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My avel linkplayer 2 plays my dvds and streams movies stored on my home server by ethernet. I know nothing about blu-ray yet and I wonder if there is a well known player with a good reputation that I should not miss. Here are my requirements:

  • Play my dvds with a great quality
  • Stream movies from my local network
  • The company must have a good reputation. My current player is from IO-DATA and there were a lot of bugs, slowly or never fixed.
  • It must understand a lot of video formats. My main concern is about the files output by my Canon 5D mark II (AVCHD 38mbs .mov 1080p files). I ask about many formats because so far I convert my videos in a variety of formats (divx, xvid, wmv, didn't try mkv yet) depending on where I send them.

Does such a gem exist?

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Welcome to the site Nicolas. Just to clarify, you're looking for a standalone blu-ray player with support for streaming media, rather than an HTPC? – Rich Seller Jan 31 at 16:40
yes, exactly, as standalone player with DNLA. – Nicolas Feb 1 at 19:56

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It would help if you could clarify what you mean by "a lot of video formats". Are there any in particular you need support for?

I did a little looking around and there are a few blu-ray players with DNLA support, this allows you to stream over the local network.
The LG BG390 (currently $299.95 at amazon.com, about the same in £ in the UK) seems to meet your requirements. LG are now pretty well regarded. The BD390 is DNLA certified, and can understand MKV, VOB (MPEG), AVCHD, and full DivX HD. It even has 802.11n wireless.

There is a techradar review you may find helpful, it is where I got my information from as I just use my PS3 for blu-rays.

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Updated my question. This LG player seems great. Can only find BG390C here in Canada but I guess it's the same. – Nicolas Feb 1 at 19:59
It looks like it is the same to me – vls Feb 2 at 9:48
The BD390C seems out of stock everywhere in Canada... – Nicolas Feb 2 at 23:26
and I have now the confirmation that it is discontinued for 2 months. I could find the BD370C which also ends its life. – Nicolas Feb 5 at 3:28
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As long as you can live without MKV support, any reason to not consider the PS3? It really is a great blu-ray player. Additionally, it is continually updated via firmware updates. It also support media streaming via DNLA or UPnP servers.

The PS3 also supports bitstreaming quite a bit of HD audio codecs. The new slim version has even better HD audio support as well.

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Well, I have no particular reason and could investigate this path. I just don't need a gaming console. – Nicolas Feb 2 at 23:26

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