The 4 best blu-ray players of the moment: the best all-rounder, the best-value blu-ray player, the best budget option, the best choice if money is no object.
Updated: November 26, 2012 3:44 PM
By Pierre Anzil

Editor's choice

Sony PS3 Slim award

Sony PS3 Slim

With no analogue audio outputs and fairly high power use, this games console doesn't really stand up to comparison with a traditional Blu-ray player on paper. However, it delivers an impeccable picture, supports 3D and has an unrivalled range support for multimedia content. That's something that other Blu-ray players won't beat for a long time.

Best of the rest

Experts and Pros: A Must-Have

Sony BDP-S790 award

Sony BDP-S790
The Sony BDP-S790 picks up where the BDP-S780 left off. With a sleek design, an impeccable finish, plenty of functions and great picture quality, nothing is left to chance. All in all, this is an excellent Blu-ray player. The only minor setback for some users will be the fact that there's no 7.1 analogue connection.

Compact Design

Samsung BD-ES6000

Samsung BD-ES6000
The Samsung ES6000 is a Blu-ray player that stands out from the crowd with its ultra-compact design. The connected functions are so slow that you might as well forget about them, but otherwise the ES6000 does a very good job of 2D and 3D Blu-ray playback.

Budget Option

Sony BDP-S185

Sony BDP-S185
Barely as big as a sheet of A4 paper, this Blu-ray player looks really quite similar to Sony's PS3. Plus, the BDP-S185 uses the same Crossbar interface as the console for an easy way to access content stored on peripherals or online (music, VOD, network streaming etc.) It's a user-friendly device that delivers accurate picture quality.


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