D
Deleted member 133
Guest
I'm getting a little tired of the fact that my Sony Blu-ray players (two of them; one in each of my HTs) don't stream .mkv files and freeze up quite often when playing them off stick (mostly, as far as I can tell, with DTS MA tracks.) This has gotten me to think about possible new devices. I've been doing some searching and to date I've not found anything that meets ALL of my criteria (listed below). I'm looking for suggestions for specific makes/models. NB. I am not interested in some Rube Goldberg set up using a bunch of services, devices / servers etc. Just what is in my criteria.
Criteria:
1. It must be a disc playing device - first and foremost. CD / DVD / BD / SACD - and all the variants thereof (like DVD-R, DVD+R, BD-R, etc. of those four.) DVD-A is desired but not an absolute.
2. Must have both ethernet and high-speed wi-fi and be able to do DLNA streaming.
3. HDMI and RCA stereo analog output - the latter because that's the only way to send a signal to the additional zones on my pre/pro and receiver. Don't need any other analog outputs; everything going via HDMI and I'm letting the receiver /pre/pro do the work.
4. Must have Netflix. No other such service is required, but if it comes with them that's ok.
5. Must have front and rear USB inputs and be able to play every available format of photo, music and video file from a stick.
6. Must be able to stream every available photo, music and video file from my DLNA server, but I might be satisfied if it can do, as a minimum, jpeg and tiff, mp3, mp4 and mkv - and all the stereo/surround formats that might be found in the latter two containers.
7. Obviously 1080p output. I do not need nor want 3D or 4k upsampling.
8. Must cost ~$150 or less (so yes, this rules out anything from Oppo.)
So in a nutshell, I'm looking for an inexpensive disc player that handles any format, either on disc, stick, or from a server, and gets Netflix.
I've been looking at Sony and Samsung offerings but so far none of their models meet the criteria.
Jeff
Criteria:
1. It must be a disc playing device - first and foremost. CD / DVD / BD / SACD - and all the variants thereof (like DVD-R, DVD+R, BD-R, etc. of those four.) DVD-A is desired but not an absolute.
2. Must have both ethernet and high-speed wi-fi and be able to do DLNA streaming.
3. HDMI and RCA stereo analog output - the latter because that's the only way to send a signal to the additional zones on my pre/pro and receiver. Don't need any other analog outputs; everything going via HDMI and I'm letting the receiver /pre/pro do the work.
4. Must have Netflix. No other such service is required, but if it comes with them that's ok.
5. Must have front and rear USB inputs and be able to play every available format of photo, music and video file from a stick.
6. Must be able to stream every available photo, music and video file from my DLNA server, but I might be satisfied if it can do, as a minimum, jpeg and tiff, mp3, mp4 and mkv - and all the stereo/surround formats that might be found in the latter two containers.
7. Obviously 1080p output. I do not need nor want 3D or 4k upsampling.
8. Must cost ~$150 or less (so yes, this rules out anything from Oppo.)
So in a nutshell, I'm looking for an inexpensive disc player that handles any format, either on disc, stick, or from a server, and gets Netflix.
I've been looking at Sony and Samsung offerings but so far none of their models meet the criteria.
Jeff