BluRay Player with MKV support

[Piesang]

Hi guys (and girls)

Do anyone know which BluRay players can play MKV files from a external Hard Drive

Thanks

 

[LazyLion]

http://www.digiarty.com/

 

[SirFooK'nG]

I have a small LG HET in my bedroom that is wired into my network and it can play a whole bunch of formats. It reads USB memory sticks too, never tried my Portable HDD, but sure it must work. I got my HET at Makro for R1800.

 

[Piesang]

I know the Samsung BD-C5500 can do it.

 

[krepunk]

My samsung BD1600 can do it

 

[Piesang]

My samsung BD1600 can do it

Can it pick up NTFS drives or just FAT32?

 

[johndoe1983]

Can it pick up NTFS drives or just FAT32?

both

 

[Piesang]

both

After you did the software update or before?

 

[johndoe1983]

After you did the software update or before?

It worked from day I opened the box ;-)

 

[Reddevil10]

Sony s380 works pretty well.

http://www.takealot.com/electronics/sony-bdp-s380-blue-ray-disc-player,9762691

 

[Piesang]

Sony s380 works pretty well.

http://www.takealot.com/electronics/sony-bdp-s380-blue-ray-disc-player,9762691

Cool. Do you have one? And if you do does it play all MKV files or do you have a problem with some? I see Dionwired sell them for R1000 with a free BluRay Movie. Not bad.

Will go nicely with my Sony BRAVIA.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

This is what I got, sounds great for its size, super impressed with it...

http://www.lg.com/za/tv-audio-video/home-theater-system/LG-blu-ray-home-theater-system-HB405SU.jsp

Cr@p ... its expensive lately ...

 

[Piesang]

This is what I got, sounds great for its size, super impressed with it...

http://www.lg.com/za/tv-audio-video/home-theater-system/LG-blu-ray-home-theater-system-HB405SU.jsp

Cr@p ... its expensive lately ...

Looks nice. Price?

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Looks nice. Price?

My Wife found it at Makro on special a few months ago... We got it for R1899. I dont see it on their website any more. But they have this one on promotion now:

http://www.makro.co.za/p/49834/lg-51-3d-blu-ray-home-theatre-system/

 

[isie]

MY samsung BD 5100 plays both avi and MKV, and reads both FAT32 and NTFS external HDD's
And i think its the cheapess samsung (if not cheapest of all brands i have seen ?) Normal price is about R899.
Its got a network port but no wifi cabability (I think the 5300 has that)

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Dedicated devices for dedicated functions. Don't bother with these all in on solutions IMO.

The problem is that while it may support the MKV container, it may not support the audio and/or video codec used to encode the file.

 

[Piesang]

Thanks for all the info guys. My brother also have the Samsung BD5100. For some reason Game is selling it now for R1299. Don't know why though.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Dedicated devices for dedicated functions. Don't bother with these all in on solutions IMO.

The problem is that while it may support the MKV container, it may not support the audio and/or video codec used to encode the file.

Which is 100% true, luckily I can use the DLNA feature and stream from my ReadyNas.

 

[isie]

Thanks for all the info guys. My brother also have the Samsung BD5100. For some reason Game is selling it now for R1299. Don't know why though.

Check Makro they still have it at R899

 

[Reddevil10]

Cool. Do you have one? And if you do does it play all MKV files or do you have a problem with some? I see Dionwired sell them for R1000 with a free BluRay Movie. Not bad.

Will go nicely with my Sony BRAVIA.

I havent had any problems with playback with the few HD mkv movies i tested out, but i dont really use it too much for playback from harddrives (it reads both ntfs and fat32 btw)
Also, if you dont really need a blu ray player, i would go for a dedicated media player, i have a wd live media hub and a netgear eva, you cant beat a dedicated media player for file playback.