Pondering about Blu-ray

**Puffin** · 30-10-2011, 19:04

I only paid £49 new for mine

**Covenant** · 30-10-2011, 19:19

Rats, I never get a bargain.

**jon1** · 30-10-2011, 19:32

Originally Posted by Covenant

Rats, I never get a bargain.

Cracking player all the same

jon

**Covenant** · 02-11-2011, 22:19

Got it today. Only had one Blu-ray to try- Casino Royal. Colours are vivid and detail very good. Takes a while to load up though.

**WAD62** · 03-11-2011, 10:32

It's the same for all BD players mate, just so much more data to read...

I've had a Toshiba & a Panasonic, and both were equally slow to boot to the menu, but the Panasonic is a much better player

**chris@panteg** · 15-01-2012, 11:25

A few months ago i bought the Sony 380S , I'm surprised how good it is for a budget player and i love all the extra features like Iplayer and demand 5 , oh and just recently my wife has sort of stumbled upon how good it is

trouble is i can't get her off it now

Loading times are pretty quick too .

**allsorts** · 20-01-2012, 05:04

Had a Sony 380 for about 3 months now. Amazed at quality and much faster to load than I anticipated. Great at upscaling dvds to 1080p as well. Some of the BBC docos are amazing in Blu-ray. Extra benefit is that UK and DownUnder share same Code for Blu-ray. UK prices even with postage are much cheaper on Amazon UK and eBay than local prices and broader choice. Usually takes around 10 days to deliver. Quicker than some local deliveries!

**pwood** · 20-01-2012, 13:18

Most big brand units will be great with blueray. I would ensure that you have a nearby ethernet connection or buy one which can access the internet wirelessly as blueray players require regular firmware/software updates in order to play newer discs reliably and quickly.

Im using a PS3 as it works well, upscales SD DVDs better than a lot of cheap players and has a load of other functions ie BBC i player, Netflix, Lovefilm and even plays games and has wifi built in. They can be had pretty cheap these days. If you have some spare extra dosh then the OPPO players are the current top dog in the real world price arena. Mark Grant might be able to give more comment on them as he sells them. The only thing that grates with the PS3 is its fan noise in use compared with a standalone blueray player.

**Dominic Harper** · 20-01-2012, 15:01

I can second the PS3 route if new to Blu-ray. Picture quality is superior to to DVD, but its with audio that Blu-ray really scores highly if fed into an AV setup!

**pwood** · 24-01-2012, 01:37

Yeah have to agree DTS MA is reason enough to go blueray although you need an amp that can process it or a player with 6 channel output which are rare now and more money.

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