[Las Vegas Dave]

I just saw a report on blu-ray players the other day, I don't recall which magazine, BUT some players did poorly well others excelled. Which make and model do you have? (BTW: Have you bought new blu-ray DVD’s? If so, do they perform better than the rentals?)

Later today I'll dig into my magazines and report back.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I bought the Sony BDP S350, it plays standard DVD's, up scales them to 1080P and I use an Optic cable for audio. The picture quality is much better than what I was used to with my last player.

I haven't bought any BRD's yet, just have rented them. I do notice in some scenes the HD really shines through, other times not so much. You have probably seen in the beginning of the movies the set of gears turning and meshing they show, I guess that's a trade mark for Blue Ray or something because every movie so far has shown it, but that part looks awesome.

Anyway, is there a difference in quality of rental BRD's vs. ones you buy? I figure there may be because the rental ones have previews in them and I would assume the ones you buy don't so obviously that would be one difference.

Maybe it's just me, but anything you buy never seems to look the same at home vs. what it looks like in the store

Thanks again for your help.