Whatever you do, do test the player at a store before you purchase (as opposed to buying sight-unseen on the web). My father has a Panasonic Blu-Ray player that is unbelievably sluggish in some respects. For example, just to open the disc tray takes one minute (machine powers up and goes through an incredibly long start-up procedure before tray opens). The remote control is the typical eyesore with thirty incomprehensible buttons.

Leo

ps. I use the PlayStation 3 for Blu-Ray which works very well.

Apologies if this has been discussed before - has anyone used the RE-BL (www.re-bl.com) infra-red to bluetooth converter for the PS3 with the Beo5 (or Beo4) remote control?

My BV8-40 will be delivered in early August, with a Beo5 remote control. I will be using th PS3 as a DVD/Blu-Ray player.

ANS

ans wrote:

Apologies if this has been discussed before - has anyone used the RE-BL (www.re-bl.com) infra-red to bluetooth converter for the PS3 with the Beo5 (or Beo4) remote control?

My BV8-40 will be delivered in early August, with a Beo5 remote control. I will be using th PS3 as a DVD/Blu-Ray player.

ANS

On the Dutch forum, good results have been reported using the "Nyko Bluwave"

Bieele

I currently use the Nyco Bluewave with my PS3 and its works fine with the Beo 5 and the Beo 4 as the PUC is already available.  The only negative is that you have to press the Sony controller to turn it on but all other functions are performed flawlessly.  Its just a little USB stick that occupies 1 of the USB ports on the front of the PS3. I would recommend it highly.

Carl

I use Nyco as well, it work like a charm.

Pardon my ignorance, if Beo 5 and the Beo 4 work well with the PUC, why would one need a Nyco Bluewave (is it to control more complicated functions)? Thanks.

The TV only excepts infrared commands and the PS3 does not, so the bluewave converts the infrared commands sent down the wire into a format that the PS3 understands.

aweicc wrote:

I use Nyco as well, it work like a charm.

I would like to buy a Nyco controller, but I can not find any sites which have any in stock.

Any ideas where I can order one?

Thanks,

Bieele

Hi there!

I have the new Sony BDP-s360 blu-ray player with the BeoVision 8-40 and it is absolutely excellent in terms of picture and sound performance. 100% recommended and it is one of the few that decodes DTS-HD via HDMI. Even though this is new on the market, I have noticed that its price is continuously falling, unlike B&O products!

I researched a lot before buying this player and apart from the Pioneer 320 which is almost twice the price, the reviewers are loving this little Sony!