Cambridge Audio 751 Blu-ray Player £450!

[Deleted member 2457]

Here

http://www.richersounds.com/product/blu-ray/cambridge-audio/azur-751bd/camb-751bd-blk

 

[vpacalypse]

Hi I'm in the market for a Blu-ray player now.

£450 is beyond my budget. Do you know of any other good offers on fine blu-ray players available now?

My budget is £120-£150... what the best I can get for that?

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Hi I'm in the market for a Blu-ray player now.

£450 is beyond my budget. Do you know of any other good offers on fine blu-ray players available now?

My budget is £120-£150... what the best I can get for that?

The two that spring to mind are:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007Y3OB42/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=103612307&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B007Y3OAXE&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=13DV83E4ET7V7H87K08Q

But over budget and the Pioneer 450 at £185 - might have freezing issues when loading up discs occasionally though.

 

[bigboss]

Pioneer has playback issues. Look at Panasonic BDT230.

 

[bigboss]

http://www.whathifi.com/review/panasonic-dmp-bdt230

 

[Deleted member 2457]

http://www.whathifi.com/review/panasonic-dmp-bdt230

http://www.richersounds.com/product/blu-ray/panasonic/dmpbdt230/pana-dmpbdt230-r2

Can be had for £100 and if you join Richer Sounds members club you get an extra £10 off!

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Link here:

http://www.richersounds.com/viplogin

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Link here:

http://www.richersounds.com/viplogin

That also brings the Cambridge Audio 651 to £290 at Richer Sounds, and the Cambridge Audio 751 to £440!

 

[vpacalypse]

Thanks for the extensive research...

I'll get the panasonic 230 from richersounds.

It will be a good gift.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

£400 now:

http://www.richersounds.com/product/blu-ray/cambridge-audio/azur-751bd/camb-751bd-blk

Good price. :clap:

 

[Deleted member 2457]

I just bought one for £400!

Thought I would have two 3D Blu-ray players!

 

[buzz_lightclick]

So the money you saved by returning the Marantz 7007 for the Oppo 103 didn't last very long!

Reading the user opinions on the review page of the Azur, one guy thinks he got a great deal at £699, so £400 is virtually a steal!

 

[Deleted member 2457]

So the money you saved by returning the Marantz 7007 for the Oppo 103 didn't last very long!

Reading the user opinions on the review page of the Azur, one guy thinks he got a great deal at £699, so £400 is virtually a steal!

And it is brand new! :cheer:

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Just bought the 3D glasses from TPS too!

Time for some fun! :clap:

 

[bigboss]

What's the point of having 2 expensive blu ray players?? You've already tried the 751 & didn't like its grainy picture. That makes it 3 blu ray players in total!

 

[pioneer7]

Blimey Gel I would say you have more money than sense...... so you have bought another blu-ray player becuase it was cheap, had it been an upgrade from the Original Pioneer LX-55 then fair play good result..But you could have booked a calibration about £220 AND bought the Pioneer BDP-450 for £170-ish and had a £10 to buy a Blu-ray, or a 6-pack and enjoyed a quality movie.

But hey Gel dont get me wrong its your cash mate, it must me be very nice to be able to buy some thing on an instant decision, Wish I could, but from reading many of your threads you seem to be quite picky when choosing A/V. I would suggest that as good as the C-Audio is it will be no different than the Oppo, in fact I would say that the CA is a better machine, so it will be intersting to see if one of them goes back, when you realise that £400 for a second player [because it was cheap] was a mistake...Again I must say the calibration would have been a far better return, even though you say you might change your Plasma, you have said many times how brilliant it is...so why change...so the calibration just seemed the way to go..but hey enjoy your new toy, all you have to do know is decide which one you want as your new reference player.... 8)

 

[pioneer7]

WELL ok then you could have bought a 3D Blu-ray....out of interest were they the 3Ds I think Glasses you bought.

 

[pioneer7]

Sorry 3D3s.... 8)

 

[Deleted member 2457]

What's the point of having 2 expensive blu ray players?? You've already tried the 751 & didn't like its grainy picture. That makes it 3 blu ray players in total!

I got three TVs in total, so thought I would have some fun! I use my spare cash on AV, and nothing else.

I plan on keeping all three but just changing them around.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Sorry 3D3s.... 8)

Yep, the ones Strapped recommended on eBay. £40 I paid.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Blimey Gel I would say you have more money than sense...... so you have bought another blu-ray player becuase it was cheap, had it been an upgrade from the Original Pioneer LX-55 then fair play good result..But you could have booked a calibration about £220 AND bought the Pioneer BDP-450 for £170-ish and had a £10 to buy a Blu-ray, or a 6-pack and enjoyed a quality movie.

But hey Gel dont get me wrong its your cash mate, it must me be very nice to be able to buy some thing on an instant decision, Wish I could, but from reading many of your threads you seem to be quite picky when choosing A/V. I would suggest that as good as the C-Audio is it will be no different than the Oppo, in fact I would say that the CA is a better machine, so it will be intersting to see if one of them goes back, when you realise that £400 for a second player [because it was cheap] was a mistake...Again I must say the calibration would have been a far better return, even though you say you might change your Plasma, you have said many times how brilliant it is...so why change...so the calibration just seemed the way to go..but hey enjoy your new toy, all you have to do know is decide which one you want as your new reference player.... 8)

Cheers mate.

Thought I would have some fun with it. Calibration might be my next step. Just getting into 3D first.

Thought I would double up, seemed a good price.

 

[pioneer7]

:silenced:

 

[Deleted member 2457]

I am thinking the 751 must be better than the demo I had - so fingers crossed, and it is hopefully going to be different from my demo experience. Because it definitely did not look like my Pioneer when I demoed it. We will see come next week!

 

[bigboss]

What's the point of having 2 expensive blu ray players?? You've already tried the 751 & didn't like its grainy picture. That makes it 3 blu ray players in total!

I got three TVs in total, so thought I would have some fun! I use my spare cash on AV, and nothing else.

I plan on keeping all three but just changing them around.

That's fair enough, but how many home cinema systems have you got? Without a dedicated home cinema system, CA & Oppo are waste of money, as they won't perform any better than budget players. You have only 1 home cinema system as far as I can see. I strongly feel that you're wasting your money here, which could be better spent elsewhere...

 

[Deleted member 2457]

What's the point of having 2 expensive blu ray players?? You've already tried the 751 & didn't like its grainy picture. That makes it 3 blu ray players in total!

I got three TVs in total, so thought I would have some fun! I use my spare cash on AV, and nothing else.

I plan on keeping all three but just changing them around.

That's fair enough, but how many home cinema systems have you got? Without a dedicated home cinema system, CA & Oppo are waste of money, as they won't perform any better than budget players. You have only 1 home cinema system as far as I can see. I strongly feel that you're wasting your money here, which could be better spent elsewhere...

One home cinema system and doubt I will get two, but I will buy another Panasonic plasma and I don't like cheap Blu-ray players. It is a bit excessive, yep but I hoping to get enjoyment out of it.