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Engadget has the scoop on $70 Blu-ray players at Target today. While not the greatest Blu-ray player out there, for that price, you really can't complain.
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Ya get what you pay for.
Having experienced Philips DVD players in the past, I'm gonna avoid it. If it were anything but a Philips I might be tempted.
huh. i own a phillips DVD/DivX player and been really happy with it. so have friends that own one. go figure. what bothered you in particular with phillips?
I also own 2 Phillips DVP5140's and a DVP3982 that play back Divx/avi (and the 3982 does MP4 as well. I have been very satisfied with them so far.
huh. i own a phillips DVD/DivX player and been really happy with it. so have friends that own one. go figure. what bothered you in particular with phillips?
I have a PS3 for a blu-ray player, it gets all the updates, that's way better than any budget blu-ray player!
Me3, my Phillips DVDplayer/Theater in a box works wonderfully for the past 4 years, then again, it wasn't bottom of the barrel/cheapest dvd player i could find.
Why not just put $70 towards a a PS3? That way you get a bluray player that you know sony is going to be dedicated to keeping up to date for the next 7-8 years and a box that operates as a media center as well.
I'm waiting on the next gran turismo to actually come out or the price to drop a little more on the PS3 slims.
Until you get a YLOD and sony tlls you that will be 150 dollars to fix it, because they provide a horrible 1 year warranty, and to buy one costs at least 4 times what this one does, but other than those few flaws your right it's "way better than any budget blu-ray player!".
But I think I will also pass, not because of it's brand, but because it's @ target and their return policy's are a conveluted nightmare of a pain in the ass, honestly I would rather be taken out back kicked in the jewels than to have to stand in line and explain to 6 different people 3 of whom were managers, that the gameboy I had just bought for my girl friend was DOA when I took it out of the box that was sealed with a piece of duct tape, kust so I can get my money back!
To me it's the store not the player that make this a pass.
Until you get a YLOD and sony tlls you that will be 150 dollars to fix it, because they provide a horrible 1 year warranty, and to buy one costs at least 4 times what this one does, but other than those few flaws your right it's "way better than any budget blu-ray player!".
But I think I will also pass, not because of it's brand, but because it's @ target and their return policy's are a conveluted nightmare of a pain in the ass, honestly I would rather be taken out back kicked in the jewels than to have to stand in line and explain to 6 different people 3 of whom were managers, that the gameboy I had just bought for my girl friend was DOA when I took it out of the box that was sealed with a piece of duct tape, kust so I can get my money back!
To me it's the store not the player that make this a pass.
derr?
i've had mine for a year and a half and it gets minimum useage, but i've had zero problems with the PS3. At least it's not a 360 RRoDing every other month
Horrible Blu-ray and DVD up-converting image quality????
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/56650/review/bdp5010.html
I guess I'll have to pass this one on.
PS3 is the best Blu-ray player out there, bar none.
With that said:
I have a launch unit, it plays games / Blu-ray in a 50/50 split...mines been down three times...only one was covered under warranty.
The $599.99 ($649 counting HD cables)
$300 repairs ($150 x 2)
(Disclaimer: I have multiple Xbox 360s and over the last 5 years: I've had two RRoDs and an E74 in that time, all fixed for free. We have a Wii as well. The Wii was bricked by an update right off the bat - fixed for free)
Kinda how I feel about BR in general...
Everybody's gonna have problems, there's people with launch 360's that by some miracle still work fine to this day.
There's always extremes, but that said, as we both agree, the PS3 is the best Blu Ray player simply because you can get all the latest firmware updates and it plays Blu Ray and upscales DVD with good quality
Mines one of those!Everybody's gonna have problems, there's people with launch 360's that by some miracle still work fine to this day.