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Originally Posted by GA Russell
In regard to DVD players, I strongly recommend that you choose one that meets your needs that is "region-free." I have purchased many DVDs from Amazon UK whose Region 1 equivalents are not made.
Here's a Sony currently available for only $35.00.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Multi-Reg...ee+dvd+players |
I'm someone that does buy the occasional DVD from other regions, but I have an older Philips that I was able to make region-free and it also plays PAL as well as NTSC. I'm spoiled and need streaming included now as well though, and that in a region-free Blu-Ray DVD player is in the $200+ range. And a pain to purchase in the US. Some players though have simple hacks that can make a player region-free usually just by entering certain sequences in the remote. If I could find a good Blu-Ray DVD player with streaming at a good price, that would definitely be my first choice. If you never have PAL (or NTSC if not in the US) or DVDs from other regions, there's no sense worrying about having it.
I do at least now know the differences between the S5200 and last year's model S5100. The 5200 is about 2/3 the size of the 5100, that part is nice. The 5200 does not have any front display, the 5100 does. The 5200 only has 1 USB port, the 5100 has 2 (one in the back I use for Blu-Ray downloaded content, and one in the front). The Amazon Prime interface is a bit different as well on the 5200, I like the 5100 better in that regard. I don't really use any other service to notice differences in them, but I imagine it's very possible they have changes as well. The 5200 allows you to mirror content from your smartphone, the 5100 does not have this ability (something I never use anyway, anything worth viewing on the TV is worth keeping and is transferred to my PC). But it's a pretty solid player for the price, I'm very happy with it.