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I saw a bluray for the first time the other day, and the quality is unbelieveable! Does anyone know of a good bluray player (potentially decent priced as well :X).

Also, please don't suggest the ps3 >< I thought there must be more items on the market now than it ^^

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Do you want one for your TV or one for your computer? Bear in mind that you will need a HDTV for the TV one to be worthwhile, the computer one won't display at full 1080p as you probably don't have a 1080p monitor, but will be much better than a standard TV.

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I meant for my TV not my computer. We have a HD TV in the house also :) otherwise the high definition part of blu ray may be missed slightly xD

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Buy one for your pc and hook it up ;)

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That is actually the cheapest option.

As for other players, I would suggest just reading reviews.

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hmm, you mean using a HDMI cable I'm assuming?

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PS3 is pretty good value for money. I bought it just for Blu-ray.

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You will not be banned :) just warned :P. Yeh, I've been told the PS3 is good value for money as a bluray player but I don't really play consoles games as much nowadays and there are very few titles that would entice me so I would see it as a waste of money lol. I just assumed there must be cheaper options ;)

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When it came out, the PS3 was the cheapest blu-ray player, so was excellent value for money in that respect. However, you can get cheaper stand alones these days.

And you can easily hook a computer up to a HDTV. If the TV doesn't have DVI and the graphics card doesn't have HDMI, a DVI-HDMI converter is cheap and effective, they use the same video signal.

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2/3 of my dvd's are all blueray (H)
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Skillers wrote:
a DVI-HDMI converter is cheap and effective, they use the same video signal.


And might have come with your graphics card. I know mine came with one xD

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I dunno, I don't think it did xD But I will have a look in the box when I relocate it. I know it came with an adaptor for my monitor :P but that is all ^^

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