Yes, a Sony Playstation.
It plays Blu-Rays, is sometimes cheaper, and can play cool games, to boot.
My IT guy said one of the best is actually the Sony PS3. I’m still trying to convince the wife on this.
Get the new Play Station 3 for $300.
LG 390 is fast loading and streams Netflix.
We got our blue ray player at walmart for 179.00 It’s a Magnavox. It plays great and we haven’t had any problems out of it.
PS3. It does netflix wirelessly (a lot of the standalone players don’t offer wireless connectivity).
It’s also very easy to update the PS3 with the latest Blu-ray firmware, which means it will support all the latest features.
The PS3 also does a fantastic job of upconverting regular DVD’s. They will look fantastic.
Although you’re probably aware of this (since you mentioned Netflix), you can get your movies in blu-ray (most of them anyway) for a couple of extra bucks a month.
I don’t even watch “tv” anymore...
Get the new PS3 Slim. Add a HDMI compatible receiver and a surround sound system and you’re all set.
Definitely the PS3. Netflix streaming abilities via PS3 was just announced. The PS3 includes WiFi, so you won’t need any extra wires to stream.
+10000 for the PS3. I just got the netfilx DVD last night, works great. lots of movies to choose from and the picture for streaming is really pretty good, not BluRay of coarse but very good still. Bluray is awesome, plus you can network it to your PC and play other Videos, Pics, Songs etc from your main PC straight to your PS3, oh and it plays games too :)
+10000 for the PS3. I just got the netfilx DVD last night, works great. lots of movies to choose from and the picture for streaming is really pretty good, not BluRay of coarse but very good still. Bluray is awesome, plus you can network it to your PC and play other Videos, Pics, Songs etc from your main PC straight to your PS3, oh and it plays games too :)
also forgot you can get the cheap on with a small HD and just replace the HD with 500GB for less then 80 bucks to store pics, movies, etc on it...
I got the Sony Blue Ray Home Theater in a Box system.
It interfaced with my Sony LCD flaylessly.
It upscales. It recieves FM. BD Live works. It plays CDs for music.
The remote controls from the TV turn it on.
If you need speakers it it a good way to go.
What amp, TV, speaker system and room usage are we talking about this interfacing with?
I don’t use netflix for streaming. The ps3 delivers an incredible picture, downloading hi-def content the quality always takes a hit, it kind of defeats the purpose of having a blu-ray player, I’m a stickler for quality. The ps3 also updates it’s firmware often over the internet so I would choose it over cheaper players that don’t connect to the internet. PS3 also has FREE online connectivity to play and buy games with others over the internet. The ps3 can do a LOT of things, it’s an entertainment beast.
I feed my ps3 blu-ray discs. If you want to stream other content then I guess it’s OK. If you have a blockbuster with lots of blu-rays you can get the monthly deal where you can watch tons of blu-rays for cheap as well as using netflix to get blu-ray discs sent to you.
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type in key word HDTV in to the search box on the Forum page.
then scroll through the article to find articles on blueray players.
A lot of retailers(like Walmart,Fry’s)offer bundle deals(PS3 + blue ray movies/games)on or around Black Friday(11/27). This year may be the exception however due to retailers trying to jump the gun with early “Black Friday” like sales. Dell occasionally(with % off coupon code)offers pretty good deals on the PS3 also.