Ben J
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Had it about 8 years so its done well.
Presuming its a no brainer to buy a Blu-Ray player as replacement instead of a normal DVD player?
Blu-Ray Players also play normal DVD's yeah?
So....any reccomendations?
Under £200. (ideally £150 mark)
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Andrew
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Try RicherSounds
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moka
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ps3?
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Sam
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quote: Originally posted by moka
ps3?
He said under £200?
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Ben J
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Thinking of this one...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-BD-C6500-Blu-Ray-Player-Built-/dp/B003BYRPL4/ref=sr_1_27?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1304618942&sr=1-27
£200 in Argos. £139 on Amazon.
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Ben J
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Ordered.
You Geeks are no help!
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Sam
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I was in PC World earlier, they had a BR player on offer for £99 (can't remember the make sorry)...
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Bart
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how often do you watch DVDs out of curiosity?
I thought they were dying off personally.
Havent bought a disk in over 5 years myself.
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Ben J
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A couple a week minimum. Lovefilm ftw.
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dannymccann
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quote: Originally posted by Bart
how often do you watch DVDs out of curiosity?
I thought they were dying off personally.
Havent bought a disk in over 5 years myself.
Dying off for people who have cable or infinity perhaps, but for us poor sods still on copper ADSL that is a pipedream
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John
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I've got copper ADSL and haven't bought a dvd for years and years, even back when I was on much slower ADSL than now.
As long as you don't want to watch the film right now 700mb DVDrips don't take that long to download, even on a slower connection.
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ed
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I downloaded a 1.5gb rip in 35 mins last night on a lowly copper line. Would have taken me longer to walk down to HMV and get the disk.
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Sam
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We haven't bought a DVD in months (if not years). I can't even remember the last time we watched one of the DVDs we own!
We either watch films on TV or make use of Orange Wednesdays and go to the cinema.
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LeeM
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blockbuster is down the road to me, i rent loads. quicker and easier than downloading.
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dannymccann
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quote: Originally posted by John
I've got copper ADSL and haven't bought a dvd for years and years, even back when I was on much slower ADSL than now.
As long as you don't want to watch the film right now 700mb DVDrips don't take that long to download, even on a slower connection.
I wasnt talking about illegal downloads, I was talking about using a proper dedicated service that you pay for
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John
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Same principal applies, just depends on the quality.
Going to a shop means moving from your chair, not easier than downloading.
Quicker depends on your connection and how far away from the shop you are.
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Bart
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quote: Originally posted by dannymccann
quote: Originally posted by Bart
how often do you watch DVDs out of curiosity?
I thought they were dying off personally.
Havent bought a disk in over 5 years myself.
Dying off for people who have cable or infinity perhaps, but for us poor sods still on copper ADSL that is a pipedream
Nope, still on DSL, 5-6mb at best.
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dannymccann
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Surely, if you wanted to stream a 1080p film you would have to wait overnight for it to buffer so you could watch it without breaks though?
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Cavey
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Wirless N or Wired
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Brett
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quote: Originally posted by dannymccann
Dying off for people who have cable or infinity perhaps
Infinity isn't all it's cracked up to be anyway.
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