Standalone BR Player Recommendations for $200 or less?

[GTaudiophile]

Here are the ones I am presently considering:

Panasonic DMP-BD85K
Panasonic DMP-BD65
LG BD570
Samsung BD-C6500

 

[sdifox]

I have a panny 65, it works ok and it ties into vieralink to the tv so I guess that's good too.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I think I am leaning BD65.

Should I get a Samsung player if I am buying a Samsung HDTV?

 

[Modelworks]

I think I am leaning BD65.

Should I get a Samsung player if I am buying a Samsung HDTV?

Sometimes buying the same brands will allow you to use one remote for both with no special programming, so that can be a plus.

 

[tynopik]

BD-65 may be cheaper at hhgregg
http://hhgregg.com/ProductDetail.asp...roductID=37812

the BD570 includes wireless and DLNA if that's important to you

 

[pukemon]

Sometimes buying the same brands will allow you to use one remote for both with no special programming, so that can be a plus.

If you're using HDMI and your TV and Blu-Ray player both support HDMI 1.3 with HDMI-CEC, (called all sorts of things like BraviaLink, AnyNet+, etc) you can use your TV's remote to control both without having to punch in remote codes.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I have the DMP-65K and it seems fine. The Netflix implementation is pretty spartan but I guess that's typical of most Blu Ray players.

 

[s44]

Query is useless without criteria (features, uses, etc.). Panny best for just plain use. Samsung and LG better for fancier streaming (DLNA etc.). And so on.

 

[GTaudiophile]

DLNA is cool. WiFi not so much. Ethernet would be used instead.

I just want high-value...great picture, fast booting, reliable, etc.

 

[Crow550]

I picked up a Sony BDP-S470 for $120. It works great. However I think a PS3 would be better. As I think the PS3 has the same streaming services and such anyways. Plus it plays games of course.

I assume after the Holidays more Blu-Ray players with Wifi will be coming out at the same price points.

Right now I'm using a Powerline networking kit I got at Monoprice which works for those devices that don't have Wireless.