Sony BDP-S360 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player Review
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Design: The Sony BDP-S360 looks nice but conservative, taking the middle ground between totally off-the-scale and just-a-box designs. Dark and translucent, the front panel looks almost glass-like and when the disc tray opens the entire front panel flips down smoothly. The player has a relatively small footprint at a slim 16.9 inches wide by 2.2 inches high and 8.1 inches deep. Most of the controls are on the remote but some basic controls are also available on the front panel. The player has a recessed USB port on the back panel.
Specifications: As mentioned earlier, the Sony BDP-S360 is fully Profile 2.0-compliant and can playback BD-Live features. The player offers on-board decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential along with support for bit stream output. Connection-wise the player offers a HDMI output, a component video output, a legacy composite video output and both optical and coaxial digital audio outputs along with an older stereo analog audio output.
Features & Performance: The Sony BDP-S360’s XMB user interface is fast and easy to use with good and simple navigation. While the player does not offer streaming Internet content, the player does offer full resolution Blu-ray with no excess jagged edges. In full 1080p mode with 24 frames per second output disabled, the player delivers impressive HD video quality for almost all Blu-ray discs. Loading time was above average while DVD performance was just as expected, delivering great performance all-round. Since the player has no Ethernet connectivity you need to download the BD-Live features and plug them into the player via a USB flash drive. All in all, The Sony BDP-S360 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player delivers some awesome quality video, great audio and full Profile 2.0 compatibility. While the player offers less extra value-added features, it does what it is made for extremely well.
By: Tim Pecunia
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Specifications: As mentioned earlier, the Sony BDP-S360 is fully Profile 2.0-compliant and can playback BD-Live features. The player offers on-board decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential along with support for bit stream output. Connection-wise the player offers a HDMI output, a component video output, a legacy composite video output and both optical and coaxial digital audio outputs along with an older stereo analog audio output.
Features & Performance: The Sony BDP-S360’s XMB user interface is fast and easy to use with good and simple navigation. While the player does not offer streaming Internet content, the player does offer full resolution Blu-ray with no excess jagged edges. In full 1080p mode with 24 frames per second output disabled, the player delivers impressive HD video quality for almost all Blu-ray discs. Loading time was above average while DVD performance was just as expected, delivering great performance all-round. Since the player has no Ethernet connectivity you need to download the BD-Live features and plug them into the player via a USB flash drive. All in all, The Sony BDP-S360 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player delivers some awesome quality video, great audio and full Profile 2.0 compatibility. While the player offers less extra value-added features, it does what it is made for extremely well.
By: Tim Pecunia
About the Author:
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