Blu Ray Player

Hi Kal,

I have the Onkyo TX-NR905. You can take a look at the specs at:

http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=TX-NR905&class=Receiver&p=i

Nguyen357, you got a good point. My TV is the Samsung HL-S5086W. You can see the specs at the link below:

http://reviews.cnet.com/projection-tvs/samsung-hl-s5086w/4507-6484_7-31783170.html?tag=mncol;psum

After looking at the specs of my TV, do you still think I should get a blu ray or not? If my TV is not 1080p, than I probably should not get a blu ray player until I buy a new TV with 1080p.

Well, for sure, I won't be buying a VHS tape player. HA HA HA

Maybe for now, I want to get a blu ray player. I kinda want to hear the DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD. I heard it sounds far way better than the regular DVD players on DTS. That way, I am moving forward and get the 1080p TV later.

Since I have a Samsung TV, I was looking at the Samsung BD-P3600. I was also looking at the Phillips BDP7200. They both seems to look pretty cool and got the DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD sounds I am looking for.

All the players out there today seems to be shorter and shorter in height and weigh so light. They don't built them like a tank anymore. I have a Sony DVP-S9000ES universal player and it's 5 inches high and weighs at 27 pounds! I use my DVP-S9000ES as my SACD player and now I want get just a blu ray player.

Regarding companies making dvd players thinner and lighter is to cut cost I believe. I think it all about marketing.

However, it's not the same when you pick up a heavy dvd player and you know it's built solid all around. They don't make them like they use to. To me, these new thinner and lighter weight styling makes them looks cheap like a portable walkman. Some of these new blu ray players are only an inch tall and weighs only a few pounds. I am wondering if people are buying empty boxes.

What about these 2 players:

- Samsung BD-P2550

- Sony BDP-S550

Mooglie, I was looking at the JVC XV-BP1 and it looks pretty nice. I want to ask you something. On the front face, there are 5 buttons on the left side, do all the blue lights up or is it just a blue plastic surrounding each button? Also, there seems to be a blue light line that goes vertical in the middle on the front face.

I tell you what, JVC and Samsung makes some pretty nice looking products not. They have improved their designs a lot! Back then, their products looks awful!!!

Only problem with their current products is that all the products don't match! For example, the JVC XV-BP1 looks really cool but their regular DVD player don't match with their Blu-Ray player. The same goes for Samsung and probably many companies out there.

I have an audio rack and I would like to fill my audio rack with all the same manufacturer line. If JVC can design a Receiver, DVD player, Blu-Ray player, CD player and they all matches each other would be fantastic looking audio rack!!!

It's hard to find a company that make all matching products. By the way, why don't eithere Samsung or JVC make Receivers anymore? Don't they use to make receivers and CD players???

To get the DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD sounds, do you connect the Blu-Ray player to your receiver using HDMI cable or can you use either optical cable or coaxial cable? I was looking at some of the user's manual on Blu-Ray players and got confused on hooking it up to a receiver.

Can I get DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD sounds by doing this:

1. For video, connect the Blu-Ray player using HDMI directly to my TV.

2. For audio, using either the optical cable or coaxial cable directly to the receiver.

Will my 2 steps above work to get the best video and audio? If not, what are other ways to get DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD sounds coming from my receiver?

Alright, now there are way to many HDMI cables out there. Does it matter what brand I use? Are all HDMI cables alike? Some brands cost more than others. Like Monster Cable which makes a lot of cables. But can a generic brand HDMI cable perform just as good as Monster Cable? Or is it just a marketing thing with Monster Cable and other well known brand names?

Well, so far, I like the JVC XV-BP1 for the modern new look and performance. Too bad JVC don't make design matching CD player, receiver and DVD player to the Blu-Ray XV-BP1 model. I would love to have the whole matching set for my audio rack. It has some nice styling to it. Maybe their next line will all matches! Samsung also makes nice looking Blu-Ray players but not matching set as well.

I saw other pricier Blu-Ray players but they looked quite boring. I am sure they all perform at the same level regardless of prices. In reality, nobody you bring home to watch movies will start criticizing the quality of your Blu-Ray player. Like your friends are going to bring their magnifying glasses and come closeup to your TV and get all technical and detail. ha ha ha

I have auditioned some Blu-Ray players from $50 - $500 and they looked the same to me in picture quality.

One thing I do noticed is when I am at a shopping store, I don't see very many selection of Blu-Ray movies. The selection of Blu-Ray movies are very limited in selection compare to regular DVD movies. I don't think people are catching up to Blu-Ray players yet or Blu-Ray players are going out of business. I hear Blu-Ray players may come to an end in production do to prices and in this awful economy.

If that's the case, why should people continue to buy Blu-Ray players? Remember laser disc players? It was pretty cool for a very short time frame. I remember buying a laser disc player and it went out of business the next year!

Well, I just don't want to buy a Blu-Ray player this year and it become extinct next year. Now I am stuck with this player and my receiver with DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD is worthless.

By the way, does anyone know a good website that will provide you with all the Blu-Ray movies with DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD sound format? I was searching on the net and found no such website.