What's a good Blu-Ray player?

[Midnightsailor]

Originally Posted by slim4511

Looking to get my first Blu-Ray player. With my system, is it worth the extra money to get the BD 55 over the BD 35? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

System:
Samsung DLP 1080i TV
Onkyo TX-SR 705
Kef iQ9, iQ6c, iQ8ds
Velodyne DLS-400R

It really depends on whether or not you want to send audio out to your receiver via HDMI or analog. If you wanted analog, I'd say it's a worthy upgrade for your setup.

As for earlier posts, I currently own a PS3 and I want a BD55. The PS3 is faster now, but there are reasons already mentioned to get the standalone, instead. Not to mention, I'm not a gamer and I don't want a gaming system.

[slim4511]

Originally Posted by Midnightsailor

It really depends on whether or not you want to send audio out to your receiver via HDMI or analog. If you wanted analog, I'd say it's a worthy upgrade for your setup.

As for earlier posts, I currently own a PS3 and I want a BD55. The PS3 is faster now, but there are reasons already mentioned to get the standalone, instead. Not to mention, I'm not a gamer and I don't want a gaming system.

thanks, I do have HDMI connected currently. HDMI is better than analog - correct?

[gearyt]

Originally Posted by slim4511

thanks, I do have HDMI connected currently. HDMI is better than analog - correct?

yep....

unless your receiver doesn't support HD thru HDMI

[slim4511]

Originally Posted by gearyt

yep....

unless your receiver doesn't support HD thru HDMI

I see that I have the same Onkyo 705 as you do so am I safe to assume that it does support HD thru HDMI?