Please don't hurt me!

[kaliraver]

Welcome to the forum and believe me everyone plays nice here for the most part (this isn't AVM$). In regards to your question I can probably help you out with a couple even though I do own a PS3 as my main Blu-Ray player. As far as a stand alone player I would either look at a Sony BDP-S300 or a Samsung BD-P1400 both go for about $439 on Amazon with free shipping and I have heard nothing but good stuff on both. The advantage to the Samsung is that it can decode DTS-HDMA with the new firmware that came out for it and I think its the only Blu-Ray player that is currently capable of doing so. The Sony is very good as well and really haven't heard anything negative about it but have heard a lot of good things about it.

I do know that the LG & Samsung BD players had issues with the new Fox releases but they work with no problem now since they have released an actual firmware upgrade from LG & Samsung older BD players. I will let other people chime in here that actually own these stand alones and hope you'll be here for a long time coming.