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DRFT31

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Hey guys n girls.

Going to be buying a Blu Ray Player YAYYY!!!! lol

Just tossing up between two models. Budget $300-350.

http://www.sony.com.au/homecinema/catalog/....jsp?id=BDPS350

http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/detail/...cd=BD-P1500/XSA

Now where you guys come in is firstly does anyone know anyone who can hook me up with a deal in the northern surbs? JB-HI FI etc. :D

Secondly which unit you think is better, or have you bought something different which you can recommend :O

I'm just sick of buying crap which skips and doesnt do what you tell it to lol

PS3 is out of the question reason being i have one in my room, need this for the living room :)

Thanks!! :(

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For $398 i think the best bet is buying another ps3 then lol.

Is there any blu ray/dvd recorders out or they out of my price range?

How would say a sony blu ray player matches up to a ps3 in dvd playback wise any difference.

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http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/kogan-blu-ray...-full-hd-1080p/

Australian made..

Multi Region for DVD's and Blu Ray..

Cheaper than a PS3.

Ps3 has hdmi, does upscaling to 1080p.

PLUS, you get the games, sony are also going to start bringing out blu ray discs that have games and movies on the one disc, on top of that if you have a wireless network (i think you can hard wire it as well) you can play all your downloaded music, movies, tv shows and view all your pictures through the ps3 and one day (has been put off for a while now) there going to release a product called play tv, its a twin digital HD tuner with its own epg and records straight onto the ps3 hdd.

For $50 more than what you are budgeting you get a whole lot more than just a dvd player.

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sucks that PS3 is out as the 40GB PS3 is on sale at Big W for $398.

Hey bud is that price $398 in Melbourne?, cause i went big w couldn't find any for that price. Even the guy that worked there said cheapest his seen them is about the $600mark.

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I've been thinking the same thing of late... ...Looking at getting a HD TV and a Blu-Ray player as well... ...Most of my friends that have PS3s say it is the way to go... ...Most got the TV and PS3 at the same time...

The rumors and little news that is coming out for what Sony have planned for the PS3 also seems to push in the PS3s favor... ...Microsoft are also rumored to be getting into bed with Sony so they can put the Blu-Ray player in the next Xbox... ...Which is also meant to be 100% backwards compatible with both the original Xbox and Xbox 360... ...A feature that the PS3 did have at launch but is no longer part of the current PS3 architecture...

I'm willing to wait to see what Microsoft do with the next Xbox... ...but if you're up to getting one now... ...Keep an eye out for PS3 bargains...

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i would and did get a ps3 just for the fact that you have a blu ray player aswell as a games machine. built in hard drive, software upgrades and all the little extras that come with it.

but if you only want a blu ray player than i would recommend the sony. i work in retail and the amount of samsung we have returned is not good. im not saying they make a shite product, i just personaly think the sony is better build quality.

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Well today out of curious went to my local JBHI, and decided to put both the units to a few tests :banana:. Main thing bought a disc full of AVI's, MPG'S AND DVIX to test on these units. Mind you these discs all worked perfectly fine on my PS3! Neither the SONY OR SAMSUNG BLU RAY players would play any parts of the DISC! I couldn't believe it. To my conclusion i personally think like many of you above PS3 sh%ts all over both the blu ray players. Reason being plays a variety of raw formats.

I personally thought at least the sony blu ray player would play AVI files but it didnt. Disgusting SONY! :banana:

Now guys where can i get a cheap brand new PS3! Still searching for that 40gb brand new one for $397 if anyone knows where i can get it from :D

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You might struggle to find teh 40gig ones now.... I'd be ringning around the Big W's and Target of the city.

Maybe even try and few video stores. My Video Ezy store (Elwood) sells PS3's, so they might have some 40gig ones left. Time for a few phone calls. :(

And the HD's are very easy to upgrade to 500gig+....for under $200 ( http://shop.ebay.com.au/?_from=R40&_tr...-All-Categories )

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I work at Big W in the Home entertainment section, we had 2 40gb ps3's about 3-4 weeks ago. I got one :P paid $378.00, all i can say is that Blu-ray is amazing. You wont find a 40gb ps3 in any of the western suburbs stores.

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All of the 40GB cheapies are gone, went over a week ago.....if you asked you would probably get laughed at.

The only downside to the PS3 is that DVD's are region locked. I hear that if the blu ray has a region lock it will also not play, however every blu ray movie \ ps3 disc i have used has worked (they have not been region locked afaik)....and I buy alot of US \ Jap releases as I get them earlier \ cheaper.

All that aside, its still the best value for money.

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