Realize this thing will probably be $199 for Thanksgiving, and if you are pairing it with a 'matching' Insignia television, it would probably be just fine.
Did you read the bit about it not working well at 60fps?
I actually offered Engadget a review when I had Best Buy's test unit BACK IN APRIL. But no one responded.
I thought it was fairly ok, it certainly performed better than the Panasonic BD30, which it shares a lot of similarities with, it was easier to set up and booted up quicker than the Panny.
It is, however Identical to the other Funai units, but no one at Best Buy would ever admit that and so they charge more. Try calling them out on it and see what happens. It's kind of amusing.
How many discs are actually 60p though. All but maybe one of my 30+ Blu-rays are 24p, and the one is Planet Earth. I would think all feature film Blu-rays are 24p and that's perfectly fine for this player.
It's a cheap no-name box which plays Blu Ray movies. It's never going to win a prize for looks or performance but it does what it says and is cheap - IMO $200 for Christmas. Whether it is worth buying or stumping out a bit more for a Samsung is really up to the people thinking of buying it. The Samsung BDP 1500 is bound to hit $300 for Christmas and possibly a little less.
The 1080p60 issue is _outputting_ at 1080p60 from a 1080p24 source. If you just tell it to output at 1080p24, it's perfectly fine, but your TV has to support 1080p24 input properly.
$300 is a bit much for this player, but I think it's a pretty reasonable choice if it hits $200, especially given that it upscales regular DVDs pretty well.
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Realize this thing will probably be $199 for Thanksgiving, and if you are pairing it with a 'matching' Insignia television, it would probably be just fine.
Did you read the bit about it not working well at 60fps?
I actually offered Engadget a review when I had Best Buy's test unit BACK IN APRIL. But no one responded.
I thought it was fairly ok, it certainly performed better than the Panasonic BD30, which it shares a lot of similarities with, it was easier to set up and booted up quicker than the Panny.
It is, however Identical to the other Funai units, but no one at Best Buy would ever admit that and so they charge more. Try calling them out on it and see what happens. It's kind of amusing.
Disclaimer, I no longer work for Best Buy.
Regardless of image quality, I agree with Ken, this will almost certainly be a Black-Friday "door-crasher".
How many discs are actually 60p though. All but maybe one of my 30+ Blu-rays are 24p, and the one is Planet Earth. I would think all feature film Blu-rays are 24p and that's perfectly fine for this player.
It's a cheap no-name box which plays Blu Ray movies. It's never going to win a prize for looks or performance but it does what it says and is cheap - IMO $200 for Christmas. Whether it is worth buying or stumping out a bit more for a Samsung is really up to the people thinking of buying it. The Samsung BDP 1500 is bound to hit $300 for Christmas and possibly a little less.
The 1080p60 issue is _outputting_ at 1080p60 from a 1080p24 source. If you just tell it to output at 1080p24, it's perfectly fine, but your TV has to support 1080p24 input properly.
$300 is a bit much for this player, but I think it's a pretty reasonable choice if it hits $200, especially given that it upscales regular DVDs pretty well.