Bought a new Bluray player

[Jack in Wilmington]

If you look at Consumer Reports ratings, they don't even rate DVD players anymore. Out of the top 11 Blu-ray players, six are Samsung units. Like Mr P, I'm not the Sony fan boy I used to be. Not that Sony was bad, but I did find better elsewhere.

[Smokey]

If you look at Consumer Reports ratings, they don't even rate DVD players anymore. Out of the top 11 Blu-ray players, six are Samsung units.

Couple of web sites that does Bluray player testing, gave Sony and Panasonic bluray player top marks for picture quality. Samsung was not included in that honor list:

Blu-ray players | Reviews and products | What Hi-Fi?

BTW Jack, if you have it handy, could you list the bluray players ConsumerReports tested and rating they got.

Thanks

[Jack in Wilmington]

Couple of web sites that does Bluray player testing, gave Sony and Panasonic bluray player top marks for picture quality. Samsung was not included in that honor list:

Blu-ray players | Reviews and products | What Hi-Fi?

BTW Jack, if you have it handy, could you list the bluray players ConsumerReports tested and rating they got.

Thanks

Sure, here they are. Make, Model and Rating.

1. Samsung BD-H5900 80
2. Samsung BD-H6500 79
3. Samsung BD-HM59C 79
4. OPPO BDP-103 79
5. LG BP540 76
6. LG BPM54 76
7. Panasonic DMP-BDT360 76
8. Samsung BD-F5700 75
9. Panasonic DMP-BDT330 75
10. Samsung BD-HM57C 74
11. Samsung BD-H5100 73


There are more on the next page, if you're looking for a particular one.

[Smokey]

Thanks jack for that list. I am surprise Sony did not make the list. I am guessing other factors such as reliability, speed and ease of use does also weight in ConsumerReports ratings.

I don't think CR tested out Bluray upscaling capability in their evaluation. Oppo or Panasonic probably would have gotten better rating in their Bluray player recommendation.

[Mr Peabody]

CR might be good for appliances, maybe, but I quit reading for electronics when they came out that all CD players sound the same.

[Jack in Wilmington]

CR might be good for appliances, maybe, but I quit reading for electronics when they came out that all CD players sound the same.

Who knows, maybe with the ones they test, they do sound the same. You won't see them testing any Esoteric or Mark Levinson models. I use their publications as just one tool in the research process. I would never use their speaker recommendations or most other electronics, this we agree on.