Wal-Mart Black Friday Blu Ray Player...any thoughts on it?
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Wal-Mart Black Friday Blu Ray Player...any thoughts on it?
It's the Magnavox nb500mg9 for $128. Not a bad price, but anyone have any thoughts on it (or issues with it)? We've got a PS3 for our main theater room, but I was thinking of picking this up for our other room. Worth it?
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Magnavox doesn't make anything anymore really. It's a Funai rebadged under the Magnavox name, same as Phillips, Insignia, Integra and others. The only concern I would have is the availability of firmware updates. Most players have updates available to allow players to play newer and more fully packed BD discs. So, there is a chance some of your movies will not play on it. Still, I'd say its a good gamble for the price, esp. for a secondary unit.
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That said, all BD players have great picture quality for BD. And fairly good for DVD, although this is where they differ. They all have better sounding audio options than DVD players, even if they don't have ALL the options that are available to BD. They really are all going to look and sound good, the high-end of BD is going to be a tricky place that really won't be all that much better than the low-end.
Buy on features you want and price at this point. Features might include: analog audio output, 1080p24 output, how the remote or menus work, BD Live, etc. And whether you think a cheapy like the Magnavox will break sooner.