Which blu-ray player?

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I'm looking to upgrade from my Sony blu-ray player which I've had for 3-4years which can no longer play dvds or blu-rays properly.

My budget is £100

I'm not fussed about all the smart features because my TV has them, but it needs to be able to play 3D blu-rays and upscale dvds well - this is important because I have fair number of 3D blu-rays and special edition/rare dvd releases which I like to watch, and wondered if there are any particular models which upscale better than others

Thanks
 
What tv have you got ? I cant see a £100 player doing any better job than a tv at upscaling tbh , unless your tv is rubbish
 
My tv is a Panasonic TX-47AS802B.

The reason why I asked about upscaling is because some of the more expensive players sometimes have better chips in them for upscaling. I know that the denon players used to be very good, but have things moved on now in that tvs and lower end blu-ray players are more than capable than they used to be? I haven't kept myself in the loop regarding this.

I had my eye on the Sony bdp-S5500 for about £100, but didn't know whether to get a Panasonic to match the TV or spend more and get the higher end Sony bdp-S7200.
 
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I think you'd have to look at the Reviews from the AV sites. My cheap Samsung 2D BluRay player upscales DVDs better than my mid range LG TV does. I know someone with a higher end LG and it upscales worse than my TV. Upscaling quality seem to vary enormously from one model to the next, even in the same brand.

Perhaps my very little experience in it, is not representative though.
 
Upscaling there's a can of worms, all depends upon the source material, TV may be better for 1 dvd and for another the dvd player may be better, at the end of the day for cheap systems its all subjective anyway.
 
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