Blue Ray Player - will any work? Anyone try a different BR Playerthan the stock one and get decent results?
1517425
yes i have the sony bdps580 wifi 3d blu ray, i bought the lg47lw5300 bundle and kept the sony blu ray hooked up and it works, active or passive only comes to play with the display not the blu ray player i sold by lg 3d blu ray that came with the bundle and have had no issues witrh the sony
1905988
My Sony BDP-s550 just stopped playing blu-ray discs as well. I tried to upgrade the firmware but that failed. Sony support couldn't help me to get it working either. I ended up throwing it in the trash. This was very frustrating. I will definitely not buy another Sony blu-ray player.
1758260
I'm probably going to cancel my order and go with a Blu-Ray player... also can then try to find a model that will meet 2.0 profile (as it appears this unit will clearly not) from the specs that have now been made available
895195
Honestly, I don't think anything will work with this thing. My advice is look for another player even if it cost a few extra bucks. I've had several different people who actually work in this field try & get this player working with no luck. Not sure if U read my review, but the first clue that I had bought a piece of junk was taking it out of the box the remote which is rubber was broken in two. Save Urself the aggravation & buy a different player. On top of everything else, it cost more to send it back then I paid for it. I complained to CS & they more or less said 'sorry bout Ur luck'!
472186
This player only has an HDMI output. Does your TV have component video inputs? These would be three RCA jacks that are blue, red and green. If so, you can get an HDMI to component video adapter. I've never used one and have no idea how well they work. If you just have a yellow RCA video input jack, then you'd be better off buying a non-blu ray player, as you can't get high definition video through the single yellow video input. Hope this helps!
1748156
Did they just forget these features when they made Blue ray players? I doubt it, they just left room for improvement so we would have a reason to buy newer models. The proof in this is to ask yourself how many DVD players you have boughtt over the years, and how many of them were bought because the old one stopped working, versus you just wanted some of the cool upgraded features they offered?
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Unless you received a defective TV it sounds like a setting needs adjusting. Have you looked at the output settings on the BR player? Also, are you connecting it via HDMI? Other cables will give a lousier image. Also, you may need to adjust the color, contrast, etc., settings on the TV to make it look better.
1869327
no mine doesn't even play blue ray but to return it cost half as much as buying it, don't buy it!
2231994
I bought two of these players and both have the same problem with VGA output - there is no red channel, only blue and green are working, and, because of that, colors are distorted. I returned the first unit, received a replacement from Amazon - and the same problem again. Composite, component, HDMI outputs working just fine, so, I decided to keep the second unit, but I do not trust VGA on this player. Regarding your question - it should work, but only if you do not have such problem that I have with this player.
815491
I don't have a blue ray DVD player and my apple t.v players just fine though the hdmi port did you trying changing the channel on it because my DVD player I do have I have to switch to hdmi 2 on my t.v to play it and when I play my apple t.v switch to port 2 on the device maybe I have to try it out on my tv in the living room since that is where the blue ray is and see what my results are. I hope that little bit of info worked for you I know it's not much but I hope you fix the problem.
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Thank you very much, E. Soares - I appreciate the information you've provided, especially the link to the electronic copy of the player's manual. Although not the answer we would have liked to see, it's not at all a surprise, given the super-low price on this.If I may offer a little hint, I've had my eye on the Sherwood BDP-5004 - it's been verified by several reviewers on other Forums as being PAL/NTSC, Region-Free capable. It's the only Blu-Ray I've seen so far that has this important (to me, at least) capability. I play a lot of music DVDs that are from Europe, UK, Japan and Australia.It's about twice as expensive as this Sylvania, but the added abilities would be worth it.Thanks again!Leo Thank you very much, E. Soares - I appreciate the information you've provided, especially the link to the electronic copy of the player's manual. Although not the answer we would have liked to see, it's not at all a surprise, given the super-low price on this.If I may offer a little hint, I've had my eye on the Sherwood BDP-5004 - it's been verified by several reviewers on other Forums as being PAL/NTSC, Region-Free capable. It's the only Blu-Ray I've seen so far that has this important (to me, at least) capability. I play a lot of music DVDs that are from Europe, UK, Japan and... » Read More Thank you very much, E. Soares - I appreciate the information you've provided, especially the link to the electronic copy of the player's manual. Although not the answer we would have liked to see, it's not at all a surprise, given the super-low price on this.If I may offer a little hint, I've had my eye on the Sherwood BDP-5004 - it's been verified by several reviewers on other Forums as being PAL/NTSC, Region-Free capable. It's the only Blu-Ray I've seen so far that has this important (to me, at least) capability. I play a lot of music DVDs that are from Europe, UK, Japan and Australia.It's about twice as expensive as this Sylvania, but the added abilities would be worth it.Thanks again!Leo « Show Less
194856
Firmware upgrade are required. Some BDs have features that require specific firmware to access. This is one of the reasons I replaced mine. Least favorite player to date.
31920
Just scored one from Tiger Direct... one of "just several" they said they had left... so thanks again... if you don't mind, would you post your choice of BlueRay Player that included the wireless capability. I don't understand why people would pay so much more for those "add-on" Internet Apps... when for less, you can get a wireless Blue Ray with as much capability... I don't do Facebook or Pandora, etc, but if I did, why would I want to on my TV?????????????
2231980
Typically, in the electronics world, players are backwards compatible. Since this is Blue Ray DVD technology, it should play the older DVD formats the came before. I'm not an expert on this, but I don't recall ever having a DVD (Blue Ray, HD, SD) or CD that would not play in this player.
89777
Beats me. I could not get this player to work for me. I would have sent back except cost more than worth. Sorry I can't help you
1150197
I have a Panasonic Blue Ray dmp-br601 playera and a 40" BRAVIA Pro Display KDL40S5100/9 TV. I just purchased the Panasonic. The BR601 will play back a Blue Ray disc properly both video and audio wise. When I play a non Blue Ray disc the audio will drop out every 5 or 10 minutes throughout the entire program. It will then fade in about 30 to 45 seconds later. Very annoying. There seems to be a little bit of audio noise just before the audio drops out. The non Blue Ray disc video will continue to play with no noticable degradation. Hopefully it's just a simple paramater selection in setup? Anybody have any ideas. Thanks.
584854
No, I opted for my money back and bought a new blu-ray player at Target instead. The Target price was good and the unit worked right out ofthebox. I have been pleased with most of my electronics purchases on Amazon, especially bevause you can get your money back if an item is returned.