Best basic blu ray player

I just purchased an Internet Connectable LCD HDTV and am now looking for a good blu ray player. SInce, my TV already has Internet applications (i.e. Netflix) I really don't think my blu ray player needs to do anything else except play the media. Does anyone recommend any basic quality blu ray players? Do they exist?

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Don't waste your time with any player other than the ones from this company.
Seriously, they are that good. If you don't believe me, then check out www.hometheatermag.com This is one of the few places that truly review players and tell you which ones make the cut and which ones don't.
http://www.oppodigital.com/
Excellent video and audio, except that a newer model will have some streaming that the current models don't have.
www.audioadvisor.com carries them also.
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Okay so I did try to run everything through the Yamaha receiver and the refresh rate is just to slow. I put in the DVD Salt and as soon as there was a chase scene I got lot of blurring. Since I'm not going to get a new receiver any time soon is a HDMI to the TV and an optical to the receiver the best option?
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Welcome to the board, Flamanar!
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