Entry Level Blu Ray Player?

makavelli · Oct 2, 2009

My dvd player is packing up and refusing to play disks so looking at blu rays.

Ive seen this sony one on play:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Ele...ray-Disc-Player/Product.html?searchtype=genre

now i dont want to pay a fortune as an upscaling dvd player can be had for 50 notes so something around 150 is what im after for a blu ray player

anyone got any thoughts or opinions on the one in the above link or any suggestions of other makes models out there?

cheers

Andy

MikeC · Oct 2, 2009

Good price, have a look for the S350 also, top quality player and will probably go a little bit cheaper than the S360?

Dink · Oct 2, 2009

have a look on richer sounds as their blu-ray players start at £100

makavelli · Oct 2, 2009

cool will do

KDF · Oct 2, 2009

For that sorta money I would spend the extra and get a PS3

bmh.01 · Oct 2, 2009

I wouldn't the blu ray quality is shite, i've just got an s360 don't think you can do much better for the money.

KDF · Oct 3, 2009

it's not THE best but calling it s**t is just laughable..

And for the extra wedge you get an entire entertainment system with.. even if you never play one game on it it's worth its wedge and a media system alone.

cava83 · Oct 3, 2009

You don't know what you're talking about!

bmh.01 said:
I wouldn't the blu ray quality is s**te, i've just got an s360 don't think you can do much better for the money.

makavelli · Oct 3, 2009

opted for the 360

should be here monday

Phill1978 · Oct 3, 2009

not going to enter into an argument but if you use HDMI to HDMI on blueray in theory its lossless so quality on BD at least should be flawless whatever the player.. however there may be minor imperfections compared to the best.. and the best are really £300 models.. unlike DVD where the best could cost over £10k ! lol

KDF · Oct 4, 2009

makavelli said:
opted for the 360 should be here monday

But they don't play blu-rays ?? :S

Have fun sending it back when it breaks.

McBunny · Oct 4, 2009

KDF said:
But they don't play blu-rays ?? :S

Have fun sending it back when it breaks.

sony 360

its a bluray player

KDF · Oct 4, 2009

owned !! lol

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

KDF said:
owned !! lol

lol xx

bmh.01 · Oct 4, 2009

gabi_cavaller said:
You don't know what you're talking about!

Obviously not, i've only got both and a pair of eyes f**k me. The ps3 is nowhere near as good a player as a proper standalone, sorry if that offends the fanboys but its the truth!

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

bmh.01 said:
Obviously not, i've only got both and a pair of eyes f**k me. The ps3 is nowhere near as good a player as a proper standalone, sorry if that offends the fanboys but its the truth!

do you have the same player as i posted in the top post fella? thats the one ive ordered

any pros / cons?

bmh.01 · Oct 4, 2009

Yep exactly the same picked its up with a denon receiver a few weeks ago, and other than the fact that it takes ages to load a bluray disc (although I believe this is just a bluray thing) nothing to moan about so far. Does a pretty damn good job of upscaling dvds aswell imo.

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

cool, does it come with a hdmi cable, im sure ive got a spare somewhere if need be but wasnt too sure

legohead01 · Oct 4, 2009

u need a gd hdmi cable to run stuff like that makes a big diff. is makavelli andy from congleton?

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

legohead01 said:
u need a gd hdmi cable to run stuff like that makes a big diff. is makavelli andy from congleton?

yep thats the one carl

legohead01 · Oct 4, 2009

get down synagy av in town. 4 stuff like that mate. they'll match any price and there really helpfull.

how come the name makavelli?

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

legohead01 said:
get down synagy av in town. 4 stuff like that mate. they'll match any price and there really helpfull.

how come the name makavelli?

was after a user name when i joined, must have been a good 4/5 years ago, andy was gone so just stuck makavelli in as i was listening to 2pac at the time, it kinda just stuck with me lol

legohead01 · Oct 4, 2009

like it. cant fault abit of tupac it never gets old!!

wot u driving now?

Dink · Oct 4, 2009

i got some hdmi cables from here

less than £10 for 3 1m leads

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

legohead01 said:
like it. cant fault abit of tupac it never gets old!!

wot u driving now?

driving around in a crout mobile, got an a3 2.0tdi dsg sline, nice motor, vastly different to the clio but a nice drive non the less

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

Dink said:
i got some hdmi cables from here

less than £10 for 3 1m leads

cheers fella, will have a look on there

question for you, you may not know but can you get a 2 into 1 adapter for hdmi's? my tv only has one hdmi port but thats currently got sky hd going into it, just wondering if there is an adapter to save me having to unplug and swap come bluray time

Dink · Oct 4, 2009

you'll need something like this

i've got the 5 way one as i didn't have enough hdmi ports on my tv for everything

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

Dink said:
you'll need something like this

i've got the 5 way one as i didn't have enough hdmi ports on my tv for everything

sweet that looks perfect fella

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

Dink said:
i got some hdmi cables from here

less than £10 for 3 1m leads

i know this is cheeky but can you link me to the cables

not sure what to get lol

Dink · Oct 4, 2009

these should be fine

makavelli · Oct 4, 2009

cool cheers dude

legohead01 · Oct 4, 2009

synergyav.co.uk it pays to have gd cables mate

chord is where its at mate

Dink · Oct 4, 2009

lmao there's a £40+ optical cable on that site couldn't be anymore of a rip off

legohead01 · Oct 4, 2009

i have them and there the s**t mate. and really do make a diff.

chris_p · Oct 4, 2009

MikeC said:
Good price, have a look for the S350 also, top quality player and will probably go a little bit cheaper than the S360?

I have the s350 and its a good bit of kit with my pana plasma.

Loading takes a while mind, but that's a blu thing from what I hear

Dink · Oct 4, 2009

you have a £40 optical and think it's better than a £2 one off ebay?

i think when it comes to digital signal cables it makes no difference

JayR · Oct 4, 2009

KDF said:
For that sorta money I would spend the extra and get a PS3

I thought the same tbh - PS3 slims can be had for 230/50 on there own with a controller so may aswell go for one of those i think.

legohead01 · Oct 4, 2009

they really do. no joke. cables are a big thing when u go in to this sort of stuff. media centre is wot you all need. play anythin anytime and u dont have to get up off your seat.... lol

Keydogg · Oct 5, 2009

legohead01 said:
they really do. no joke. cables are a big thing when u go in to this sort of stuff. media centre is wot you all need. play anythin anytime and u dont have to get up off your seat.... lol

Lol you actually do not know what you are talking about with regards to HDMI leads. You really don't. A £1 ebay 1m HDMI lead will give exactly the same picture as a £30 one. At distances up to around 15m the price of cable doesn't* matter.

I have a £25 15m HDMI cable which I purchased on ebay (after a lot of research into quality of cables) and found that compared to my expensive 2m HDMI cable there is absolutely no difference whatsoever. I'm talking nose against the screen inspection at pixel level!

Over 15m it is argued that quality may degrade with cheaper options, but there is still no need to spend over £60 odd up to 25m!

It's not like the old days of scart and phono leads.

*unless it is made out of cheese.

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