Christmas Bargains: DVD & Blu-Ray Players

Former_MSE_Lawrence

This is the place to discuss the top deals on DVD & Blu-Ray players, as seen in the deals note:

Cheapest Blu-ray

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bat400

Just a quick warning first: The F&H Blu-Ray player from ebuyer can probably only be made region free for DVD playback, not Blu-Ray playback, just like other Blu-Ray players. I know people are reporting that the region-free hack worked, but that is probably because a lot of non-UK Blu-Ray discs are not region-restricted anyway. I doubt anyone has checked this properly. Not having firmware updates is a big problem as well, as the newest titles often push the limits of the Blu-Ray specification and need firmware updates to play properly.

All of the above and the fact that it has a noisy fan make £79 for the F&H seem less of a bargain when you can get a known-brand player from a reputable supplier for £99 delivered: The Samsung BD-P1580 from Debenhams.com.

(Most notable feature - if your receiver has DTS but not HD Audio, this player will resample HD Audio at maximum DTS rate and send it down the optical cable - not many budget Blu-Ray players do this)

I spotted this two weeks ago and ordered one. Was originally going to get the Blockbuster deal (£129.99) but didn't want the three free Blu-Rays. Play.com still have it at £119.99. Looked around and Debenhams.co.uk have just reduced it to £99.

Apparently as a new member I'm not allowed to post a link, even though I found a bargain for cheaper than in Martin's Money Tips! Ah well, I guess you'll just have to go and type debenhams bd-p1580 into Google. How long is it before I am trusted to post links???

Use this discount code to get free delivery: SHD1

Hope someone else enjoys...

Al

Torkijo

The really strang thing is it doesnt come up if you go through the Debenhans folders or the Debenhams search to get there - only if you go direct from outside the site!

For those interested in the deal the link is here:
http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_325011934760_-1

and dont forget to use the other codes for further discounts and delivery.

Jennie-1987

Jennie-1987 wrote:

Hi,

Found and am buying now a brilliant one on Ebuyer.com; the Sharp BD HP22H is £99.99 and eligible for 5 day free delivery, the same product is currently £249.99 at Argos.

Upscales to 1080p, plays Blu Ray, DVD, CD, JPeg, with BD it will stream from the internet. Great review by five's The Gadget Show.

Product: ebuyer.com/product/177226
Review: fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/gadget-news/sharp-bd-hp22h-is-a-deeper-shade-of-blu

Sorry I cant link - apparently my low post score counts me as too new to do this despite having a profile for 3 years.

The above is from the 'Cheap Blu-ray deals discussion' thread and since I posted that another savvy poster has found the same model cheaper (after I bought it!):

cjb02 wrote:

DABS
LG Electronics BD-350 Blu Ray Player £115
http://www.dabs.com/products/lg-elec...ayer-69F3.html

Simply electricals
Factory return - Sharp BDHP20 Blu-ray DVD Player £79.95
http://www.simplyelectricals.co.uk/bd-hp20.html

E4electricals
Sharp Blu-Ray Player BP-HP21h £89.95
http://www.e4electricals.com/product.aspx?id=2428

Ebuyer
F & H Blu-Ray Player - Full 1080p, DTS-HD with USB Playback - Black £89.99
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168916

Theshipscat

I've just purchased a Toshiba regza 37 tv from Amazon for £444 all in. The same tv in Tescos is £599 and in Curry's £649. Also Sainsbury's are doing a Philips home cimena package for £129.99 (It may be cheaper else where but I was in a hurry) add this to one of the better Blue Ray machines and you got yourself a cracking blue ray home cinema system for for £660 all in.

As I said the Philips system HTS3020 is £107.95 on Amazon +delivery.

gaz9245

I Just purchased the samsung blue ray dvd player from debenhams for £99. You can get FREE delivery too saving £4, by typing in discount code SH76 at the checkout. This works great. You will be thanking me when you try. Happy Christmas from Gary Wright - Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.:money:

mfraser

I bought one of the BDP3000 from Asda recently, but I've been unable to get it to connect to my router. So watch out if you're planning on getting one.

bat400

gaz9245 wrote: »

I Just purchased the samsung blue ray dvd player from debenhams for £99. You can get FREE delivery too saving £4, by typing in discount code SH76 at the checkout. This works great. You will be thanking me when you try. Happy Christmas from Gary Wright - Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.:money:

I ended up taking mine back to Debenhams - there was a problem with the front panel display saying LOAB instead of LOAD and NO BISC instead of NO DISC, and it wouldn't play Ice Age 1 or 3. I went to Richer Sounds and got a Sony BDP-S360D which is region-unlocked for DVDs for £99.

Still a good deal if you get a working one.

Al

bat400

mfraser wrote: »

I bought one of the BDP3000 from Asda recently, but I've been unable to get it to connect to my router. So watch out if you're planning on getting one.

A few have reported networking problems with the Philips, but Philips have promised a firmware update soon - let them know about the problem.

mfraser

bat400 wrote: »

A few have reported networking problems with the Philips, but Philips have promised a firmware update soon - let them know about the problem.

I've been in touch with their online support website and they didn't seem to have a clue - telling me I should disable the firewall in the router. The odd thing is that if I ask it to do a firmware update, it looks like it is downloading something, but the version after is the same!

bat400

mfraser wrote: »

I've been in touch with their online support website and they didn't seem to have a clue - telling me I should disable the firewall in the router. The odd thing is that if I ask it to do a firmware update, it looks like it is downloading something, but the version after is the same!

Is there an option to do a firmware update from a CD or USB key on the BDP3000? I'm not that familiar with it.