Good Starter Blu-Ray Player

Techie_89 · 17-11-2009, 4:10 PM

Just starting to shift to Blu-Ray from DVD's and HD DVD's, now ill be looking at purchasing one next month on pay day, whats a good starter player?, doesnt matter if i have to get second hand or new, im prepared to wait.

I've been offered a Sony BDP S500 for £150 from a colleague which has been remote hacked to Region free DVD's.
I've looked up the unit and it seems to be a solid reliable unit that has good reviews is it worth the £150?, it doesnt have DTS-HD decoding if im correct.

Andy

seasidersrock · 17-11-2009, 4:24 PM

second hand...sony 350 or panasonic 35, both hackable by remote for region free dvd.
or new sony 360 for about £134 delivered, i would probably go with a new 360.

awink1 · 17-11-2009, 5:54 PM

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Originally Posted by seasidersrock

second hand...sony 350 or panasonic 35, both hackable by remote for region free dvd.
or new sony 360 for about £134 delivered, i would probably go with a new 360.

I'll second that!! As from coming Monday you can get the 360 from Blockbuster @£149 with 4 free blu rays

The Sony your colleague is offering was reasonable when it came out, but really phased out now, when compared with the new breed of players.

bumtious · 17-11-2009, 5:57 PM

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Originally Posted by awink1

I'll second that!! As from coming Monday you can get the 360 from Blockbuster @£149 with 4 free blu rays

The Sony your colleague is offering was reasonable when it came out, but really phased out now, when compared with the new breed of players.

Thats a cracking deal.

Techie_89 · 17-11-2009, 7:24 PM

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Originally Posted by seasidersrock

second hand...sony 350 or panasonic 35, both hackable by remote for region free dvd.
or new sony 360 for about £134 delivered, i would probably go with a new 360.

Quote:

Originally Posted by awink1

I'll second that!! As from coming Monday you can get the 360 from Blockbuster @£149 with 4 free blu rays

The Sony your colleague is offering was reasonable when it came out, but really phased out now, when compared with the new breed of players.

Awesome will investigate further, do you know if the offer is on for a while??. i dont get paid for a few

Off to read up on the player now.

Ronan1 · 17-11-2009, 7:41 PM

I'll third that

Does everything you need for starting out with Blu Ray and its a new model. Been using a PS3 for years now and never had a glitch so I would imagine its also as well put together.

cmatt · 17-11-2009, 8:57 PM

just got the philips BDP 3000 from asda... not too bad for £97.... :D

and just remote hacked it to play multi region dvds

UKseless1 · 18-11-2009, 1:59 PM

I also went for the Sony BDP S360 from Blockbuster. If you go into the store and order you also get £20 Rental vouchers thrown in.

All you need to reserve is a £20 deposit but clearly you need to pay the remainder when you fetch the player on 23rd Nov.

If you tott that little lot up, you get £60 (4 x £15) worth of Blu-rays, £20 Rental vouchers and £69.99 for the player. Pretty neat deal.

carol_s · 19-11-2009, 12:30 AM

Just to complicate things (and confuse you more) I have just bought a Panasonic - DMP D60 from RGBDirect for £157 which comes with 7 free Blu-ray movies (well, you have to send off for them from Panasonic. I also tried MultizoneAV.com but they didn't have the DVD region free model available at that price - the one from RGBDirect was multi region DVD at the same price as the ordinary one from Multizone. It is an extremely good player for the price.

Specs are here if you are interested.

Techie_89 · 19-11-2009, 9:28 AM

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Originally Posted by carol_s

Just to complicate things (and confuse you more) I have just bought a Panasonic - DMP D60 from RGBDirect for £157 which comes with 7 free Blu-ray movies (well, you have to send off for them from Panasonic. I also tried MultizoneAV.com but they didn't have the DVD region free model available at that price - the one from RGBDirect was multi region DVD at the same price as the ordinary one from Multizone. It is an extremely good player for the price.

Specs are here if you are interested.

That actually looks a lot better for the £, the Viera cast looks interesting also the fact it has BD live that i've never seen or used before.
I also like the look of this one compared to the sony, think i may have to invest in this even though i havent got my plasma yet

Scott_Mac · 19-11-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Techie_89

That actually looks a lot better for the £, the Viera cast looks interesting also the fact it has BD live that i've never seen or used before.
I also like the look of this one compared to the sony, think i may have to invest in this even though i havent got my plasma yet

Or via Amazon for the same deal and get it next day with their free Prime shipping

Panasonic BD60EB Blu-ray Disc Player: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Cracking player....