Blue-ray / DVD players

[Dial_tone]

I'm soon to be purchasing a new DVD player. I have one but it doesn't have any surround processing or HDMI connections. I'm wondering if I should just get a blue-ray player instead. What are the must have features in blue-ray players.

Does anyone just use a Sony PS3 which plays blue-ray discs as a bonus? I don't play games but maybe this is a good enough reason to invest in a player.

 

[-Ariel-]

I'm soon to be purchasing a new DVD player. I have one but it doesn't have any surround processing or HDMI connections. I'm wondering if I should just get a blue-ray player instead. What are the must have features in blue-ray players. Does anyone just use a Sony PS3 which plays blue-ray discs as a bonus?

Dude, since I moved in with my Uncle and now staying with parents over holidays in Lake Las Vegas, they have a sony 52 1080 and blueray, hdmi...
fucking unreal... Get a blueray, it is night and day. U watch movies alot, I think, well I really don't anymore, cause of graduation, well till February I will now have time to catch up. It is awesome.

I mean like the sound on the TV is impeccable, the screen makes me feel like I've had astigmatism my whole life and now I can see. I mean its amazing.

U can like get a blue ray I would think for 250 now somewhere.
I just don't think the PS3 blueray quality would be as good as just a blueray player, U would know more about this than me.

Netflix has a deal where U can get a blueray player and for like 10 a month they stream movies to ya. Parents are gonna do that now.
I sold my PS3 to some undergrads in July, but still if U wanna save money, its probably the best way to go.

 

[puddlemonkey]

I use my PS3 and have a ton of blu-ray movies. The only thing I can recommend is spending the $25 to get the Sony PS3 remote with it, as using the controller is annoying when watching movies not to mention drains your controller battery and you're always recharging.

 

[-Ariel-]

I use my PS3 and have a ton of blu-ray movies. The only thing I can recommend is spending the $25 to get the Sony PS3 remote with it, as using the controller is annoying when watching movies not to mention drains your controller battery and you're always recharging.

+1
yeah looking back now, that makes the most sense.

 

[canadianhitman]

I'm using my PS3 to play Blu Ray movies, and will continue to do so until the high-end Panasonic Blu Ray players come down in price some.

 

[ortiz34]

If you are into games, don't get the PS3
Get the best SONY Blue ray on the market now
that way, in 2 years it'll still be somewhat current
that's my take an technology

 

[Dial_tone]

If you are into games, don't get the PS3
Get the best SONY Blue ray on the market now
that way, in 2 years it'll still be somewhat current
that's my take an technology

From what I can tell there aren't a lot of features on Blu-ray players, other than BD-Live. They play movies and that's it. I'm not one to pay for features 2 years in advance when they'll be 1/3 the price by the time I need them.

I'm looking at it this way. blu-ray players start at $250 on sale, which most models being $350+. The PS3 is rumored to be one of the best players out there and it's under $400. It's got BD-Live and it can surf the internet. Even if it didn't play games at all it's a fairly decent deal. I don't play games but if I can get blu-ray with essentially a free game player built in it seems like the way to go.

From PCWorld.com:

From the outset, Sony has billed the PlayStation 3 as more than just another game console. And this machine lives up to its promise: It's one of the most capable Blu-ray Disc players available today. The 40GB PS3 ($400) has built-in gigabit ethernet and is one of the few Blu-ray players with support for BD-Live (Profile 2.0) content that can transmit via the Internet.

Sony sells a dedicated remote control, for an extra $25. And you'll want to buy the remote: In our tests, using two hands to control basic functions was both ungainly and imprecise, and playback should be exponentially smoother.

Despite the extra cost, the PS3 remains quite a deal: You get a versatile, reasonably priced Blu-ray Disc player that can handle all of the latest BonusView and BD-Live content. Plus, you could use the machine to play games, browse pictures, and surf the Web, as well.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

From what I can tell there aren't a lot of features on Blu-ray players, other than BD-Live. They play movies and that's it. I'm not one to pay for features 2 years in advance when they'll be 1/3 the price by the time I need them.

I'm looking at it this way. blu-ray players start at $250 on sale, which most models being $350+. The PS3 is rumored to be one of the best players out there and it's under $400. It's got BD-Live and it can surf the internet. Even if it didn't play games at all it's a fairly decent deal. I don't play games but if I can get blu-ray with essentially a free game player built in it seems like the way to go.

From PCWorld.com:

TITCR.

The only downfall of the PS3 is it uses more power than stand alone players. The increased functionality though is worth it for some. Also, if you do play games, PS3 exclusives are raising the bar for what to expect from console games. Overall the PS3 is a great deal for everything it can do.