LG BD390
The LG BD390's combination of excellent image quality, superfast loading times, and its currently unbeatable feature set make it our top choice among premium standalone Blu-ray players.
Price: $336.47 - $399.99 (check prices)
Review date: May 27, 2009
Excellent
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Sony PlayStation 3
Even though PS2 backward compatibility has been dropped from this version, the 80GB PS3 is still a superb Blu-ray player and high-definition game console.
Price: $359.00 - $399.99 (check prices)
Review date: Oct 8, 2008
Excellent
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Samsung BD-P3600
The Samsung BD-P3600 is a huge leap ahead for standalone Blu-ray players, with blazing-fast operational speed, tons of features, and excellent image quality.
Price: $315.00 - $399.99 (check prices)
Review date: Apr 2, 2009
Excellent
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Samsung BD-P4600
Samsung's BD-P4600 Blu-ray player is packed with features and its unique design makes it wall-mountable, but most buyers will be better off with the step-down BD-P3600.
Price: $427.00 - $499.99 (check prices)
Review date: May 4, 2009
Excellent
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Samsung BD-P1600
The Samsung BD-P1600 has a great mix of features and performance for a standalone Blu-ray player, with only its annoying design holding it back.
Price: $239.00 - $299.99 (check prices)
Review date: Mar 31, 2009
Very good
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Samsung BD-P2500
The Samsung BD-P2500 adds Netflix to an already well-featured and top-performing Blu-ray player, with only some minor disc compatibility issues giving us pause.
Price: $259.99 - $299.98 (check prices)
Review date: Nov 26, 2008
Very good
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LG BD370
LG's entry-level Blu-ray player packs Netflix and YouTube at a reasonable price, but the BD370's image quality is a step below the best.
Price: $219.00 - $299.99 (check prices)
Review date: Apr 8, 2009
Good
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Panasonic DMP-BD60K
The Panasonic DMP-BD60 offers excellent image quality and reliable Blu-ray playback, but it doesn't have as many features as the competition.
Price: $195.95 - $299.99 (check prices)
Review date: Mar 27, 2009
Good
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Sony BDP-S550
The Sony BDP-S550 offers excellent image quality and a solid feature set, but only consider it if you need the multichannel analog outputs.
Price: $309.99 - $499.95 (check prices)
Review date: Nov 17, 2008
Good
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Panasonic DMP-B15K
The Panasonic DMP-B15 is the world's first portable Blu-ray player and can function as a standalone player too, but ultimately it has too many caveats and costs too much.
Price: $799.00 (check prices)
Review date: Jun 22, 2009
Good
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Matthew Moskovciak