Reviews for Sony BDP-S500

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Overall 4
4.0

Slow loading, and often problems playing BD with this unit. When it works, it is nice. I recommend PS3, or wait for better...

Amazon
11 February 2008
  • Summary: Just returned my BDP-S500 after 2 weeks of trying it out. I upgraded firmware to latest at time of this writing, 3.5 during trial, but did not help. Painfully slow loa...
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Overall 10
10

Sony BDP-S500 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player

Amazon
24 February 2008
  • Summary: Sony BDP-S500 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player is the best investment that I have made to support my CD/DVD collection. Using Blu-Ray DVD'S the picture feels 3D, picture is W...
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Overall 6
6.0

Good enough picture and audio quality. Lacks some basic things.

Amazon
28 December 2007
  • Summary: It lacks support for streaming DTS-HD Master Audio over HDMI. It downgrades that signal to regular DTS. It supports BD-ROM Profile 1 only, although the player started ...
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Overall 8
8.0

A really good solid performer

Amazon
03 December 2007
  • Summary: I am very impressed with this machine. After buying the Samsung BD-p1400 and the Panasonic DMP-BD30K and being a little disappointed, I bought the Sony BDP-S500 and I ...
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Overall 10
10

Good Quality

Amazon
09 December 2007
  • Summary: I purchased this machine to replace a Samsung BD-P1200 and am quite impressed with the features and quality of its playback capabilities. I did have to update the firm...
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Overall 8
8.0

dcarter

Amazon
09 November 2007
  • Summary: Pros: Excellent player with all the right features that I required (Hi-Def,backwards compatibility, up-convert standard DVDs to near HD quality,MP-3 play-back-not avai...
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Overall 6
6.0

Good but could have been better

Amazon
03 February 2008
  • Summary: I decided to acquire a BD player that was able to decode HD Audio like Dolby True-HD. I therefore traded in my BDP S300 and exchanged it for the higher end model - the...
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Overall 4
4.0

Needs Work

Amazon
21 January 2008
  • Summary: First off, I love Sony products. I have a Bravia TV. All my video cameras are Sony bla bla bla. OK I Bought my BDP-S500 on Jan 11, 2008. I took it home, put in Spiderm...
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Overall 8
8.0

Notice on the BDP-S500

Amazon
11 December 2007
  • Summary: This model is very good for playing blu ray disc and the picture is perfect , but the sound effect outlet from this model is not as perfect as i expected .it may need ...
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Overall 8
8.0

Good but not great

Amazon
24 March 2008
  • Summary: I purchased this player along with a KDL-46XBR Sony tv. The combination is quite wonderful. My initial review was shortly after purchase, and now I've had the unit abo...
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Sony BDP-S500
9.1 out of 10

Sony BDP-S500

Step up to the BDP-S500 Blu-ray Disc™ player, featuring Full HD 1080p video plus Dolby® TrueHD and DTS® HD audio decoding. Receive a John Mayer in concert Blu-ray Disc with purchase of this Blu-ray… Read more

Best Price: $399

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