Should i buy a blue ray player?

i have a 37" vizio 720p that supports 1080i signals and recently bought one of those upconverting dvd players for it and was not impressed with the picture quality at all. i also own a xbox 360 and downloaded one of the 720p movies off of the marketplace and was much more impressed with the picture quality. i was wondering if it would be worth investing in a blue ray player for this tv.

Because the screen size is on the small side. I'd just stick with your XBox for now, and buy a BD player when they come down some more. I have a 42" and I don't even have one.
BTW, all upconverters are not created equal. Each company uses a proprietary algorithm. I have heard that Toshiba is the best at it. What brand did you buy?

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Wow...An easy question..
Buy an OPPO.. Done
Really, they have the best image and sound quality.
If you want the best sound then go for the BDP-83SE, otherwise get the BDP-93.
Haven't heard of them? That's because they don't sell in big box stores, but their units win all the awards. Their BDP-83SE also is a recommended player by www.stereophile.com
They aren't the cheapest, but you must get the source material off the disc in the best way possible to not limit the rest of your system.
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I second that!
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CAN I BUY A PANASONIC SKYPE READY BLU RAY PLAYER AND USE LOGITECH SKYPE CAMERA TOGETHER? ARE THEY COMPATIBLE? OR DO PANASONIC PLAYERS ONLY WORK WITH PANASONIC WEB CAMERAS ON SKYPE?

Following 2 yrs of thread here and just having been given a new Panasonic BD110 3d Blu Ray with a Skype button on its remote, DNLA, built in WiFi, ethernet, BBC i-Player, YouTube etc. I set it up and went thru BluRays, DVD's, HDMI, sound etc. I was impressed, so I bought a decent webcam and plugged it in - nothing happened. Read the manual, did everything spot on, nothing! Pana's web site, Skype, Bing, Google, customer "support", confusion all round.
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I'll be in touch with Panasonic again and try escalating the issue, though it seems Japan knows about it and are keeping quiet in the hope the problem will fizzle out. We should individually contact the technical press and their web sites and also raise Caine under a Trade Descriptions breach. Making a warranty claim is fully justified too.
We don't know how many they sold and how many want that feature but I'll bet many thousands were made. So if a big enough bunch of us complain we should be able to make life uncomfortable for the idiots who failed us, their own employees, some important business partners, the Standards folks, and the poor souls who have to speak to us on the phone or across the Argos & Curry's counters.
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HT204370 If I buy a movie on iTunes and burn it to a DVD can I get to to play in a DVD/Blu-ray player? I haven't had much luck trying to do so.

If I buy a movie on iTunes and burn it to a DVD can I get to to play in a DVD/Blu-ray player? I haven't had much luck trying to do so.

No you cannot.
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"You shall not be entitled to burn video iTunes Products"
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I just got the Sony BRAVIA 60" Class / 1080p / 120Hz / LED-LCD HDTV and I have a Yamaha RX-V1800. I want to buy and hook up a Blu-ray player to both. What the best way to do this? Should I use the optical audio to connect the Blu-ray to the receive and the HDMI to connect to the TV? I really want to be able to use HDMI for the audio but then I'm left with only component video for the TV. I can't filter the sound through the TV, this does not work. Does optical produce good audio?
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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?
You have no idea what you are doing which is why your results are not pleasing. Simply connect the equipment with HDMI cables as instructed and use only Blu-Ray discs as they are full-resolution sources. Your Blu-Ray player applies upscaling and processing to your DVD which is why it looks like crap and your receiver would do the same depending on the settings. You also need to check the settings on your player and HDTV to get them both aligned for the best picture quality.
Well I did use HDMI cables, and I also checked all of the setting on both the receiver and the TV. I did not use a Blu-Ray or player as I have not bought one yet. So are you saying the only way to not get a blur when using this set up would be to only watch Blu-Rays?? That does not make much sense. Also I would like to say I have some idea what I'm doing but obviously not as much as many people on this site, that's why I posted my question here. Thanks though for pointing out the obvious, It was very helpful of you.

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Hey yankeeman,
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Blue ray player connection to web help

Just wondering if any iMac people have recently successfully connected their blue ray player to the internet? Apple tells me that I have to purchase "Apple TV" device. The Sony player (BDP-N460) I purchased said I only need to buy an additional 'Linksys-Cisco WET610N' wireless bridge and a LAN cable for it to work. Which is correct, or maybe both are, but which one is the more cost/efficient one? Thanks in advance!
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I too have the same BD player and have just connected the WET610n bridge to my Airport Extreme -- it's just a question of configuring this-or-that. Only that Linksys put the manual on a Mac-incompatible CD.
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Return to the suitcase menu and select Network Update to see if new system software is available for the BD player itself. If there is, it will download and warn you NOT to turn the power off.
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Tube TV + Blu-Ray player??

I have a tube tv, but want to upgrade to a blu-ray player from my current dvd player. Is this possible?? I don't have the money right now for a hi-def TV. But if I can upgrade the player, it's a start. Anyone?
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Extended Warranty for Blu Ray Player

Hello,
We purchased a panasonic blu ray player a few years ago and this January it stopped reading blu ray disks. After moving, I was finally able to unpack it and test it out again to no avail. I then got through all of my receipts and found the original receipt but the warranty has recently expired. Is there any way that I can have this device fixed through the store as my warranty has so recently expired and the issue was not resolved before its expiration? It was the 4 year extended warranty.
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All kidding aside, there are a couple things you could try to troubleshoot for this issue:
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Can I connect my iMac's iTunes library via wi-fi to my Blu-Ray player so I can listen to the music on my computer with my home theater system?

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Satellite P850 - Where to get Toshiba Blu-ray player?

Hi,
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The player itself seems to function normally on this screen and when you try to click buttons it comes up with a circle with a line through it when you try and click buttons like a normal dvd player if you tried to skip through the copyright warnings and the time index is always a small number ie 25 seconds or so. As if it were trying to play a small segment like the copyright section or something.
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Any help would be appreciated

> I tried to install the Toshiba Blu-Ray Disc player V1.0.3.196A, the file didn't work at all and when I tried to install it manually "cannot find player in your system. Installation Aborted"
Yes, this is a patch file and you cannot install this without having installed an full version.
But I found on the Toshiba Australian driver page the Toshiba Video Player 5.0.0.16-A
Did you try to install this application?
At the other hand I could recommend the usage of freeware software like VLC Player.
This is really great and in my opinion the best player you can get for free.

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