SillySausage
Established Member
Merry Chistmas everybody
I'm not entirely sure where this thread should go as it encompasses a fair few areas.
At the moment we have a Sony 350 BDP, PS3 (Jap spec so won't play disks), Sky HD going into an Onkyo 876 AV amp via HDMI
I now want to put a media server in (probably HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L) and a media player to pull from it.
I don't have any free HDMI slots on the AV amp and don't really want to be buying hubs and switches if I can help it.
Is there such thing as a reasonably priced (sub £200 ideally) player that has the bluray and media player built into one unit.
I need the ability to simply drop a disk in and watch a film without ripping it to disk and messing about etc, but would also like to keep the box count down and ease of use simple.
I do chase picture and sound quality foremost, but conveniance is coming a close second.
I could just buy a british PS3 and donate the jap one to the eldest, but just how good are new PS3's in comparison to dedicated media players and BDP etc ?
Thoughts and opinions welcome.
I'm not entirely sure where this thread should go as it encompasses a fair few areas.
At the moment we have a Sony 350 BDP, PS3 (Jap spec so won't play disks), Sky HD going into an Onkyo 876 AV amp via HDMI
I now want to put a media server in (probably HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L) and a media player to pull from it.
I don't have any free HDMI slots on the AV amp and don't really want to be buying hubs and switches if I can help it.
Is there such thing as a reasonably priced (sub £200 ideally) player that has the bluray and media player built into one unit.
I need the ability to simply drop a disk in and watch a film without ripping it to disk and messing about etc, but would also like to keep the box count down and ease of use simple.
I do chase picture and sound quality foremost, but conveniance is coming a close second.
I could just buy a british PS3 and donate the jap one to the eldest, but just how good are new PS3's in comparison to dedicated media players and BDP etc ?
Thoughts and opinions welcome.