Blu-ray player recommendation?

[Chiefcrowe]

sorry if this has been covered lately but i didn't see it. What would you recommend as the best player (which is not a PS3) to get which has WiFi support?

thanks,

 

[alyarb]

LG BD570. Streams youtube, netflix, cinemanow as well as h.264 video (avi, mp4, wmv, mkv) over 802.11b/g/n and gigabit ethernet from a NAS or windows networked folder. it can also play mkv files burned to DVD/BD-R or over USB from an external hard disk or flash drive (NTFS, FAT16/32).

 

[Chiefcrowe]

thank you, this looks great - just what i was looking for!

 

[smitbret]

LG BD570. Streams youtube, netflix, cinemanow as well as h.264 video (avi, mp4, wmv, mkv) over 802.11b/g/n and gigabit ethernet from a NAS or windows networked folder. it can also play mkv files burned to DVD/BD-R or over USB from an external hard disk or flash drive (NTFS, FAT16/32).

I would second this, but ask why not the PS3?

 

[Fallen Kell]

Another of the why not the PS3 crowd here?

If it is because you want to use your high-end remote, there are devices out there which make that possible (Logitek has one, there is also the IR2BT which is more home-brew but works VERY well (I own one), and I think a few others now).

With the new PS3 Slim, there isn't really anything that the stand-alone players have on it. Only 3D Blu-Ray certified device (along with the other PS3's), has TrueHD and DTS-HD pass-thru over HDMI, gigabit ethernet, Wifi-G, netflix, anything on the internet (as it has a full browser)... The only thing it doesn't have is Wifi-N.

And at $299, you will be hard pressed to find something comparable.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I would get the ps3 actually but it's for someone else who does not play any games.

 

[JackBurton]

Oppo 83 with a wireless adapter.

 

[smitbret]

I would get the ps3 actually but it's for someone else who does not play any games.

If you pretend (like I did) that the PS3 doesn't play video games and just compare it to other $299 Blu-Ray players I think you'd find it hard to justify eliminating it. The future-proofing alone is worth a few $$$$.

 

[Fingolfin269]

If you pretend (like I did) that the PS3 doesn't play video games and just compare it to other $299 Blu-Ray players I think you'd find it hard to justify eliminating it. The future-proofing alone is worth a few $$$$.

This is exactly what I did. I already had a 360 and was really just looking for a Blu-Ray player. The PS3 was just the best bang for the buck. Not sure if that still holds but at the time (at slim launch) this was the case, games or no games.

 

[Muadib]

Oppo 83 with a wireless adapter.

So tempted....

 

[Narmer]

With a 120GB HDD, plethora of HD audio support, wifi, 3D support and the ability to play games, I would give the PS3 a really good look.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Again, as has been said, ignore the fact that it plays games for this case and just compare its specs vs other blu-ray players. The multi-media capabilities of the PS3 make it very hard to beat, especially at the price. The new slim removed the only few issues that people had with it (noise level while playing blu-ray and no DTS-HD/TrueHD streaming over HDMI to your receiver/pre-pro).

If you simply look at the formats it supports, the capabilities for streaming audio/video from PC's in the home, netflix, internet capabilities (browser, flash-player), multiple audio/video file support, internal hard drive for saving audio/video files, USB storage extendible, etc., etc., etc., you will be very hard pressed to find another blu-ray player that has the same capabilities. Also remember that the PS3 is mostly a software player, meaning that as new features are added/released into blu-ray, or other audio/video, as long as the processing power is available on the PS3, it will be able to support it. This is why the PS3 has been able to be re-certified to each of the different blu-ray formats as they have been introduced, while 99% of the other players were not able to upgrade because they were direct hardware based, and since you can't change the hardware, they could not adapt to the new standards.

 

[Kanalua]

Just bite the bullet and get the PS3. Seriously.

 

[phillyTIM]

Why not the Sony S570 Blu-Ray player which will has WiFi "N" built-in and this summer (July) will bring free firmware upgrades which will provide both DLNA (network) support along with 3-D support????? Seems like a winner to me!

 

[Apex]

This is a pretty good resource for at least basic comparisons:

http://winstonsreviews.com/?page_id=63

There are a few different pages to visit there. Some of the newer ones aren't on there yet.

The Panasonic DMP-BD85K looks interesting to me. Good DVD quality (better than PS3), which is nice, since I have a bunch of DVDs still. Very fast (again, faster than PS3). Also has 7.1 analog audio outputs, which I absolutely need (PS3 does not).