Review on 📀 Philips BDP2105 Blu-ray Player - Full HD 1080p BDP2105/F7 by Dan Buycks

I will admit that I am very supportive of Philips, having used Philips AV equipment for many years, but reading the reviews about them got me thinking. However, my experience with the device was quite pleasant, and for thirty-one of your dollars I have no particular complaints. I can compare it to a previous Philips device. , bought cheaply at a pawn shop, BDP-5005, which also got some sort of stick. To be honest, the worst thing about the 5005 is that the tray is very slow and the Blu-ray discs can take a while to load. It improved slightly after I updated the firmware (advice for the wise with Blu-ray players - *always* update the firmware as soon as you plug it in). This old player is a bit monstrous but works well. I never tested the BD-Live feature because I didn't want to run an Ethernet cable around my house. Then connect to BDP2105/F7. Remarkably, it's much lighter than a 5005 that's built like a tank. It's also a lot smaller. Setting it up was easy enough - plug everything in, open the menu and keep going until everything seems right (those of you using coaxial audio connections will need to set up the bitstream). Setting up the wireless network was quick and easy, and updating the firmware is extremely quick. Regional hacking, allowing the player to play DVDs from other regions, was typical of Philips players, quick and easy (curiously, the 5005 isn't hackable, which is rare for Philips players). Blu-ray discs load fairly well. fast and playback seems excellent and there were no problems navigating the menus on the discs. Audio works great. DVDs have not previously been a problem, nor have CDs and DTS-CDs. Burned media works fine. I haven't done much with the USB implementation, but it reads from an external hard drive with no problems, and after some confusion, it seems ok to use a repurposed SD card for BD-Live (I'll convert it to a regular switch USB. Stick soon.) is for many the implementation of Internet applications. Which, unfortunately, is a bit anemic - the offerings are few and far between, and the Netflix app has proven a bit iffy, although it can pick up one heck of a good HD signal when it's working well. I'm also not entirely sure if the problem is on the player's side. Vudu works pretty well, as does YouTube and Pandora. I'd like to see a wider range of uses here, but this is really a Blu-Ray player that does streaming, not a streaming player that also plays Blu-Ray. Overall, decent value for money.