I went to walmart earlier today and found some really cheap blu-ray players there. They were kind of hidden. The model number is Lg bd530. I had them scan it and it came up 65 bucks. I picked up 2 of them for christmas presents. I tested it out and it does the hd audio codecs and the picture quality seems to be atleast on par with my ps3 if not better when playing a blu-ray. Load times didn't seem bad either. Sears did have this model for a similar price but i think they raised the price on it. Amazon currently has it for about $80. One of the few negatives about it though is that it doesn't have netflix. It does have an ethernet port though so you can update it's firmware which is good.
$65 dollar lg blu-ray players at wal-mart
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Yep. Prices coming down faster than I expected. Won't be long before all but the very cheapest video disc players will play BDs as well as DVDs.
Looking at all of these great prices, I am tempted to dump my Magnavox for a better one -- particularly since the magnavox won't play AVCHD.
My moms LG DVD home theater plays PAL DVDs.........I was thinking it could still have the same amout of stuff inside...well plus BD playback
You mean support for 576 lines of resolution or playing commercial discs (aka region free)?
I think it will do the first and not the second (haven't see region free out of the box BD players).
Just make a copy of the DVD (on a computer) with all DRM stripped...
Diogen.
VideoHelp.com - Forum, Guides, Tools and hardware lists shows the LG BD players can be made region free with a file you have to burn on to a CD
the zip file can be used on all LG players DVD and BD. That's the same file I used for my moms LG home theater.........it played PAL DVDs from region 2-4 and played NTSC region 3 DVDs
