Comments on: Is the Sony Blu-ray dvd player worth buying?

By: ladle

ladle — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:16:00 +0000

you’ll get what you pay for. sony quality has gone down so much the past 5 yrs. sony blu-ray at k-mart. enuff said. a ps3 as your main blu-ray/dvd player? no chance. let the game console be for those folks. there is a massive picture and audio difference between a game console and a dedicated quality blu-ray player. panasonic and pioneer lead the way here, and you can do it under $400 if you wanted to.

By: trainmaster77

trainmaster77 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

wow some folks answers are just dumb. the ps3 hands down is the most versatile and value packed blu-ray player on the market. the ps3 is also 2.0 compliant ..as it was the very FIRST to be so…and most importantly .. you can ALWAYS update it to the next profile ..so something better comes out .. you just download it ..and presto …

not to mention its superb media streaming capability … download some hd movies on piratebay ..and stream them to your ps3 wirelessly … or all your music in itunes … watch home movies … oh and play games too.

to heck with stand-alone blu-ray ..why on earth would you pay for a player that just plays movies ..cant be updated ..doesnt have server capability .. nor can it stream audio/video.

only bad thing is the blue tooth remote …but there are work-arounds for this.

By: Laser II..

Laser II.. — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Get the samsung blu ray

its gonna be on special tomorrow

189$

At walmart

special is going to be from 5 am to 11 am

By: Alishiscobob

Alishiscobob — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Nope buy the PS3

By: The Stone

The Stone — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

nah you’d be better off buying the tv in blu-ray

By: Shinigami Kiyoshi

Shinigami Kiyoshi — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

yeah a ps3 would be a better blu-ray player. and it’s also the next format. [like how we moved from tapes to CD]

By: taylerwhale

taylerwhale — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

if you buy a ps3 just for the blue ray it will run down the ps3 faster so i would just buy the blue ray player

By: ogminlo

ogminlo — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Get the Samsung BD-P2550 instead of the Sony. It is Blu-Ray profile 2.0 compliant will make your DVDs look almost as good as Blu-Ray because it has a very good upconverter chipset (HQV Realta). It also streams Netflix movies off the web like a Roku player.

By: agb90spruce

agb90spruce — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Your mind is made up, BUT here’s my ‘2 cents’
If your current setup doesn’t look very good you may have a setting or cable issue. For example, are you using HDMI (or Component) cables? If not that alone will degrade the signal.

Potential improvement depends on what TV you have. You say Sony Bravia, but not whether it is 720p or 1080p.

If you have am 1080p model it will benefit from Blu-ray. If you can get it for a good price go for the Sony stand alone Blu-ray player (it may not be the cheapest or the most versatile (cf PS3), but it’s an OK player and all you need to enjoy HD movies). Make sure you use HDMI to connect (and don’t worry about buying expensive cables … any Category 2 certified HDMI 1.3 cable <$20) would be a good choice (See monoprice.com)

On the other hand if you have a 720p/1080i HDTV you won’t get that much improvement over an up-converting DVD player (at least a medium > high end one … i.e. ~$70 or more). If you want to be future proof and can afford the extra the Blu-ray player can’t hurt … just don’t expect a big video quality improvement vs the upscaling DVD player.

Final comment: Blu-ray may be worthwhile to you, but expect to pay a premium for the disks vs the same movie on DVD (Blu-ray disks are more expensive to buy or rent) and that’s not going to change due to higher licensing and production costs.

Enjoy whatever you buy.

By: WenwAudiocom

WenwAudiocom — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Sure, for $179 it’s worth finding out for yourself. Personally (and I am a big Sony LCD HDTV fan), I would choose a Pioneer Blu-Ray over Sony (unless I was willing to invest into a Sony ES model), and Pioneer Elite is my first choice for best value for high quality and reliability.

I have seen a lot of used or defective entry level Sony Blu-Ray players on eBay, so I wonder if their reliability is not the best. I never have been big on Sony electronics outside of their TVs over the years, except for Sony ES gear which I do like if the price is right(ly discounted).

Happy shopping!