Tolerable Blu-ray player!

Hi all,

Okay, so I got no responses to my question about a tolerable Blu-ray player,
so I went on an eBay buying spree and found the answer to my own question.  :-)

I now have 5 Blu-ray players in my house, from various brands and years of
production.  The winner of tolerability test is (not suprisingly) the oldest
of the players -- a Sony BDP-S1.  This thing is huge.  Heavy.  Slow response
times.  No ethernet connection.  No zooming function.  No wi-fi.  No
oncreen display showing current disc playback statistics.  Heck, it doesn't
even play CDs!

HOWEVER, it is the most tolerable Blu-ray player I've tried of the
bunch ("the bunch" consisting of 2 Sony's, 1 Panasonic, 1 Oppo, and 1
Popcorn Hour).  Making it possibly the only one I'll feel comfortable
using.

Note that I never had any problem with any DVD player.  I think there's
something about either the Blu-ray drives or the video processing chips
that's causing me problems with most Blu-ray players.

The Sony BDP-S1 originally sold for US$999 when it was released in 2006.
I bought mine for $60 on eBay.  :-)

If after continued use I end up changing my mind about this model,
I'll let you all know.

And if I couldn't find a tolerable Blu-ray player, I already had a
"Plan B" which I've proved to myself is tolerable.  Buy a Blu-ray
disc.  Copy the contents to a hard drive using your computer and
DVD/Blu-ray ripping software.  Playback on the TV using a tolerable
media player.  For me, a tolerable media player is the Popcorn
Hour A-100, A-100, DragonTech 100HD.  An INTOLERABLE media player
is the Popcorn Hour C-200.

Marc