the player to the surround sound dvd player... You'll need to have both on at the same time, handy thing is tho, being sony u'll be able to run them from the one remote...


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    meanmachine3
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    unklerosco wrote: »
    By HD do u mean hard disk recorder/player.. If so ur talking about something completely different. Blu Ray is HD as in High Definition, there was HD-dvd(high def dvd) but thats gone a good while now.. HD recorders/players are Hard drive based and are all std definition...

    If it is the player on the site its a shame, fairly old player...
    this is the model i bought last year, SONY RDR-HX750 so i am wondering whats the difference between this and a blueray picture?


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    PIMPHO
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    unklerosco wrote: »
    Exactly... U need to run an optical cable from the player to the surround sound dvd player... You'll need to have both on at the same time, handy thing is tho, being sony u'll be able to run them from the one remote...

    Oh right. So I can't just hook the speakers and subwoofer to the Blu Ray player? I have to hook it up to the DVD player aswell? My tv cabinet might not be able to fit both players, damn it!! No way I could just hook the speakers and subwoofer to the Blu Ray player?


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    unklerosco
    Registered Users Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    PIMPHO wrote: »
    Oh right. So I can't just hook the speakers and subwoofer to the Blu Ray player? I have to hook it up to the DVD player aswell? My tv cabinet might not be able to fit both players, damn it!! No way I could just hook the speakers and subwoofer to the Blu Ray player?

    No chance... Ur player now has a built in surround sound amp. The Blu ray is just the player....


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    #26
    unklerosco
    Registered Users Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    this is the model i bought last year, SONY RDR-HX750 so i am wondering whats the difference between this and a blueray picture?

    Difference varies depending on ur player n tv... U'll notice the difference tho(U do need a High def tv tho)

    http://www.silver-ware.net/movies/potc1unf.png

    Gives u some idea of the difference, its a screen grab from a dvd/blu ray

    Google SD vs HD on the net.. loads of info there


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    PIMPHO
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭PIMPHO


    Cheers for confirming Unklerosco! Might still get it but doubt both players will fit in my tv cabinet so will probably wait till an all in 1 Blu Ray surround sound cinema kit becomes available.

    Cheers lads!


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    JDxtra
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    Does it play XVid / DivX files? From the USB port?


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    godtabh
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    JDxtra wrote: »
    Does it play XVid / DivX files? From the USB port?

    USB port is for Blu ray live only.

    Doenst play divx


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    Dman001
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    unklerosco wrote: »
    Can anyone confirm what model it is yet??

    Only one they have on the site is http://www.xtravision.ie/xvElectrical.asp?id=503
    Well going by the pic, it isn't that model.


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    Soarer
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    PIMPHO wrote: »
    Cheers for confirming Unklerosco! Might still get it but doubt both players will fit in my tv cabinet so will probably wait till an all in 1 Blu Ray surround sound cinema kit becomes available.

    Cheers lads!

    The S350 is tiny. Running a tape over it, it measures approx. 17" deep x 2.5" height x 9" width.
    The S300 on the other hand is a monster. Don't have one anymore, but it was huge. So much so that, when I took the S350 out of it's box, I couldn't fit the S300 into it, even when I took out all the padding! :eek:


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