Blu Ray DVD player???

JayJay10

Looking at getting a Blu Ray player for xmas, the only thing is ive never (up till now that is) looked into this technology and actually thought it was just a new way of selling expensive DVD players, anyway can anyone recommend a decent one my price range is around €120-€160.

I've done a bit of research and at the moment theres two that i have my eye on but ive read reviews on Amazon about the 2nd one and apparently its a rip off, some sort of problem with the internet tv....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-550-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B003ZS1M1K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1290511966&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-BD-C5500-Blu-Ray-Player-Ready/dp/B003BYRPLE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1290512042&sr=1-1

cats.life

saw them at 139.00e in currys, other ones 149.00 same place, NOW CAN SOME ONE TELL IF ORDINERY DVD,S PLAY ON BLU-RAY DVD PLAYER? reason big txt is staff in two shops in told me today that YOU CAN USE ORDINERY DVD,S IN BLU- RAY DVD PLAYER, the other lad said i couldnt in curry,s, who do i believe ????

beglee

cats.life wrote: »

saw them at 139.00e in currys, other ones 149.00 same place, NOW CAN SOME ONE TELL IF ORDINERY DVD,S PLAY ON BLU-RAY DVD PLAYER? reason big txt is staff in two shops in told me today that YOU CAN USE ORDINERY DVD,S IN BLU- RAY DVD PLAYER, the other lad said i couldnt in curry,s, who do i believe ????

Yes they should be able to play them, unless its really poorly made/designed

For example, from the LG amazon link in the OP, the supported playback media are:

Media Type:CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD, CD, BD-R, BD-RE, BD-ROM

beglee

im also looking to get the LG bluray player mentioned in the OP

about €125 in argos. but wondering if it can be found cheaper elsewhere?

Stratospher

Hi lads Panasonic blu rays have now its fine history and if you want to buy a great blu ray worth every peny please pick Panasonic DMP-BD65 fantastic piece of gear.You can go to shop and ask for demo with any other in the same price and BD65 will be unqestionable winner !! Just Fantastic!!

Mister Gooey

Have the Sony BDP-S570 from Amazon. Plays everything - DVDs, DVD-DL Data discs even with MKVs burned on to them,...

Picture is superb even for upscaled DVDs. Also, connects wirelessly to the home network so you stream movies from the NAS.

A great piece of kit and simple to use. Even my 3 year old has mastered playing movies from a portable hard drive on it!

Gerty

Hey, i had a similar request but if we were to up the market range a by 50 euro or so? I really want something to i can easily configured to multi-regional and connects to the internet. Thanks

beglee

beglee wrote: »

im also looking to get the LG bluray player mentioned in the OP

about €125 in argos. but wondering if it can be found cheaper elsewhere?

Got the LG BD550 just after christmas in the end for €125 in PC world/currys in jervis centre. Wasnt easy to find, as Argos had no stock of Bluray players, and the first few places i went into only had older models for higher prices

Very happy with it so far, watched The Matrix & Avatar on it and love the detail. Looking forward to throwing Inception in next as i havent seen it since the cinema.

Also watched a couple of things off my USB stick and all worked perfect.

My only wish would be that i had a surround sound home cinema system to avail of as that would really be awesome :P

jaytobe

Mister Gooey wrote: »

Have the Sony BDP-S570 from Amazon. Plays everything - DVDs, DVD-DL Data discs even with MKVs burned on to them,...

Picture is superb even for upscaled DVDs. Also, connects wirelessly to the home network so you stream movies from the NAS.

A great piece of kit and simple to use. Even my 3 year old has mastered playing movies from a portable hard drive on it!

MG, same set up I have and looking at blu-ray dvd player for new samsung LE40C650 TV. Was hoping for a Samsung player but sales guy afraid to sell me one due to network/NAS! Any models that work?

Friend says a PS3 will do same job?