November 1st, 2009
Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Blu-ray Players/Home Theater Systems
With prices for both players and discs plunging, this may be the holiday season for Blu-ray. Already online movie streaming is making inroads—even on Blu-ray players themselves. Some of these picks are integrating on-demand video services into their feature sets, hoping to keep themselves relevant in the disc-less future.
You don’t drop $500 on an Oppo Blu-ray player like the BDP-83 because you want to watch Netflix’s streaming service through it. You get one because of its superlative video quality and speed, along with its ability to play PAL-encoded discs and even niche products like DVD-Audio and SACD discs. If you don’t care about networking features, but value high-quality image quality most of all, the BDP-83 is worth the price.
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Sean Portnoy spent several years as an editor at Computer Shopper magazine, most recently serving as online executive editor. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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