Video Confused between a regular BD player or a BD writer for my comp

raj_pol · Jun 28, 2013

Hi,

My PC dvd writer conked a couple of years back and since then I have not been using any optical player as such. Now I have got a new TV (Samsung S6220) and am looking for a BD player. Two questions:

1. Should I get a regular BD player (external) and connect the same to my TV or an internal BD writer that I can fit into my computer? The costs for the internal player should be lesser.

2. In case of either of the options (internal or external) can you please suggest some good models lesser than 10k. Ideally I would prefer within the 6kish range.

Thanks
Raj

AK3D · Jul 3, 2013

If you're using your PC to connect to the TV with HDMI, by all means buy the burner, it'll be more use than a standalone player. I believe the Asus/Liteon ones cost about 7K nowadays.

raj_pol · Jul 5, 2013

@AK3D Thanks I keep seeing a LG Ble ray reader for 2000 bucks but it is out of stock now. Any other cheapo reders you know. I am not concerned with BD writing right now as I do not think I will be doing that for quite some time to come.

AK3D · Jul 5, 2013

@raj_pol sorry, no idea. You'll need to research what's available in the market.

raj_pol · Jul 10, 2013

@AK3D..Thanks for the help. Will post what I finally buy

babhishek · Jul 11, 2013

if you are not burning blurays, get a BD player. spend 10-12k and get a region free/unlockable one.

6pack · Jul 11, 2013

Are there region free bluray player's?

babhishek · Jul 11, 2013

6pack said:
Are there region free bluray player's?

yup, upgrade hardware and you are ready to go. also, some countries have models which are region free from the store!

raj_pol · Jul 12, 2013

Thanks all. I would probably go with the cheapest Blue Ray player. I just need an optical drive for the pc and I do not see myself buying a lot of Blue Rays or writing on them.

raj_pol · Jul 31, 2013

I finally went with the Liteon iHBS312-31. I should be receiving it in a couple of days. Let me see the same.