Posted on 05/21/2011 7:21:42 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
What is a good one to buy and what are stinkers?
You might want to try Southern Comfort, it is also great for that chronic cough. I don’t know about movies coming to mind after a few shots, because of the cough, you know, but I do sleep like a baby on benydril. Maybe a few extra shots will bring on the movies, in techni-color. I’ll have to experiment and document the findings.
For wild movies in full technicolor you’ll want to have some Nyquil with your Southern Comfort.
... and the Playstation Network rocks! Wait, nevermind.
And if I want 3D movies add the benydril, nyquil and Southern Comfort...what do you think.
Best Buy Insignia. About $88 bucks. I just bought two, one for my parents, one for my children. I now have two Insignia products and love them. It’s the Sonys that I have problems with.
I use a ps3 also.
The problem with ps3 wifi is it’s a ‘G’ series and not very fast.
I plan to use a wired connection soon.
I do get some pixelation over wifi.
Just purchased a Linksys 4200 router and it is blazing on my ‘N’ connections.
Oh, if you just want to stream video, Roku can’t be beat.
Second that.
Anyone know where I can get a driver to make Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro work with Windows 7? ... I’m learning to loathe Microsfot.
I’ve never had that happen to me with my PS3.
+1 for the Sony from Costco. Cheap and works beautifully. Setting up the wireless link is a bit tricky, but got it to work first time.
Since your FR homepage says you are retired Navy, I can assume you are over the age of 30, LOL.
And if you are over the age of 30 and have no interest in video games, do not....I repeat..._DO NOT_... get talked into getting a PlayStation3 (PS3)!!!
I do home theater installations and I can’t tell you how many times the kids have talked mom & dad into a PS3 when all they wanted was to play movies and they regret it deeply.
The problem?
Besides being overpriced for what you intend to do, they operate on the Bluetooth standard (instead of Infra-Red) for the remote control which means that you cannot operate your system using a standard remote control (not even ‘Universal’ remotes) but are stuck using the unfathomable (for oldies like us) game controller with all the joysticks and fifty million buttons when all you want to do is press ‘Play’ and ‘Stop’.
If you are unable to physically run an Ethernet cable from your router to your Blu Ray, let me echo what others have said....get the WiFi built-in. Do NOT get one that is WiFi ‘READY’.
Now I am no real fan of Sony per se (I hate their audio equipment) but their video division has historically been unsurpassed and they are the inventors of the Blu Ray format.
Like they use to say about IBM....you’ll never get fired buying Sony.
In my more recent experience with electronics you cannot expect better reliability with more expensive name brands any more. I have the cheapest WIFI Blu-Ray player I could find, in my bedroom and a more expensive midrange player in the living room. Both are connected to 1080p displays via HDMI. They both are effectively the same, the more expensive player boots about 30 seconds faster and has more options to rent movies over the internet but for BD movies and Netflix, the function is virtually identical.
Unless you want some more options to rent expensive streaming movies or the ability to run internet widgets you may want to start with a $100 basic unit with WIFI built in. As said before, don’t get WIFI ready, in the end, it will cost significantly more.
Good luck.
Costco had 2 Sony’s when I got mine. The cheaper one required you to purchase another component.
I got the one (more expensive) that was all ready to go.
I use a PS3 and it works great. It’s going to be updated far longer and faster than most of the stand alone Blue Ray Players. It’s also wireless or wired. Finally you can play games. Netflix also is available on the WII and I think the current XBox. On a Blue Ray if you’re going wireless most of them require a USB wireless dongle which is proprietary to that machine. If it doesn’t come with the Blue Ray you have to purchase it separately and they tend to be pricy. When I went to buy one the best price for the features was a Sony but when you added the dongle it added something like $70 to total price. I went with the PS3.
You don’t have to spend $$$ at the PlayStation store or give PlayStation a credit card if you don’t want to. Separate password for the PlayStation Network and for Netflix. I assume it’s the same for the WII and XBox.
You’ve got to get a region free player if you want to watch videos from Qatar, Mongolia, and Slovakia, PAL!
If you have a Sam’s Club membership, you should check out the BDP-BX57. It is the Sam’s version of the 570 and is on clearance for under $140.00.
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod1110839&navAction=push
The other problem is when PS Online goes down for weeks on end...
i’ve got two netflix enabled devices ... a sony blu-ray dvd player and a 32” vizio hdtv with built in internet apps. both are good ... sony’s interface is prettier ... vizio’s is more convenient to use
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