Blu Ray Player

Xcellor

Finally upgraded to full HD TV. Wanting a cheap blu ray player. I don't care about the brand as long as it supports full HD.

Any recommendations?

rubadub

I got a PS3 mainly for the bluray ability, I got it for 250 a year or so ago which was just a bit more than a standard bluray player of similar quality (a PS3 is pretty decent). Now the PS3 is easily hacked so it is a very good buy, you can store you music or films on its internal HD and connect up an external drive and use it as a media centre if you have good speakers on the TV.

Obviously its not the cheapest bluray player but might be cheaper and neater to kill 2 birds with one stone if you have any interest in its other abilities. Mates of mine use the wireless connection to watch football through it on the big screen.

masterK

I just bought this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-Electronics-BD550-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B0048WQ38E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1298391959&sr=8-1

First impressions are very good. Has a USB port to hook up an external hard drives. I tried a few AVIs, an MKV and MP4 all which played and all looked well. Can't really go wrong for just over €80

Xcellor

rubadub wrote: »

I got a PS3 mainly for the bluray ability, I got it for 250 a year or so ago which was just a bit more than a standard bluray player of similar quality (a PS3 is pretty decent). Now the PS3 is easily hacked so it is a very good buy, you can store you music or films on its internal HD and connect up an external drive and use it as a media centre if you have good speakers on the TV.

Obviously its not the cheapest bluray player but might be cheaper and neater to kill 2 birds with one stone if you have any interest in its other abilities. Mates of mine use the wireless connection to watch football through it on the big screen.

Already xbox man myself I have wii too so my wife would kill me if I got third console!! Thanks for suggestions though.