http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-09/deal-of-the-day-200-sony-blu-ray-player/ All your digital media goodness. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:48:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-09/deal-of-the-day-200-sony-blu-ray-player/comment-page-1/#comment-83104 MegaZone Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:29:20 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4875#comment-83104 The BDP-S300 is only Profile 1.0, so even sub-$200 I think I'd give it a pass. Right now <a href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/09/23/amazon-blu-ray-sales/" rel="nofollow">Amazon has a sale</a> where you can buy a BD player and three Warner BD movies and save an extra $50. The BDP-S300 is one of the players, but the one I'd pick is the Samsung BD-P1500 for $279.99 - for an extra $80 it is Profile 2.0 / BD-Live. The BDP-S300 is only Profile 1.0, so even sub-$200 I think I’d give it a pass. Right now Amazon has a sale where you can buy a BD player and three Warner BD movies and save an extra $50. The BDP-S300 is one of the players, but the one I’d pick is the Samsung BD-P1500 for $279.99 – for an extra $80 it is Profile 2.0 / BD-Live.

]]> http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-09/deal-of-the-day-200-sony-blu-ray-player/comment-page-1/#comment-83073 Rey Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:47:52 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4875#comment-83073 Brent, We did update the firmware on the 2 we have a couple weeks ago to 4.2, but I didn't notice a speed difference. I didn't time it or anything so it may have but I can't say for sure. We have 2 S300, 2 PS3s, some Pioneer Elite(?) and a Panasonic player of some sort and a Sharp player that can't play any burned media, not sure about model numbers. For real serious testing we send stuff out to a third party who does firmware testing and all that, we just do an initial testing in-house. Brent,
We did update the firmware on the 2 we have a couple weeks ago to 4.2, but I didn’t notice a speed difference. I didn’t time it or anything so it may have but I can’t say for sure. We have 2 S300, 2 PS3s, some Pioneer Elite(?) and a Panasonic player of some sort and a Sharp player that can’t play any burned media, not sure about model numbers. For real serious testing we send stuff out to a third party who does firmware testing and all that, we just do an initial testing in-house.

]]> http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-09/deal-of-the-day-200-sony-blu-ray-player/comment-page-1/#comment-83066 Ivan Y Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:51:27 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4875#comment-83066 I'd think they should have a player for each firmware revision. Or is that not how compatibility testing works? I’d think they should have a player for each firmware revision. Or is that not how compatibility testing works?

]]> http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-09/deal-of-the-day-200-sony-blu-ray-player/comment-page-1/#comment-83065 Brent Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:10:49 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4875#comment-83065 Rey, I'm curious if you've upgraded any of those players firmware since you've used them at work. I hear the firmware upgrades speeds up the loading some. Rey,
I’m curious if you’ve upgraded any of those players firmware since you’ve used them at work. I hear the firmware upgrades speeds up the loading some.

]]> http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-09/deal-of-the-day-200-sony-blu-ray-player/comment-page-1/#comment-83048 Rey Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:54:33 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4875#comment-83048 We have a few of these at work for Blu-ray testing (we do authoring) and they are SLOW. Other than that, it seems like a great player but I think I'm saving up for a PS3. If you have to have a Blu-ray player for cheap though, it's not a bad price. We have a few of these at work for Blu-ray testing (we do authoring) and they are SLOW. Other than that, it seems like a great player but I think I’m saving up for a PS3. If you have to have a Blu-ray player for cheap though, it’s not a bad price.

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