$99 Blu-ray player

[Irrob]

price is no longer an excuse. see it here

[Kernie]

As long as it doesn't $#!t the bed after a month... Insignia's the "Best Buy" brand, right? Anybody know if they're decent or not (I never bothered to look into it)?

I recently went with the $299 PS3, not a bad deal considering it's a BD player, game console, and it's got wi-fi. I recently (like, yesterday) read that Netflix is working to stream through PS3 as well, so that'll be sweet...

But yeah, Irrob, like you said, price is no longer an excuse and really, once you see how amazing things look in Blu, it's hard to watch standard def DVD's anymore (although I will because I don't plan on rebuying my entire collection...)

[Irrob]

QUOTE (kernie82 @ Oct 27 2009, 11:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

As long as it doesn't $#!t the bed after a month... Insignia's the "Best Buy" brand, right? Anybody know if they're decent or not (I never bothered to look into it)?

I recently went with the $299 PS3, not a bad deal considering it's a BD player, game console, and it's got wi-fi. I recently (like, yesterday) read that Netflix is working to stream through PS3 as well, so that'll be sweet...

But yeah, Irrob, like you said, price is no longer an excuse and really, once you see how amazing things look in Blu, it's hard to watch standard def DVD's anymore (although I will because I don't plan on rebuying my entire collection...)

right, Netflix and Sony set up a deal. should start sometime next month. netflix subscribers need to reserve their copy of the bd live disc at the website now.

[ubl6612]

get with the times man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQIQ0jo9ZdY



Personally though I would throw in the extra 40$ and get the Panasonic BD60

[Irrob]

Maybe I should change the title to:
$99 profile 2.0 (BD Live) Blu-ray player with Netflix streaming. Thats a steal for it's capabilities.

[ubl6612]

now I'm no confederat, but, what's the charm in sub dvd bitrates and stereo sound?

[Kernie]

QUOTE (ubl6612 @ Oct 28 2009, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

now I'm no confederat, but, what's the charm in sub dvd bitrates and stereo sound?

Are you referring to Netflix streaming?

I've never seen anything streamed from Netflix (or any other service, for that matter), so I was curious about the quality.

The word "streaming" always bothers me... bad memories of endless "buffering" make me nervous about this whole streaming thing... I'd rather wait 20 minutes (heck, even an hour) for something to completely download rather than watching something that starts and stops 80 times while it "streams."

Is that how Netflix streaming is? Cause if so, I'm not as thrilled then...

[tcheck]

I've been using Netflix's Watch Instantly through my XBox360 for nearly two years now and love it! If you've got a good download rate from your internet provider (5+ Mbps) you will VERY rarely get anything but the best quality provided. Some listings are available in HD and look fabulous.