"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
05/04/2018 at 12:32 • Filed to: None
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"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
05/04/2018 at 12:32 • Filed to: None | 0
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A DVD I ordered turned out to be a Blue Ray. Instead of returning it, I thought why not go with the times and get one of these blue ray player thingies? What is there to know? How cheap can you go without getting useless garbage? It won’t get used very often (5-6 times a year) as I mostly stream video, so I don’t care how long it lasts.
DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
> Klaus Schmoll
05/04/2018 at 12:38 |
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Worse comes to worse just try and find a cheap old PS3. They have built in Blu-Ray players.
Nibby
> Klaus Schmoll
05/04/2018 at 12:41 |
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check craigslist or ebay, probably nab one for under $30
SmugAardvark
> Klaus Schmoll
05/04/2018 at 12:46 |
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I bought a Sony BR player off Amazon a few years ago for like $50. Like you, I hardly use mine. But when I do, it works every single time.
Just bear in mind that there are now two types of Blu Ray. Regular and UHD. UHD-capable Blu Ray players can play both, but non-UHD models can only play non-UHD (lower resolution) discs. Either should be able to play DVD’s at an upscaled resolution just fine.
Party-vi
> DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
05/04/2018 at 12:46 |
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+1 I did this last night to watch Thor: Ragnarok
Dogsatemypants
> Klaus Schmoll
05/04/2018 at 12:47 |
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Good will son. Got a nice samsung home theater with 3d blu ray for $30. It has netflix, but i haven’t bothered running cat5 to my bedroom and it lacks wireless. Meh.
winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> Klaus Schmoll
05/04/2018 at 13:19 |
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If you have a spare 5.25" slot in your computer, you could possibly buy a Blu-ray drive for it and watch Blu-rays on your PC. The cheapest Blu-ray reader I found for a PC is an LG unit going for about $45.
Alternatively find a USB one, if you still want to go the PC route.
As for a standard player, decent refurbed units run about $35-40 on Amazon. I dug around for a little bit, here’s a Sony unit .
Urambo Tauro
> Klaus Schmoll
05/04/2018 at 13:21 |
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I don’t know much about Blu-ray players, but I recently upgraded when my 15 yr old DVD player crapped out. I grabbed a Samsung player without doing much research, and it plays fine but I don’t like the capacitive touch buttons on it. I miss tactile feedback.
Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
> Klaus Schmoll
05/04/2018 at 13:24 |
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Bought a cheap Sony one off Amazon for like 40 bucks, it arrived in 2 days.
Pickup_man
> DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
05/04/2018 at 14:03 |
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+2 Exactly what I did, not too expensive, can play blue ray, and can stream all of the regular services, plus I can play games.
My bird IS the word
> DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
05/04/2018 at 19:38 |
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+3 not a bad reason to get a game console
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Klaus Schmoll
05/05/2018 at 00:36 |
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Only problem with PS3 (I think mine is an early model so YMMV) is a rather noisy fan.