When Walmart dropped the price for the Magnavox Blu-Ray player to $98, I broke down and brought one. But is it any good?

Make no mistake this is a basic entrant level Blu-Ray player. The packaging is also very basic but I suppose is adequate.  The flip of the box has a diagram for the back panel connectors is a good design, at least better than nothing. Inside the box are the following,

• The player
• Remote
• Battery for the remote
• Analog composite video RCA cable
• Two channel analog audio RCA cable
• Manual

The back of the player has the following connectors

• HDMI for video and audio
• Component video
• Composite video
• Analog stereo audio
• Digital optical audio
• Digital coaxial audio

The power cord is the none removable type.

That’s it. But then for $98 what do you expect?  If you need a component video cable, you probably can use the included analog audio and composite as component video cable. While it may not look very elegant, it gets the job done.

Please note, my local Walmart place this play and the older NB500MG9 on the same stack for the same price. You want to be sure you get the right one. As newer unit, once would assume it has improved electronic. At very min. the new model has both optical and coaxial audio output while the older model only has coaxial output.

Granted, this Magnavox is an entrant level Blu-Ray player but it should be more than enough to  meet most people’s need.

One word of caution though, this NB530NGX is a newer model. My local Walmart has the old (NB500MG9) on the same stack for same price. Although the box and the players look similar, at very least the new model has both optical and coaxial digital audio output while the old model only has coaxial. So buyer beware.