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Recommendations for Blu-ray Player

Guys, I'm so close to a solution for my 2-ch system. Looking for Blu-ray player recommendations thats fit the following:

  • Stream AmazonUHD, NAS, YouTube (and any other common audio/video streaming apps)
  • 24-bit/192kHz PCM audio quality
  • Ethernet and Wifi
  • HDMI and Coax outputs
  • Prefer: full-component width, front-panel display, on-screen menu system
I currently have a Sony BDP-S7200 that does everything above except no AmazonUHD app. And as easy as it would be to add it (Sony is an AmazonUHD partner) - Sony probably won't. Tidal option would be nice too. 

Thanks for your recommendations! When/if I find something, I'll report back.
mwatsme
auxinput
2,921 posts
 
HiMedia S500 player with a linear power supply.  It's one of the only two "generic" Android 9.0 OS devices, supporting full AndroidTV and Google Play apps, including Amazon Music for HD.  Alternatively, Nvidia Shield, but it has a proprietary power cable.

Maybe FireTV Cube with linear power supply, but it has a smaller non-standard DC plug.  An SBooster with all the different adapters would likely work).

Roku with linear power supply?

Unfortunately, all these devices only output audio through HDMI.  There really isn't any device that does what you want and still has a digital COAX output.
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mattmiller
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OPPO BDP 105, Buy one if you can find it. Luckily OPPO was forward thinking enough so that you dont need firmware updates or any kind of updates. The great news is it will handle all your requested needs and then some!  I would buy one in a heartbeat if available because as bkeske has stated they dont make these anymore! (a Firestick hardly replaces this unit ,not even close).Because they are disc players OPPO is doing there forward thinking agian and sees discs are bad! LOL.


OPPO Digital universal players support a wide variety of audio file formats and sampling rates. When playing high resolution audio content from a USB hard drive, all of the typical high resolution audio formats are supported, including WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, and DSF/DFF.

USB Hard Drive and Network (SMB, NFS, and DLNA): Stereo and multi-channel PCM up to 192 kHz. Stereo and multi-channel DSD up to 2.8 MHz (DSD64).

USB DAC Input: Stereo PCM up to 192 kHz.


There are preowned ones still available....I think.

www.amazon.com/OPPO-BDP-105-Universal-Audiophile-Blu-ray/dp/B00BEZQU3G



Also,  1. These are highly modded by MODWRIGHT Instruments,

       2. You can add a very high quality dedicated music streamer via the OPPOs USB 2.0 audio connection :-)




Matt M
auxinput
2,921 posts
 
Oppo 103/105 is an excellent platform for streaming, but options are limited.  I know it streams Netflix and only a few other providers. It does NOT stream anything from Amazon.
big_greg
6,717 posts
 
I'm not sure there's an all-in-one box that will do what you want.  You want a blu-ray player for your two channel system?  

I have a combination 2 channel / home theater setup.  My preamp has a home theater bypass option so I can use it for both.  

My 2 channel system does not use my Oppo UDP-203 in any way.  I have a streamer that I use for streaming music.  I use my Blu-Ray player to watch Blu-Ray and 4K movies.  That's it.  For video streaming I have a Roku.

Space and budget may prevent you from getting purpose driven devices, but if you can get the right tool for each task instead of trying to use a Swiss Army Knife for everything.
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