I finally bought a BD player (Panny BD60), thanks to sir pchin's positive outlook
.
For my first BD disc, I bought a Benjamin Button from Astro V-mall. Compared with the SD version, the BD's clear advantage is the stunning detail, even if my 50-inch plasma is only a 1366 x 768 panel, and even if I'm seated 10 feet away from the screen.
Benjamin is only rated "
1.75 - Gold" on avsforum's
PQ Tier List (
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342), yet I'm very happy with the PQ.
I'll try a title from Tier 0 or 1 next time. But I'll try to avoid BD-J discs.
I tested a dual layer DVD+R to see if the player can handle a seamless layer change. Surprisingly, the BD60 handled the layer change seamlessly, contrary to some posts on avsforum. I know exactly where the layer change on that DVD+R is located, since I set the layer change position myself on ImgBurn.
Next time, I'll observe how the player handles older DVDs that have a non-seamless layer switch.