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

 (3 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...Read more

My first Blu-ray player.

Pros: Very nice picture and nice sound if you have a decent sound system.

Cons:
1. Slow to boot up to the disc menu.
2. Will not play a lot of discs including BD-R and BD-RE.
3. Has a USB in but the only thing mentioned in the manual is for viewing JPF files. Can not even use it to update firmware.
4. DVDs do not look very good, my $35 Phillips DVD player has a much better picture.

Overall, for me, if i had known it would not play BD-R and BD-RE I would have passed. As is, it is a player that I hope will last a couple of years for Blu-ray rentals only.

This Curtis MAthes IS a Very Visually Pleasing Unit with the BIG BLURAY Disc FORMAT LOGO EMBOSSED IN THE TOP IN LARGE , Make sit Visually Plesing aVery Shint SLimline Unit, IT Works Very well and Does Everything I have ASked it to do, ONLY DOWNfall. Is that It reacts slowly at times to Button Presses Or Commands; This is Expected of ALOT Almost Most HD DVD PLayers and alot of BLURAY Disc Players as Well, But its Performace is Great, AMAZING PICTURE AND SOUND ON MY 720P Television REally Ups the Picture and MAkes it LOOK LIKE A FuLL 1080 TV. MAkes my TV picture and sound like abrand NEw one When I utilize this unit! Very good and Reliable, I like The Super Glossy Looks of the Unit, Very Sound and Well Made. I would Buy another Curtis MAthes But they are ACtually hard to Find.. I remember When Curtis Mathes WAS THE TOP o' the LINE The Best Money could Buy until Sony came around, But they still make and EXCELLENT Product in this BLURAY / DVD PLayer, and I would reccomend the purchase to...Read more