Why dont u guys consider Samsung BD/Philips/LG BD player? I saw these players selling at RM399 only with LAN/Wifi/DLNA, it can play mkv, avi, blue-ray disc of course, also it can play dvd upscaling to 1080p....and also firmware upgrade via internet.

I'm thinking to buy one of these moreso because of the internet blockage.

Well, yes maybe...But you have more options with a BD player. You can buy a blue-ray disc and just put inside your player. You can also play your exisiting DVD which it will upscale to 1080p for you. This capability definitely cannot be done using just media player. In addition, it can also attach your external HDD to play MKV, AVI, DIvX files.

Actually, what is the disadvantage of this BD players compared to media player? As for file format, the only disadvantage is perhaps it cant play RMVB.

Apart from RMVB, these BD players almost support all the popular formats, like MKV, AVI, DIvX,...

It also has DLNA...to stream your video, photo, music....

And it also play True HD audio. So, what do you want more?

Check yourself! For example Samsung BD-C5500, RM399.00

http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-players-re...tml#reviewPage1





Like nearly every Blu-ray player available now, the BD-C5500 offers onboard decoding for both high-resolution Dolby and DTS formats. If you're looking to play back SACDs and DVD-Audios, you'll need to look to Oppo's competing players; Sony's competing BDP-S370 also offers SACD playback

Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-players-re...l#ixzz1P9kYIpMG

This post has been edited by ezlife: Jun 13 2011, 07:54 PM