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Blu Ray Player

Hi all!

I am new to the blu ray world. I just bought a receiver that has DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD. So does that mean if I buy a blu ray player, it needs to have DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD built in decoder as well? I just want to find a blu ray player that will handle DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD for my receiver.

Also, when I buy a blu ray movies, do I need to make sure that it has DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD?

Also, what are some good quality blu ray players? I was looking at brands like:

- Samsung
- Sony
- Pioneer
- Philips
- Magnavox
- Panasonic
- Sharp
- LG

Thanks for any advice!!!
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nguyen357
51 posts
 
There's the most important piece of information missing here, your TV. Does your TV/LCD/PLASMA can displayed at least 1080p? or it's just a waste of money with Blu-Ray players. All the sounds that your Receiver can provide, any Blu-Ray players can do at least that and even more. The pictures quality only as good as your TV can be.
mantaraydesign OP
75 posts
 
Nguyen357, you got a good point. My TV is the Samsung HL-S5086W. You can see the specs at the link below:

http://reviews.cnet.com/projection-tvs/samsung-hl-s5086w/4507-6484_7-31783170.html?tag=mncol;psum

After looking at the specs of my TV, do you still think I should get a blu ray or not? If my TV is not 1080p, than I probably should not get a blu ray player until I buy a new TV with 1080p.
nguyen357
51 posts
 
I just looked that up, your Projection TV displays 1080i. Which is a tad under the Blu-Ray requirement. If you're not ready to upgrade your TV to LCD or Plasma, I said, get a high quality DVD player, as you can see their prices really gone under since Blu-Ray players came out. With your current TV, that will put on quite a nice display for standard DVD movies.
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almarg
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Correct me if I am wrong (as I have no Blue-Ray experience), but based on what I have read my understanding is that a well-made Blue-Ray disk played into a 1080i/720p hi def tv set, especially a large one such as the op's, will typically look better than a standard definition dvd played on a high quality upconverting dvd player.

In which case the suggestion to delay getting a Blue-Ray player until the TV is upgraded may not necessarily be correct.

Regards,
-- Al
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