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1 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for CODEC
Philips DVP5990 DVD Player
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$69.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars player complains about the codec for these file, not sure if it's possible to add this codec via firmware update.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i threw a couple show episodes on a 16gb flash drive, without checking the file format or codec and the dvp5990 played everything i threw at it without question!
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars plays most video codecs you throw at it, whether from a usb thumb drive or external hard drive (provided the external hdd has its own power supply - all of my external enclosures do).
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars does not play .mkv file with x264 codec
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars codec support is pretty good (meaning that most stuff you download will probably play).
Positives: Great Affordability, High Quality, Easy To Use, DVD Player
2 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for CODEC
Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray Player
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$269.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars hdmi users: i stream the hd codecs to my onkyo 805 through hdmi - works without a hitch and sounds incredible but know that hdmi has a limitation that it can only stream one hd audio stream at a time.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars however as far as the player stands yes you will need a reciever that supports all the major codecs in order for it to shine.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i someday hope they offer a firmware update to allow it to decode the dts hd codec, but i'm not holding my breath.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars this was a good choice for me as i planned to process audio codecs in avr.
Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Affordability, Good Sound Quality, DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
3 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for CODEC
Panasonic DMP-BD35 Blu-Ray Player
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$195.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars beautiful picture, bd-live ready (though the people i bought it for dont even use it), and of course on board decoding of all high definition audio codecs.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars this also supports the new dts master audo and dolby true audio codecs so you will be able to enjoy the blu ray disk to the maximum.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars one of the issues with blu-ray players is their ability to properly decode and output all the hi-def audio codec's like dolby truehd and dts master audio.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i connected via hdmi cable to my sony receiver which can decode all the new dolby and dts codecs.
  5. from simplemoney, www.shopping.com
    4.0 Stars pros: simple, 1080/24p video output and provides full audio codec decoding!
Positives: Excellent Affordability, High Quality, Excellent Sound Quality, DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for CODEC
Sony BDP-S550 DVD Player
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$306.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars by default the unit has the setup selected in mix, then it uses the core dts and core dolby instead of the lossless codecs.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the s550 has 7.1 analog out, so the player will both decode and output all the latest hd audio codecs (dolby truehd, dts-hd master audio) through the all-familiar red and white rca cables to your
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars 4) the display button puts on-screen the time elapsed or remaining in a movie, audio codec (such as dts hd master) with sampling rate and number of active speakers, and video codec with instantaneous
Positives: Nice Affordability, High Quality, Easy To Use, DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for CODEC
LG BD390 Player
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$298.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.bestbuy.com
    5.0 Stars what's great about it:?excellent picture quality what's not so great:?limited codec support on streamed video "setup was very easy.
  2. from www.bestbuy.com
    4.0 Stars definitely needs codecs update for divx and mkv.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars but this codec
  4. from www.amazon.com
    2.0 Stars the 390 does indeed bitstream both codecs.
Positives: High Quality, Good Affordability, Easy To Use, DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
 
Panasonic DMP-BD80K Blu-ray/DVD Player
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$264.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.crutchfield.com
    4.0 Stars i purchased this model over the bd60k due to having an older receiver with 5.1 analog inputs wanting to take advantage of the new hd dts and hd dolby digital codecs.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the sound quality of the various hd codecs is noticeably better than dvd, i'm using the analog multichannel audio outputs to feed my old onkyo tx-sr601 and ar hc6 speakers in a very small living
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars the player decodes all of the latest surround sound codecs (dolby truehd, dts-hd master audio, etc.) to multi-channel pcm and to multi-channel analog outputs (5.1 or 7.1-channel) for compatibility
  4. from www.bestbuy.com
    2.0 Stars there is a "handshake" issue in the hdmi connection dealing with the audio codecs.
  5. from www.bestbuy.com
    3.0 Stars my receiver (pioneer elite vsx-74txvi) supports hdmi but not the new audio codecs, so naturally i decided that this would be the best player seeing it has the 7.1 analog out.
Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Excellent Affordability, High Quality, DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
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