Seiki BD660?

Posted by bassbinotoko (A) on November 26, 2012 at 17:07:55

In Reply to: Pondering Blu-ray... Oppo perhaps??? posted by Dman on November 20, 2012 at 12:19:43:

Every so often, Walmart puts those on sale for $48 instead of the usual exorbitant $78. It has the particular virtues of being region-free capable for DVD and will convert PAL DVDs to NTSC, and the Blu-ray region can be changed at will. It'll play avi and mkv files from a DVD-R or USB device, or wma and mp3 audio files, but not FLAC. The hard power switch is on the back, which is awkward, and so is the USB port. Apart from that, the remote is decent, and it has both Toslink and coax outputs for S/PDIF, and even composite video if you want to watch Blu-rays on an ancient TV. You can find name brand Blu-ray players for the same sort of money, but they're unlikely to be region free and may not handle PAL DVDs, regardless of the region setting.

There was an earlier hardware revision of this model that ran hot and had a noisy fan, but that was a couple of years ago now. There's some discussion of this player at Redflagdeals.com if you want to know more.

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Topic - Pondering Blu-ray... Oppo perhaps??? - Dman 12:19:43 11/20/12 (18)

Probably too late, but Sony BDP S790 - Brian A 11:34:38 11/27/12 (5)

RE: Probably too late, but Sony BDP S790 - Dman 11:59:14 11/27/12 (1)

Sorry, I misread a review, alas, no DVD_A nt - Brian A 17:14:54 11/27/12 (0)

Sony BDP S790 plays DVD-A????? (NT) - Kal Rubinson 11:55:41 11/27/12 (2)

RE: Sony BDP S790 plays DVD-A????? (NT) - Dman 12:00:47 11/27/12 (1)

Sony has never made a DVD-A capable player, afaik. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 16:48:29 11/27/12 (0)

Seiki BD660? - bassbinotoko 17:07:55 11/26/12 (1)

Oops; no DVD-A - bassbinotoko 17:17:43 11/26/12 (0)

RE: Pondering Blu-ray... Oppo perhaps???panasonic??? - Ben Van Dyk 09:08:36 11/24/12 (0)

VERY pleased w/ Oppo BDP-93! - bquisp 21:33:57 11/23/12 (0)

The mid-price Sony models ($150 US) are all you need. - Prisoners 14:25:03 11/23/12 (2)

Soory, missed the Dvd-Audio requirement. - Prisoners 14:27:40 11/23/12 (1)

RE: Soory, missed the Dvd-Audio requirement. - Dman 17:16:37 11/23/12 (0)

over priced - mbnx01 10:41:33 11/21/12 (1)

RE: over priced - Dman 13:24:51 11/23/12 (0)

They're available.... - kootenay 14:37:20 11/20/12 (2)

RE: They're available.... - Dman 13:26:20 11/23/12 (1)

It could be worse.... - kootenay 14:52:17 11/23/12 (0)

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Seiki BD660? - bassbinotoko 17:07:55 11/26/12 (1)

Oops; no DVD-A - bassbinotoko 17:17:43 11/26/12 (0)

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