It was designed to supersede the DVD format, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p). It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006. The Blu-ray Disc ( BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. High-Definition Versatile Multilayer Disc (HD VMD).HD DVD: HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RAM.Blu-ray Disc ( BD): BD-R & BD-RE, Blu-ray 3D, Mini Blu-ray Disc.DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DS, DVD+R DS, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-D, DVD-A, DVD-Video, HVD, EcoDisc, MiniDVD.Compact disc ( CD): CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, 5.1 Music Disc, Super Audio CD ( SACD), Photo CD, CD Video ( CDV), Video CD ( VCD), Super Video CD ( SVCD), CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-i, MIL-CD, Mini CD.But it's compact and works, I'd buy it again. Overall the player would get a 5 but the remote only a 3. I find it most convenient to keep both streaming controllers hooked up to make bouncing easier. On Roku a pause will timeout and you then have to navigate back to the show and where you left off. One nice feature that I do enjoy is when Youtube is paused, and you come back in several hours, your show is still cued up ready to play. The button press to response can take seconds. The Streaming controls like Netflix or Youtube work well but the latency is much longer than say a Roku interface.

They can be learned but the remote could do with overall increased button spacing, better grouping and labeling.

To compound this he main control buttons (Top Menu, Pop up Menu, Return, Options) seem to be mislabeled or at least don't follow reason. The buttons lacks tactile ID and they blend together.

I will say for the disk playing it works well, the image and audio are excellent.īut the transport buttons on the remote are awkward and simple tasks like hitting pause take some effort to locate and perform. After a simple install the player was up and all focus turned to the remote button layout and GUI for user experience. The second unit was new and worked perfectly. The initial unit was open box and worked well but the remote had been swapped out for one with leaking battery damage, so both were returned. This BDP-3700 was chosen after some spec comparison and review reading.

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