BluRay Players Now $98

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nordlead said:

tedsteriscool said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Cheaper BR players often have compatibility problems with newer BR movies(some don't even have firmware updates, or the ability to go online), and almost always "freeze" as in, stop motion for upwards of 6 seconds as often as ever 30 minutes. Again, the upscaling features of each BR player differ vastly in quality as well as available outputs.

A BR player isn't like an HDMI cord. The ones that cost 500 dollars, cost 500 dollars for a reason, and the ones that cost 100 dollars, cost 100 dollars because they suck.

I'm not embellishing this. Don't waste your money.

And the ones that cost $300 are still the best on the market

I'm sure you are refering to the PS3, but for those that want a real remote and no fan noise in a simple package that uses little power they should get the Sony BDP-s560 which retails for $350, but can be found cheaper. It is essentially the equivilent of the PS3 in terms of quality (a little slower on the load times) and it has Wifi so you can use BDLive easily.

Well, since it's equivalent in terms of BD playback I can see why you'd recommend it. But why not pay $50 less and get a multimedia device that's capable of much more (eg. Gaming, web browsing)? Noise can be a problem, but most home theatres are never quiet enough to even hear PS3s over their surround systems.

 

Edit: @ ssj12: That site you linked to says $500, or am I looking at the wrong player?