The Best Blu-ray Players of 2017

When you are choosing a Blu-ray player for your Blu-ray disc, you need to consider many factors, for example: The Blu-ray price is expensive or cheap, the Blu-ray player is heavy or light, the Blu-ray player can support 3D or 4K video or not? You also need to consider the Blu-ray player external port, loading disc speed and time and so on. If you want to buy a new Blu-ray layer or change the old one, following top 10 Blu-Ray Players in 2017 are ready for you, hope you can choose your desired Blu-ray player,

The Best Blu-Ray Players of 2017

No 1. Sony BDP-S6700

Price:$118

PROS: With more downloadable apps than others.

CONS: Can’t support Ultra-HD discs.

Key Features:

• With built-in Wi-Fi for streaming apps and services including Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video & more.
• Get the most out of your 4K Ultra HD TV by upscaling the quality of your Blu-ray movies to near 4K quality.
• Experience HD sound with Dolby and dts-Master Audio. Enjoy multi-room streaming capabilities with the SongPal Link Apps, and connect via bluetooth to enjoy wireless listening.
• View Android mobile devices’ content on your TV with Miracast screen mirroring technology.
• Enjoy videos, photos and digital music with USB connectivity.

No 2. Samsung UBD-K8500

Price:$189.6

PROS: It has a fast boot time of just six seconds.

CONS: There is no display on the front of this Blu-ray player.

Key Features:

• Full UHD 4K playback via HDMI
• UHD upscaling allows lower-resolution content to conform to near UHD.
• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio for an advanced sound experience
• Built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet allow streaming movies, TV shows, music, apps and more.
• USB 3.0 port to connect and share stored files via USB

No 3. Sony BDP-S6500

Price:$225

PROS: Download an app that lets you use your smartphone as a remote.

CONS: The built-in apps take a long time to load.

Key Features:

• Built-in Wi-Fi you can wirelessly access popular streaming apps: Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, PlayStation Now & more.
• 4K Upscaling: Get the most out of 4K Ultra HD TV by upscaling the quality of Blu-ray movies to near 4K quality.
• Experience HD sound with Dolby and dts-Master Audio
• View Android mobile devices’ content on your TV with Miracast screen mirroring technology.
• Front USB Port: Enjoy videos, photos and digital music with USB connectivity.

No 4. Panasonic BDP-460

Price:$169.99

PROS: Mirror content from smartphone or tablet to HDTV.

CONS: The remote is small and unpleasant to use.

Key Features:

• Works on all TVs with HDMI connection
• Support multiple viddeo fomats: MKV, MP4, FLAC, DVIX, AVI, XVID, AVCHD, MPEG2 and so on.
• Support various sound type: LPCM Dolby, Digital Dolby, Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, DTS DTS 2.0 +, MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, etc.

No 5. Samsung BD-J5900

Price:$89

PROS: Support both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.

CONS: Sport a gaudy curved design.

Key Features:

• Full HD 1080p playback via HDMI.
• Support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
• Built-in apps for Netflix, Hulu, YouTube etc. for streaming movies, TV, music and more.
• USB 2.0 port to connect and share stored files via USB or an external hard drive directly to the blu-ray player.

No 6. LG BP550

Price:$129.99

PROS: Provide several preinstalled apps.

CONS: Can’t provide many audio outputs.

Key Features:

• Full HD 1080p playback via HDMI.
• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio provide an advanced sound experience
• Built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet for streaming movies, TV shows, music, apps and more.
• USB port to connect and share stored files via USB or an external hard drive directly to the blu-ray player.
• 1080p Resolution Upscaling allows lower-resolution content to conform to 1080p display.

No 7. Philips BDP7501

Price:$249.99

PROS: Support 3D Blu-ray discs.

CONS: It only supports two apps, and no app store where you can download more.

Key Features:

• High Dynamic Range (HDR) for impressive detail in shadows and brilliant highlights.
• Plays 3D Blu-ray and DVD as well with real 4K upscale.
• Dolby TrueHD for high fidelity sound.
• HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2 on all HDMI ports means years of worry free 4K interoperability.
• Wireless LAN 802.11ac with MMO antennas for seamless streaming of online 4K content.

No 8. LG BP350

Price:$82

PROS: This affordable machine’s picture quality is on par with more expensive Blu-ray players.

CONS: Apps are slow and take a long time to load, like Netflix.

Key Features:

• All Items Are Brand New – Includes LG USA Warranty
• Smart Wi-Fi Streaming Blu-ray Disc Player – BP350
• 2 x 6 ft High Speed 3D Ready 120hz Ready 1080p HDMI Cable
• Performance TV/LCD Screen Cleaning Kit
• Microfiber Cleaning Cloth

No 9. Seiki SR4KP1

Price:$89.95

PROS: Doesn’t have a region lock.

CONS: Menus are complicated and difficult to navigate, especially for beginner.

Key Features:

• U-VISION 4K Up-Conversion Technology
• Technicolor 4K Image Certified
• Full HD 1080p Blu-ray Disc Playback

No 10. Magnavox MBP1500

Price:$63

PROS: Deep Color video enhancement feature, which improves picture quality.

CONS:  The remote control is too small to use.

Key Features:

• Blu-ray Disc playback for sharp images in full HD 1080p
• Plays DVD’s and up-converts them to 1080p with a HDMI cable
• 1080p at 24fps for cinema-like picture quality
• CLEAR+ for clearer and sharper images

Comparison : 2017 Best Blu-Ray Players

	Sony BDP-S6700	Samsung UBD-K8500	Sony BDP-S6500	Panasonic BDP-460	Samsung BD-J5900	LG BP550	Philips BDP7501	LG BP350	Seiki SR4KP1	Magnavox MBP1500
Ranking
Ease of use	A	A+	B	A-	B	B	B	B	C	C
Video Playback
4K Support	Upscaling	Native	Upscaling	Upscaling	Upscaling		Native		Upscaling
3D Support
DLNA Support
Audio Playback
Coaxial Audio Output
Connectivity
USB
Internet Connection	Wi-Fi/Ethernet	Wi-Fi/Ethernet	Wi-Fi/Ethernet	Wi-Fi/Ethernet	Wi-Fi/Ethernet	Wi-Fi/Ethernet	Wi-Fi/Ethernet	Wi-F	Ethernet	None
Design
Dimensions	10 x 7.6 x 1.5	9 x 16 x 1.8	10 x 7.6 x 1.5	16.4 x 7.2 x 1.7	14.2 x 7.7 x 1.6	10.6 x 7.7 x 1.7	8.7 x 8.7 x 2.4	7.7 x 10.6 x 1.7	9.8 x 14.2 x 1.9	7.9 x 11.1 x 1.5
Weight	2	4.2	2	2.7	1.1	1.9	3.5	1.9	2.7	2.3

Best Way to Enjoy Your Blu-ray Player At Will

You have spent much money on Blu-ray player, when you get a new Blu-ray from other places ot buy the Blu-ray disc from the Blu-ray store, however the Blu-ray player can’t play the Blu-ray disc, what’s happening? As known to all, the Blu-ray is connected with region code which will affect your enjoyment on Blu-ray movie. Also the frail disc is the big trouble, you would better copy Blu-ray for storage. All these can be solved by a third Blu-ray ripper, like Pavtube Bytecopy which can also help you to remove any Blu-ray region code effortlessly, even including the latest Blu-ray protection: CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs and Sony ARccOS, etc.

This software provides different ways to copy Blu-ray, you can backup the entire Blu-ray disc which can keep all the Blu-ray structure, such as Blu-ray chapters, subtitles, audio tracks, etc. You also can choose to copy the Blu-ray main title which won’t affect the Blu-ray movie content. Best of all, we know most Blu-ray player support the USB port, you can rip and backup the Blu-ray to digital video formats and sva the video to the USB for Blu-ray player, you can keep the Blu-ray forever. If your Blu-ray player can support 3D movie, you can get 3D video from 2D Blu-ray easily. 4K video is also can be supported at here. Read this Blu-ray ripper review you can get more information.

Quick Guide: How to Use the Best Blu-ray Ripper

Step 1. You can drag the Blu-ray to the left window directly, you also can choose to click File and load Blu-ray disc to it. Blu-ray image and folder are all supported too. At the right window, you can watch the movie.

Step 2-Option 1: Full Blu-ray Disc Rip and Copy:

This Blu-ray Ripper can keep the Blu-ray main title, advertisement, chapter markers, review and the whole audio/subtitle streams. In other words, this way won’t change the Blu-ray content structure. You need to click this: 

Step 2-Option 2: Directly Blu-ray Rip and Copy:

You can rip and copy Blu-ray main title for smaller space, which will not affect you to enjoy the whole Blu-ray movie.

Step 2-Option 3: Digital Blu-ray Backup:

You can click “Format” and open the output video formats list, here, you can choose any digital video formats as the output video file, such as: MP4, MKV, H.264,H.265, AVI,MPEG-2, etc. Best of all, you can choose lossless MKV which can keep the

Blu-ray video chapters, subtitles and track audio, you also can keep or remove them by yourself.

Step 3. After all setting is completed, hit right-bottom “Convert” button which is at the main interface, the begin the Blu-ray conversion . Wait for a while, you can get your desired video formats.

In this post, you can choose one your desired Blu-ray player, then you can get the best Blu-ray ripper and remove all the Blu-ray region code and other Blu-ray protection. Then you can play any Blu-ray disc on Blu-ray player at will. By the way, you can read this post and choose the best DVD player. Good luck to you.