Good Cheap BD Player with these features...

4evrplan · 16th August 2013, 18:32

I'm looking for the least expensive Blu-ray Disc player (that isn't total garbage) that can also play DivX (and XviD) and DVD. What would you buy if you insisted on these features and had a shoe-string budget?

EDIT: And outputs an actual 1080p signal. I forgot that part.
EDIT2: And has composite out for my current (SD) TV.

microchip8 · 16th August 2013, 21:03

I bought an LG BP620 a few months ago, for 120 Euro. It offers all the features you listed. I don't know if this is cheap enough since you don't mention your limit

4evrplan · 16th August 2013, 21:32

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Originally Posted by froggy1

I bought an LG BP620 a few months ago, for 120 Euro. It offers all the features you listed. I don't know if this is cheap enough since you don't mention your limit

Are you sure it plays DivX? I'm having trouble finding it advertised with that feature. I see that it has composite output though, which is another requirement I forgot to mention. The HD output is more for future proofing, as my current TV is standard def. A user on another forum said they weren't allowed to make BD players with analog outputs anymore, but maybe this is old stock?

microchip8 · 16th August 2013, 21:37

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Originally Posted by 4evrplan

Are you sure it plays DivX? I'm having trouble finding it advertised with that feature. I see that it has composite output though, which is another requirement I forgot to mention. The HD output is more for future proofing, as my current TV is standard def. A user on another forum said they weren't allowed to make BD players with analog outputs anymore, but maybe this is old stock?

It plays DivX, Xvid, DivX HD (has a logo at the back), H.264, MPEG2, MPEG1, DVD, VCD, AVCHD, Blu-Ray (3D)... so far, everything I threw at it has been played with no problem. Trust me

It also has DLNA, which I use to stream video files from my server to it, and it displays them on my TV through HDMI

I don't think it's that old, since it offers Cinavia and Cinavia was made mandatory since a year ago or so. But it could also be that Cinavia was introduced to it via the updates I did. I'm not sure

Ghitulescu · 18th August 2013, 10:30

All and I mean all BD players have all the features you want. That a particular file won't be played back is linked to a special encoding, remember that DivX was designed for PC and not all settings are accepted on standalones. Like not all x264 encodes are playable on standalone BDplayers, but only on computers.

4evrplan · 19th August 2013, 15:19

I got a streaming device, and after seeing what it can do and how expensive blu-ray players still are for this relatively old technology, I've decided not to buy one at this time. I'll be storing my videos on my PC and using Plex to stream them to my TV.

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4evrplan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 46	Good Cheap BD Player with these features... I'm looking for the least expensive Blu-ray Disc player (that isn't total garbage) that can also play DivX (and XviD) and DVD. What would you buy if you insisted on these features and had a shoe-string budget? EDIT: And outputs an actual 1080p signal. I forgot that part. EDIT2: And has composite out for my current (SD) TV. Last edited by 4evrplan; 16th August 2013 at 21:33.

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microchip8 ffx264/ffhevc author Join Date: May 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,752	I bought an LG BP620 a few months ago, for 120 Euro. It offers all the features you listed. I don't know if this is cheap enough since you don't mention your limit __________________ TV: Samsung 50" QE50Q60T AVR: Yamaha RX-V481 5.1 CD Player: Yamaha CD-S300 DAB+ Tuner: Yamaha T-D500 BD Player: Samsung UBD-M8500 UHD Speakers: Klipsch 5.1 Reference Phono: Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB

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Ghitulescu Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 5,765	All and I mean all BD players have all the features you want. That a particular file won't be played back is linked to a special encoding, remember that DivX was designed for PC and not all settings are accepted on standalones. Like not all x264 encodes are playable on standalone BDplayers, but only on computers. __________________ Born in the USB (not USA)

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4evrplan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 46	I got a streaming device, and after seeing what it can do and how expensive blu-ray players still are for this relatively old technology, I've decided not to buy one at this time. I'll be storing my videos on my PC and using Plex to stream them to my TV.