Recommend me a multi-region Blu Ray player

[13 DJP]

Hot on the heels of my current Sky HD issues I feel the need to also update my Blu Ray player.

I currently have a Sony BDP S500, which was the daddy back in the day but must be getting on for 5-6 years old now and takes a while to load a disc and has no ethernet port or wireless.

New player must also be multi-region (for DVDs only) as I have a huge region 1 collection of DVDs plus region 2 DVDs and region 2 Blu Rays.

No particular budget as such, but somewhere around £300 max would be good, although I`m happy to pay more if I`m going to see a significant difference.

What do you all recommend then?

Cheers
Dave

[13 DJP]

Cheers for that, looks good. Never heard of Oppo before, what`s the quality like?

I`m not interested in 3D at all. Am I paying more for it in the Oppo player?

I`m easily persuaded to spend more but am I getting a significant difference over a £300 player?

With regard display, I`m running everything through a Sony STR DA-3300ES amplifier and then into a Panasonic Viera 50" 1080p Plasma (not sure of exact model, but approximately 4 years old, may only be 50hz). Will be upgraded at some point, but not for a while yet

[13 DJP]

I`m tempted by the Sony BDP-S790 at £299, it`s winner of the What guide this month and looks good, BUT... is it going to be significantly different to the Oppo for the extra £200?

Might also be good for you chum:

page3 said:

Does anyone know of an alternative to the Oppo, for less money?

There seems nothing between the £100 plastic 'rubbish' and the expensive Oppo.

I want a basic player feature wise (couldn't care less about any 'value added' guff) but with multi-region DVD and I want it to be a well build sturdy metal enclosure.