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With the versions of Blu-Ray standards changing as often as they are, and with new features being added to various Blu-Ray discs its no surprise that even with the choice of HD-DVD being eliminated its still hard to decide which Blu-Ray player to buy. You might be surprised at the answer to this new question.
The answer lies with Sony. No, I am not talking about any of their many dedicated Blu-Ray players, I am referring to their gaming system, the PS3. Just consider the cost benefits of it, I just did a Google search for “Sony PS3” and under their shopping link found a brand new 60GB PS3 going for $240, a search for “Blu-Ray Player” yielded the cheapest, relevant, result being $246.99, with the average being between $350-$400, and, if you are just buying the PS3 to play movies, you can also use the included drive space for some movies or music and make it into a bit of a media center type device.
So what if you aren’t a gamer, if you just want the latest and greatest that the new Blu-Ray features are offering up the PS3 is the way to go. The updates are as simple as Sony throwing up a firmware update on the network and you downloading and installing it all on your PS3, the whole process being almost completely automated for you. It is the simplest and most feature rich Blu-Ray player there is out there, and if you ever get the itch, you can always use it for its intended purpose, gaming.
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Not that I disagree with your opinion that the PS3 is the best Blu-Ray player, but your $240 price appears to be for a “damaged or AS-IS” PS3 from Dealtree.
http://www.dealtree.com/cart/s.....ont=102354
$360 for a 40gb from Kmart.com appears to be the cheapest “new” player.
damaged!!!hahahahaha
open a credit credit line with sony with sony style and you get a $100 off your 1st purchase…$299 for a brand new 40gb ps3
even if it cost more, the extra functionality is worth it.
PS3 sucks! I recently bought (2) systems and both played the blu-ray movies fine and now both players are unable to read DVD or Blu-Ray movies. Very disappointed with sony.
I got my 80gb PS3 by January and I’m very pleased with it. Both, games and Blue-Ray look and sound amazing. And the best part is it’s getting even better with ocassional new over-the-net firmware updates adding more and more features. I agree, PS3 is the best!
I’m also using the super-versatile OPPO DV-980H up-converting universal DVD player ($169), which is also “updateable”, to cover all the pletora of CD-based media available, such as DVD-Audio, DivX, and a long list.
I bought one PS3 and used for only 2 month. Now the only thing that I can get is a blinking yellow light from frontal panel. Arrrrgggg!!!
he’s write though, the PS3 is the ONLY FULLY upgradeable player, i work for a high end retailer and sony, samsung, even pioneer elite haven’t got the ability of the PS3, BUT, we’ll have to see what the next gen Elites offer and some of the lesser knowns using silicon optics will bring to the table in the near future
This is simply a lie, why would he buy two, any anyway, 0.2% of PS3’s break and are replaced by sony for free in 4-5 days, And u say both broke……
I’ve had a PS3 for over a year and never give me any problems, also he didnt mention its internet browser, one of its best features i think.