First time Blu ray buyer

[JB77]

Hi all

I am putting together my first home cinema set, pretty excited about that! Stuck to 1 brand and smaller speakers to keep the wife happy ;-)

The set I am opting to buy is as follows:

Pioneer
TV: KRP 500a
AV rec: SCLX71
speakers: Monitor Audio R270HD av set, RS W12 sub

Already have a 2 year old DVR-930 DVD/HDD recorder which is great and also want to buy a Blu ray player.

Ideally I would like to have a Blu ray/DVD player HDD recorder combo but cant find one. Am I overlooking something if not when are these expected to enter the market

Also I red about Live content option with some of the topline models, is this expected to be available on entry models

Last but not least.. I see big price gaps between players, does this equate to picture quality differences or is it merely features?

thx
JB

 

[y2k]

Ideally I would like to have a Blu ray/DVD player HDD recorder combo but cant find one. Am I overlooking something if not when are these expected to enter the market

Not available yet but there is one thats supposed to be coming soon, there is a thread on here somewhere I was reading about it a couple of weeks ago.

 

[willharris10]

Mate at your level you should be looking at the Pioneer BDP-51FD or the Panasonic DMP-BD55 which is available with big discounts at the moment. Don't worry too much about BluRay Live unless that really excites you.

I paid £320 for my Pioneer and it's very good. Ideal for your set-up I'd say. But if you like BluRay Live, then i believe the Sony BDP-S550 has it and is also good and heavily discounted. Just check out the Richer Sounds website.

Going up a level really means getting a Denon DVD2500BT which doesn't have an ethernet socket so no BluRay Live. But at £600 is the next real jump in quality.

 

[thenicklouse]

BD live can be found on most (?) profile 2 players not just top of the line.
Eg the Panasonic BD35 less than £200 and does most things. Soon to be replaced though.

the only difference to it and the more costly 55 is that it has analogue out puts.

 

[skk3]

My BDP-S350 £167.00 multi region for DVD from Richer Sounds - fabulous machine for the money! I haven't looked back. DVD upscaling also excellent to my eyes.