Onkyo BD-SP309 3D Blu-ray Player First Look

[admin]

In a post Oppo Blu-ray world, the only thing you can do to compete it to release a player at a lower price point. Onkyo has come in at half the Oppo's price with their new BD-SP309 Blu-ray player. That's a pretty significant savings. But the question is what features did they have to cut? Well, not the important one. 3D is on board as is dual USB ports. You can stream Internet radio, Pandora, Netflix, and VUDU natively. The downside? If you don't have an HDMI input somewhere, you're out of luck. While power users will want to look elsewhere, those wanting 3D and not really caring much about anything else can save a few hundred dollars over other options with the Onkyo BD-SP309.

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[rnatalli]

I guess I don't see the point to these players. Sony and Panasonic offer similar players for half the price and probably stream more content.

 

[pb15654]

Why Onkyo and not the cheaper brands?

I have several Blu-ray players because I wanted to know who made the best. My Onkyo BD-SP308 sounds and looks so much better than all the cheap brands I have tried (Toshiba, Samsung, Pioneer and Pioneer Elite, Insignia, Vizio, LG). The only unit that beats the BD-SP308 is my Integra DBS-50.2. My Marantz UD5005 sounds slightly better then the BD-SP308 when playing CD's. When finally deciding on what brand to build a Home Theater I went with Onkyo's Integra brand because the Audio quality was nearly identical to Marantz and the Video quality of both my DTR-40.1 and DTR-20.3 are outstanding. Oppo is priced way to high used and in my opinion should only be purchased new.

 

[j_garcia]

I have several Blu-ray players because I wanted to know who made the best. My Onkyo BD-SP308 sounds and looks so much better than all the cheap brands I have tried (Toshiba, Samsung, Pioneer and Pioneer Elite, Insignia, Vizio, LG). The only unit that beats the BD-SP308 is my Integra DBS-50.2. My Marantz UD5005 sounds slightly better then the BD-SP308 when playing CD's. When finally deciding on what brand to build a Home Theater I went with Onkyo's Integra brand because the Audio quality was nearly identical to Marantz and the Video quality of both my DTR-40.1 and DTR-20.3 are outstanding. Oppo is priced way to high used and in my opinion should only be purchased new.

This thread is quite old at this point....and you realize things change as well?

Give Oppo a shot. You will likely be surprised.