After recently splurging on my home cinema system, I'm now back in the market for a blu-ray player. My PS3 is currently happily performing the duties at the moment, & i'm quite happy with it. But it doesn't play DVDs from other regions.
One of the options for me was to buy a region free DVD player, but now I think I should go for a universal blu-ray player instead for better blu-ray experience as well.
I certainly won't pay anything more than £600, although I don't mind even cheaper players, as long as the quality is good.
So far, my options were Pioneer, Panasonic & Sony. Pioneer players would nicely match my KRP 500A media box (although I'm not bothered if it matches or not), but they're excruciatingly slow in starting the discs. Panasonic players are marginally better at disc loading times. Sony is the fastest, but I think Panasonic players better the Sony ones in terms of performance.
I've now heard of Oppo BDP-83, which is really quite interesting, & they seem to tick all the right boxes for me. But I'm not sure about the after sales support & warranty. It's cheaper buy on Ebay, but CRT projectors are based in UK &, I hope, will provide the support in case of any problems.
What's my best option?
One of the options for me was to buy a region free DVD player, but now I think I should go for a universal blu-ray player instead for better blu-ray experience as well.
I certainly won't pay anything more than £600, although I don't mind even cheaper players, as long as the quality is good.
So far, my options were Pioneer, Panasonic & Sony. Pioneer players would nicely match my KRP 500A media box (although I'm not bothered if it matches or not), but they're excruciatingly slow in starting the discs. Panasonic players are marginally better at disc loading times. Sony is the fastest, but I think Panasonic players better the Sony ones in terms of performance.
I've now heard of Oppo BDP-83, which is really quite interesting, & they seem to tick all the right boxes for me. But I'm not sure about the after sales support & warranty. It's cheaper buy on Ebay, but CRT projectors are based in UK &, I hope, will provide the support in case of any problems.
What's my best option?