Snidely Whiplash
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2009
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- 206
Sheesh, I'm having one of those spells where things just seem to go south no matter what I do.
Three months ago I replaced a 5 year old Sony BluRay player that had performed flawlessly until it died. I bought the cheapest ($79) Sony WiFi enabled BluRay player at Best Buy and within 2 weeks it stopped recognizing any discs. Wouldn't play anything. Picked up another cheap ($65) Samsung WiFi enabled BluRay player at Walmart and after a couple months this one has started stuttering during movie playback.
I inquired at the AVS forum for purchase suggestions and the consensus seems to be an Oppo BluRay player (Oppo recently bailed out of the BluRay player market and I dont care to buy a pricey orphan) or a higher end $250.00 Sony 4k unit (UBP-X800) that seems to have hit-or-miss reliability amongst even the AVS forum members.
I just want a BluRay player that works so my wife can watch a handful of BluRay shows and movies we have and to use for Redbox rentals. Do I really have to spend $250.+ for something reliable?
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Three months ago I replaced a 5 year old Sony BluRay player that had performed flawlessly until it died. I bought the cheapest ($79) Sony WiFi enabled BluRay player at Best Buy and within 2 weeks it stopped recognizing any discs. Wouldn't play anything. Picked up another cheap ($65) Samsung WiFi enabled BluRay player at Walmart and after a couple months this one has started stuttering during movie playback.
I inquired at the AVS forum for purchase suggestions and the consensus seems to be an Oppo BluRay player (Oppo recently bailed out of the BluRay player market and I dont care to buy a pricey orphan) or a higher end $250.00 Sony 4k unit (UBP-X800) that seems to have hit-or-miss reliability amongst even the AVS forum members.
I just want a BluRay player that works so my wife can watch a handful of BluRay shows and movies we have and to use for Redbox rentals. Do I really have to spend $250.+ for something reliable?
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