Buying new Blu ray player

[imars99]

i am consdering these four

1.Philips Blu-ray Player (BDP3406)
2.Samsung Blu-ray Player (BD-D5300)
3.LG 360
4. Seiki BD660

any suggestion.

[V Bot]

Sylvania.

[turk690]

Seiki BD660 because

1. it's the cheapest in the list (C$78 at Walmart)
2. it will play formats the others in the list balk at
3. its BD and DVD region code can be changed
4. it's hard to tell the difference between it and a Sony BDP-S360 playing the same blu-ray disc

[imars99]

Seiki BD660 because

1. it's the cheapest in the list (C$78 at Walmart)
2. it will play formats the others in the list balk at
3. its BD and DVD region code can be changed
4. it's hard to tell the difference between it and a Sony BDP-S360 playing the same blu-ray disc

will it play mkv file ? Is it still available at walmart,give me link please.

[fritzi93]

Seiki BD660 because

1. it's the cheapest in the list (C$78 at Walmart)
2. it will play formats the others in the list balk at
3. its BD and DVD region code can be changed
4. it's hard to tell the difference between it and a Sony BDP-S360 playing the same blu-ray disc

will it play mkv file ? Is it still available at walmart,give me link please.

According to the thread linked below, yes, it will play MKVs with AVC. For a problematic file you may need to run it through MKVtoolNix to fix the header:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/321596-Seiki-BD660-Wal-Mart-Canada-88!

If the picture quality is comparable to the Sony BDP-S360 (I have two of them), that's a pretty good recommendation.

I wonder, is this unit sold in the U.S. under a different name?

[imars99]

Thanks guys for help.I will buy on weekend.

[turk690]

will it play mkv file ? Is it still available at walmart,give me link please.

I haven't tried MKV with it. In the Walmarts at Bolton, ON, and Mississauga, ON (Square 1) there are stacks of it in the electronics section. The price is currently C$78, which fell by some on certain bargain days like last boxing day (couldn't remember how much). It loads BDs very fast and picture quality via HDMI projected with Panasonic PTAE4000 is hard to tell from a Sony S360 that is wont to load BDs turtle-like. Smaller than usual case doesn't get hot. I didn't miss the absence of a display on player itself. I'm aware of the brouhaha about BD region coding, Oppo, Momitsu, and sites like bluraymods.com that charge an arm and a leg for the privilege; the Seiki seems too good but it's true and I don't know until when some powers-that-be find out and/or Seiki capitulates to them and all this is gone

[jntaylor63]

I have two LG's and they will play just about any format you could want:

CD / DVD / BR

MP3

AVI, MP4, MKV-HD (With AC3 and dts), DivX Plus-HD (with AAC 5.1)

Plus, it will read all of these files from an NTFS external harddrive. (No worries about large file sizes.)

[imars99]

I have two LG's and they will play just about any format you could want:

CD / DVD / BR

MP3

AVI, MP4, MKV-HD (With AC3 and dts), DivX Plus-HD (with AAC 5.1)

Plus, it will read all of these files from an NTFS external harddrive. (No worries about large file sizes.)

Which LG please specify.

[MJA]

I think all of the LG players do.

[jntaylor63]

I have the 650 and 630.

Only diff beteen the two is that the 650 will do netflix and other streaming.