The Best Cheap Blu-Ray Player

[The_Iceflash]

Naturally I want the best Blu-Ray Player I can get for a reasonable price. What what would you recommended?

[SpringHeelJack]

My boyfriend and I have an LG BD570 that we got on amazon for around $240. It depends on what you consider "cheap", but for us it was the best choice having all the features we wanted and being a relatively reasonable price. Plus the remote is much easier to use than the Samsung one we were looking at, which is frankly always a plus.

http://www.amazon.com/LG-BD570-Network- ... B0036WT1RW

[ajmrowland]

There are some older models that are under $100 retail. Im not sure if they have Bonus View or BD-Live, though.

[DarthPrime]

What features do you want/need?

I've had this player since last June and its given me no problems. Its almost as fast as my PS3, and will do BD-Live though a wired connection.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/naviga ... tem=437627

[The_Iceflash]

What features do you want/need?

I've had this player since last June and its given me no problems. Its almost as fast as my PS3, and will do BD-Live though a wired connection.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/naviga ... tem=437627

I would like BD Live but other than that I'd just want a decent player with decent loading speeds and plays my movies well.

[PixarFan2006]

Have you tried Cnet? They offer reviews on what players are reliable and they even show the prices of the players.

That's how I got my player (A Sony BDP-N460, which was $179)

[buffalobill]

I love my Insignia NS-BRDVD3 fron Best Buy (enough to have bought 2-1 fir the living room & 1 for my bedroom). It has bd live, streaming Netflix capable (although I haven't used either myself). I just wanted a good quality player which this is. It's 2.0 & is usually around $125 (although I got one on Black Friday for $100). I highly recommend it.

[Maerj]

Don't go too cheap, you'll only want a better one later. My family got me one for my birthday, one of those Magnavox players from Wal-mart which are actually Funai players. Its okay but I have experienced some picture freezing a few times. It works for now but when I have the money I'll have to get a better one.

[buffalobill]

Yeah, those sub $100 Magnavox players are 1.1 and not supposed to be very good. For a tad over $100 (& they put them on sale for $99.99 fairly often) the Insignia NS-BRDVD3 is a darn good machine.

[UmbrellaFish]

Yeah, those sub $100 Magnavox players are 1.1 and not supposed to be very good. For a tad over $100 (& they put them on sale for $99.99 fairly often) the Insignia NS-BRDVD3 is a darn good machine.

My Maganavox was okay when it worked for me, but when it went dead, well it wasn't that great.

[DarthPrime]

Yeah, those sub $100 Magnavox players are 1.1 and not supposed to be very good. For a tad over $100 (& they put them on sale for $99.99 fairly often) the Insignia NS-BRDVD3 is a darn good machine.

My Maganavox was okay when it worked for me, but when it went dead, well it wasn't that great.

One of my friends has a Magnavox and he said it was a decent player. So far he hasn't run into any discs that wouldn't play. Of course no Profile 2.0/BD Live, but outside of the internet I know very few that actually use or care about that feature.

Anyway this player has recently been discounted to $60 - $80ish at some Wal-Marts too. For that price its tempting, but you can get better players for just a little over $100 now.

The Insignia that was recommended by buffalobill is another good player. Another one of my friends bought it because of the price and Netflix. He uses Netflix a lot, and really likes the player.

[dvdjunkie]

Just remember this:

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!!

LG, Insignia, Pioneer, Samsung, Phillips, Sony and oh, so many more to choose from.

You want cheap return for your money then buy a cheap Blu-ray player. Don't say you haven't been warned.

[The_Iceflash]

Just remember this:

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!!

LG, Insignia, Pioneer, Samsung, Phillips, Sony and oh, so many more to choose from.

You want cheap return for your money then buy a cheap Blu-ray player. Don't say you haven't been warned.

Well that's not really fair as we can't all afford the most expensive players out there.

@Everyone: Thanks for the suggestions thus far. I'm hoping to get one by the end of summer. I'm hoping by then prices will go down a bit more. (I'm also hoping that the introduction of 3D players will help the price of regular players go down more.

[Elladorine]

I wish I could give you some kind of recommendation but I still don't have one myself. We're probably gonna opt for a Blu-ray drive instead of a regular player since they're cheaper; we already run our cable line through a PC, also use it as our DVD player, plus it comes in handy for Hulu and Netflix streaming (it's hooked up to an HD-TV so we're not limited to watching programs and movies on a little desk monitor).

[The_Iceflash]

I wish I could give you some kind of recommendation but I still don't have one myself. We're probably gonna opt for a Blu-ray drive instead of a regular player since they're cheaper; we already run our cable line through a PC, also use it as our DVD player, plus it comes in handy for Hulu and Netflix streaming (it's hooked up to an HD-TV so we're not limited to watching programs and movies on a little desk monitor).

That's an idea. I only have a family computer though and my Mom is overprotective/paranoid about the computer so I know I wouldn't be able to do that.