klinemj
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Post by klinemj on Oct 9, 2018 15:48:10 GMT -5
My son took his Playstation to college this week, and we'd been using that to play blurays on 1 of our TV's. Now, we need a new BluRay player to replace it. This is NOT in a HT and NOT hooked to a 4K TV...so, don't really care about the latest CODECS, sound quality, etc...just ordinary TV with a BluRay player. Must haves are: must play BluRays, must have streaming for at least Netflix and Hulu, must work well. Can be wifi ready or require ethernet line.
I saw a lot of cheaper Sony's (<$100) but a lot of reviews said very laggy on streaming and/or entering info into search bars. Not interested in that.
Price range needs to be less than about $150.
Ideas?
Mark
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Post by garbulky on Oct 9, 2018 16:23:59 GMT -5
If yo uwant Netflix or Hulu I reccomend getting a FireTV or fire tv stick. it's much faster and less laggy. I used the Sony you mentioned and you are right about huge lags. You can get the firetv for $40. The time saved waiting for stuff is well worth all of the money!
As for the blu ray player, I thought the Sony's did fine. Ocassional crash.
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Post by creimes on Oct 9, 2018 17:21:34 GMT -5
IMO all of the cheapo players are slow and laggy, when I sold my Oppo 103 as even it was getting slow with Netflix and such I got an el cheapo player for like $50 and a NVIDIA Shield TV, I didn't even want a cheap blu-ray player with smart functions.
I say cheap player and something in the Roku line up or the fire tv Garbulky mentioned.
I have the LG BP250 which seems fine enough for just playback of discs.
Chad
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Post by mgbpuff on Oct 9, 2018 17:41:18 GMT -5
If you get Vudu you can redeem your digital copies of blurays with them and you won't need a disc player, only a FireTv stick.
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Post by klinemj on Oct 9, 2018 19:25:51 GMT -5
Sounds like a basic BluRay + a fire stick would be a good combo.
Mark
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Post by klinemj on Oct 9, 2018 19:45:49 GMT -5
Got the Fire Stick on order. Decided not to wait on the 4K one. We have 5 TV's and none are 4K, so even once I switch to 4K for my main area - it will be a while before I have all 5 replaced with 4K. So, the non-4K stick will have some life in it for our needs. Will worry about a BluRay player next.
Mark
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Post by klinemj on Oct 9, 2018 20:25:35 GMT -5
LG BP350 on order for a mere $67. Should fit our needs fine...thanks all!
Mark
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