Tolerable Blu-ray player!

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Hi all,

Okay, so I got no responses to my question about a tolerable Blu-ray player,

so I went on an eBay buying spree and found the answer to my own question. :-)

I now have 5 Blu-ray players in my house, from various brands and years of

production. The winner of tolerability test is (not suprisingly) the oldest

of the players -- a Sony BDP-S1. This thing is huge. Heavy. Slow response

times. No ethernet connection. No zooming function. No wi-fi. No

oncreen display showing current disc playback statistics. Heck, it doesn't

even play CDs!

HOWEVER, it is the most tolerable Blu-ray player I've tried of the

bunch ( " the bunch " consisting of 2 Sony's, 1 Panasonic, 1 Oppo, and 1

Popcorn Hour). Making it possibly the only one I'll feel comfortable

using.

Note that I never had any problem with any DVD player. I think there's

something about either the Blu-ray drives or the video processing chips

that's causing me problems with most Blu-ray players.

The Sony BDP-S1 originally sold for US$999 when it was released in 2006.

I bought mine for $60 on eBay. :-)

If after continued use I end up changing my mind about this model,

I'll let you all know.

And if I couldn't find a tolerable Blu-ray player, I already had a

" Plan B " which I've proved to myself is tolerable. Buy a Blu-ray

disc. Copy the contents to a hard drive using your computer and

DVD/Blu-ray ripping software. Playback on the TV using a tolerable

media player. For me, a tolerable media player is the Popcorn

Hour A-100, A-100, DragonTech 100HD. An INTOLERABLE media player

is the Popcorn Hour C-200.

Marc