Is BluRay Player a good media player replacement?

[kamalnv]

Great .. will try that... is the firmware also upgrading properly ?

with india DNS i am not able to

 

[Dushie]

Mine came with the latest firmware installed, hence there is no new update as of now.
I cross checked the Sony support site and the latest firmware is below :

File Description UPDATE Blu-ray Disc Player Firmware Upgrade Release Date 9/25/2013 Version M15.R.0163 File Size 101.07 MB

 

[kamalnv]

Auto upgrade did not work for me.....had to do manual method.

 

[reignofchaos]

The biggest issue these days with using a bluray player for playing downloaded rips is Cinavia. Since pretty much every player is riddled with cinavia now, if the player detects the cinavia watermark in the audio, the player stops playing the file midway.

 

[manoj.p]

Cinavia is the reason I have kept one extra non-cinavia bluray player as a backup. ;-) It is put away just in case my current bluray player dies.

 

[nicenicenicee]

Coming to the original question ...

It is my strict personal opinion that BD players are not a good replacement for media players. While BD players can play back media from the HDD, some may place restrictions. The menu will be very rudimentary and little cumbersome. BD player is best suited for regular BD/DVD watchers with occassional downloads while media player is best suited for downloaders. But one thing where BD player scores over media player is that while a BD player can play discs, a media player can't (except Dune).

Hi Kix,

Now i Have a basic question that do these media players are capable of doing upscale as well like a decent BD player does (e.g. Pioneer BD450)?

I don't see any of the media player mentions that.

More over there is a sea of Media player which one to choose?

Some gotten my attention, and also left me confused than before.

Amazon.com: Micca EP950 1080p 3D Digital Media Player with Gigabit Network, USB 3.0, and 3.5" HDD Drive Bay (Realtek 1186): Electronics

Amazon.com: KDLINKS HD720 Extreme FULL HD 1080P 3D Media Player with Internal HDD Bay, Gigabit Network, Built-In Wifi: Electronics

Amazon.com: Micca MPLAY-HD 1080p Full-HD Digital Media Player For USB Drives and SD/SDHC (Realtek 1055): Electronics

Amazon.com: New Minix Neo X8-H Smart Tv Box Mini Pc & Media Streaming Player Quad Core Android Smart Tv Box 2gb Ddr3-16gb: Electronics

mede8er med600x3d


Amazon.com: G-Box Midnight MX2 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Dual Core XBMC Streaming Mini HTPC TV Box Player: Electronics

which one to choose?

is building HTPC a good idea and why?

 

[nicenicenicee]

Few More:


Amazon.com: M8 Amlogic S802 Quad Core Cortex A9 2.0GHz Bluetooth 2.4G/5G Dual Wifi XBMC Streaming Player 4K Hdmi Android 4.4 KitKat OS TV Box With Free Tronsmart RJ 45 LAN Ethernet Network Adapter: Electronics

http://www.amazon.com/Keedox®-Amlog...d_sim_e_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZMFEZ828EP4J2BWRX32

Amazon.com: M8 Quad Core Android 4.4 Smart Set Top TV Box XBMC 3D Blu-ray 4K Streaming Media Player Miracast DLNA Receiver Amlogic S802 AML8726-M8 Cortex A9@ 2GHz 2GB Ram 8GB Rom Mali450 GPU 4K HDMI 2.4G/5G Dual WiFi Ultra HD Mini PC: MP3 Players & A

 

[digitdvd]

I also would like to know about the questions asked in the above post.. Also is hi10p (10 bit x265 based) format compatibility confirmed by any of these players?

 

[fx20]

I heard Pioneer BDP-450 is pretty versatile. With hacked firmware, you can basically play everything. And it comes with Marvell's QDEO.

 

[Tina1234]

I think so. For Blu-ray player can play other format, but other players can't play blu-rays. That is the advantage.