BR Player vs BR recorder

[The Commader]

Maybe this year I will buy a BR recorder? Or is a BR player enough! I remember a statement from a member against me here (name not mentioned) [The Commader traveled to Scandinavia and has no money for a BR Player. They cost around 100 euro]

When I buy it than only Panasonic with 3D function! Ok a few in here don't like 3D yet but it will be the future! What can you advise to me????

[J0nn0666]

I have a Samsung SMART 3D BR player.Great piece of kit.i can use it to connect to the internet,connect to my home network and stream stuff from my laptop.It plays almost all media i've tried,it upscales DVD.It's easy to set up,simple to use.

[sjmike]

Before buying a 3D bluray player, do you also own a 3D TV otherwise it won't work. You can still watch normal blurays and dvds. I think 3D is a waste of money right now until the day comes where you don't have to wear the glasses. It's one thing to do so at a movie theater with a huge screen and surround sound, but its not the same experience at home.

In regards to a burner, I don't think they're all that necessary especially if you have the hard drive space to store the bluray files. My PC has about 8 TB of storage capacity currently so I rarely burn my bluray movies. If you plan on trading for a lot of shows on bluray, then it would be a worthwhile investment and there are more shows being released in full HD quality on bluray.

I personally on a Pioneer bluray burner in an external USB case and have 2 bluray players (Samsung and Sony).