What is the best Blu ray disc player?

Question

I am looking to get a blu ray disc player for my basement,Can someone tell me wich one is the best quality.Thanks

Answer 1

Consider a Pioneer unit. Mine is 4 years old, and has always been top notch. I can't complain about it, it has been great!

Answer 2

Depends what you mean by "best".

The Pioneer is arguably the best quality, but not the best performance since it's not as flexible as the PS3 --- which is widely considered the ONLY recommendable Blu-ray player right now. By the end of the year you will have more choice and prices will come down. Furthermore some of the new players will have built in support for the audio formats (e.g. DTS-HD) that you currently need to buy an new A/V receiver to support.

That said, before buying one be sure you can benefit AND are willing to pay the premium price of disks. I highly recommend a demo on a display (HDTV/HD projector) as close as possible to what you have (size, resolution) and do a comparison to a DVD of the same movie if possible AT THE SAME DISTANCE as you will use at home.

While the store demos look great (frequently animation or HD Video camera ... which look great) real life movies are not always that much of an improvement over upconverted DVDs ... and typically cost $5 - $20 more.

I'm not trying to talk you out of Blu-ray, but given the costs involved I caution you to do your homework before deciding. Many people are choosing to not buy into Blu-ray ... at least not yet. DVD isn't going anywhere soon.

See the link for examples pictures from DVD, HD Cable, SD and HD Apple TV and Blu-ray.

Answer 3

Go with the $400 PS3 (the 40GB model). You get a solid Blu-ray player with the game system thrown in for free.

Answer 4

spossibly be like a i tune mp4 higher up graded movie format .do not work for dvds and computers.it high defention movie format as well .better in pitcher for bigger tv screen and graphics .avareage cost 500.00  have same 5.1 suurond sound .if you like lot of movies dont have hd tv not worth it .better offf have two players .

Answer 5

Believe it or not the PS3 is better than most of the early crappy blu ray players they came out with. My friend recently took his back and brought a PS3 instead. The quality is excellent and even the load times are fairly fast.

Answer 6

I've been doing research on this as well.  The Samsung BD-UP5000,  though it has issues w/Dolby, is the ONLY combo bluray/HD DVD/Upconvert on the market.  An improved version is due 12/08.  I'll wait.  Go to Amazon and read the reviews.  It only makes sense to get a combo unit.  Blu Ray will be the standard eventually, and this unit, I believe, will buy time.