Curtis Mathes Blu-ray Disc Player - Black (CMMBX72) Review

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(More customer reviews)Image quality in 1080P/24 cinema mode looked awesome on my 65" DLP 1080P Mitsubishi. HDMI cable is not supplied. I bought this unit for the 5.1 analog output to take advantage of the lossless audio since I have an older amp. It has a nice looking front panel with an old school dot matrix display in a new school dim blue that is not overly bright. The lossless sound's awesome dynamic range and shear frontal presence (through full range front towers) will make you think you are in a good theater compared to the highly compressed audio coming through the fiber or coaxial digital output.
Boot up time is just over one minute to first disk image. If you wanted to access your USB drive instead, another cool feature that allows multiple formats to be accessed via the on-screen menu, you still have to wait until it starts the disk. Then you have to wait for the disk to get past the warnings before it will accept a stop or any other command. The unit is a little lethargic but I expected that with an early inexpensive player. For example, setting the video output to 1080P/24 will sometimes revert back to 1080i on next boot, but not always. So I have to verify that before starting a movie.
I highly recommend it for its price point. With analog 5.1 outputs, it can't be beat.
HERE'S A UNLISTED BONUS, It plays PAL format! I only had one PAL disk to test it with though.
REVISION: August 2009 : Unit doesn't lock up anymore after firmware update. Installed perfectly from disk after downloading from Curtis Mathes. Also still the best deal for the features that it has. It still plays PAL format after firmware update.
Update: 10/27/2010: Won't play 2 new Universal Pictures releases. Disc and menus load but movie won't play on Robin Hood and It's Complicated.
No firmware update yet.

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