I want to buy a bluray player. I read some reviews on cheaper models and people have said that sometimes they can’t even play certain bluray discs. I want to avoid this without spending a whole lot of money. What features should I be aware of when shopping for bluray players?
1.) Read the reviews. Cnet is a good place for this.
2.) Buy a newer player. Most of the issues with Blu-ray players is their speed and their compatibility with technological updates. To be up to date you want a Profile 2.0 player (aka BD Live).
3.) All Blu-ray players will play Blu-ray discs, DVDs and CDs. However, some are also able to play SACDs and DVD-As if you’re interested in surround sound music. Obviously, this only matters if you have a surround sound system.
4.) Since Blu-ray is a relatively new and developing technology, firmware updates are sometimes released. A WiFi-ready player makes this easy. At the very least you should have the ability to update via USB or ethernet.
5.) If you have a surround sound system, you’ll want to iron out the HD audio soundtracks.
Based on Cnet’s reviews, the best players currently available are:
LG BD390
PS3
Samsung BD-P3600
Samsung BD-P4600
Samsung BD-P1600
Samsung BD-P2500
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-blu-ray-players/?tag=nav;component.0
Am I the only one who’s bothered by having to connect bluray players to the internet?
I think the answer to your question has two parts. One, yes the blu-ray specification is evolving, and there are players being released with bugs that need patching. The other side of the coin is that the internet is also evolving, and networked devices are popping up everywhere. When DVD was first released in 1995-97, the internet was in its infancy as far as consumer adoption was concerned, and most people would have had no way of updating firmware over the internet. Once a product was released, that was it. To do an update of anything, say adding a new audio format like Dolby Digital or DTS you had to send it to a certified repair shop or buy a new player. There were companies like Meridian that offered upgrades of both software and hardware for their equipment, but you had to ship it back and forth from their headquarters.
Personally, although I agree it can be a hassle, I like to have my gear hooked up as much as possible, because it keeps my player as up to date and bug free as possible. Down the road it can also give it added functionality. Take my Panasonic plasma TV for example. When I bought it, all I could do was watch TV over cable and YouTube videos. Now I can stream Amazon video on demand, because Panasonic and Amazon reached a deal a few months later. Without that internet connection on my TV, I couldn’t have gotten that feature.
In all likelihood, you can also update your blu-ray player by downloading the file to a usb key, and then plugging it in to the usb slot of your player. I know I can do that on mine.
Sorry for the long answer, but I hope it answered your question.
I saw a few at target and best buy but would furniture stores have them? I really can’t think of anywhere else to look. Thanks for the help.
You are sitting at your computer, on the Internet. Do you really need more direction?
O.K., to restate the obvious, Google "DVD Storage Rack" and see how many options (483,000 entries) come up, without even having to get dressed or starting up your gas hog.
I have hundreds of DVDS so buying more racks is out of the equation! I like my DVDs in order and tidy, what can i do to achieve this?
You could make this into a built-in, paint and mount it to the wall.
* http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4183884&findingMethod=rr
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9239629
I have about 550 dvds and am looking for an inexpensive dvd storage cabinet? Any suggestions??
Beth, your best bet is a lot of choices, so you know that you shopped hard for the best buy. Don’t get mad at me, I’m going to give you that.
This is my favorite shopping site. When you pull up this page your choices will vary between over 11,000 choices, to about 8,000 choices, I don’t know why.
Many are too small for the size of your collection, but that’s hard to control. They top out at about $9,000.
http://www.shopwiki.com/DVD+case+cabinets?sb=1
This different search input there seems to narrow out many small cases, the average number of choices is only about 750, and the price only tops out about $4,700.
http://www.shopwiki.com/DVD+cabinets?sb=1
Luckily, you can limit your maximum price at the top of the page, and that will narrow the choices.
Baby girl, you got some shopping to do.
Audio CD’s only have 700MB storage capacity. I wondered if you can use a DVD for audio recording as they have around 1.4 GB.
There is actually an Audio-DVD specification for multi-channel audio using DVDs. You can probably still find and buy Audio DVDs.
However, most regular DVD players can’t play Audio DVds. You can certainly store any type of file you want but most likely you can play those files only on a PC, although there are DVD players that will play MP3s from a data DVD.
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