Blu-Ray players’ prices have been going down steadily.
Regular DVD players are slowly disappearing from the shelves.
Very soon they will be completely replaced by Blu-Ray players.
Every home will eventually have a Blu-Ray player when the prices of the Blu-ray players and movies drop to the same price as regular DVD.
What Blu-Ray player should you buy? What is the best Blu-Ray player on the market?
What do the Blu-Ray player reviews say?
Best Blu-Ray Player
Almostall reviewers agree that Oppo BDP-83 Blu-Ray player is the best Blu-Ray player on the market.
For the price, no Blu-Ray player can match its video quality, even remotely.
It has also excellent audio quality and can play Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio.
The Oppo BDP-83 is a universal player and is compatible with virtually any disc format. It will play discs from other zones and support both NTSC and PAL formats.
It’s a BD-Live model, and includes 7.1-channel analog audio outputs.
So if you are looking for the best Blu-Ray player and can afford to pay $500, you will not be disappointed with the Oppo BDP-83 Blu-Ray player.
You will be astounded by its superb quality according to the reviewers. It got the highest score 93/100 in the Consumer Reports.
Price: $500
If you cannot afford $500 you can still get a top notched Blu-Ray player for about half the price.
The Panasonic DMP-BD80 Blu-Ray player also receives top score from Consumer Reports.
Picture quality is excellent with both Blu-ray and regular DVD.
It has internal decoding of Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD lossless audio and 7.1-channel analog outputs.
It’s a BD-Live-ready with an Ethernet port. It also has a USB port which can be useful to view recorded pictures and movies.
Best No-Frills Blu-Ray Player
If you are looking for a good simple Blu-ray player under $100, the Sylvania NB530SLX Blu-ray player is a CR Best Buy of Consumer Reports.
It delivers excellent picture quality at a low price. It is simple to set up and use.
It has neither BD-Live nor ethernet port.
It does not have the best remote and the loading times for Blu Ray disk is longer than that for regular DVD.
So if you just need a Blu-ray player, which gives you good quality picture, the Sylvania NB530SLX Blu-ray player is an option.
Price $99.99
For a few more dollars you can get the Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray player, which is also a No-Frill Best Buy according to Consumersearch.
The picture quality is terrific and it does a great job with standard-definition DVDs.
It includes both an SD Memory card and USB slots.
Price: $129
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March 7th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Would you kindly translate your blog into German because I’m not that comfortable reading it in English? I’m getting tired of using Google Translate all the time, there is a little WP plugin called like global translator which will translate all your pages automatically- that will make reading posts on your great blog even more pleasant. Cheers mate, Hana Dante!