Sony BDP-S500 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player

Overview

When it comes to playing true high-def video on your new 1080p HDTV widescreen, Blu-ray discs lead. The only way to play them is on a Blu-Ray player. It’s also backward compatible to play DVD and CD pre-recorded discs but if high-def is the thing you’re aiming at this is the player you need. Amazing 24p True Cinema output and cinema-tuned picture presets allow you to see movies exactly as the director intended. Featuring LPCM, Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD audio decoding for ultra-realistic sound, this player is also a treat for the ears. And with BRAVIA Theatre Sync, you can control your compatible BRAVIA HDTV and Sony AV system with the press of a button. It supports support AVCHD discs encoded with x.v.Color (xvYCC) technology, an international standard for wide color space. The standard expands the current data range of video by about 1.8 times, allowing the players to output more natural and vivid colors similar to what the human eye can actually see. The players also feature compatibility with an array of video formats, including BDR – - DVD+R/+RW – DVD-R/-RW (Video Mode) – CD – CD-R/RW (CD-DA format) – MP3 and JPEG on DVD media. Likely the format of the digital TV future, you can own and use it today with your new HDTV. Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD / dts-HD Bitstream out over HDMI (v1.3) BD-Java Interactive Capability Quick Set Up FL Off/Dimmer Mode Parental Control Front Slide Down Door Popup Menus.

Product Specifications

Brand:Sony
Model : BDP-S300
EAN Code :0027242715721

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Full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema Video Output
DVD Upscaling to 1080p via HDMI
BRAVIA Theatre Sync (HDMI-CEC)
BD/DVD/CD playback(4) and AVC-HD with x.v.Color output
Multi-channel Linear PCM & Dolby Digital Plus Decoding

Reviews

>Reviews of the Sony BDP-S300 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player at Amazon.com
Average Rating: 3.5
James A. Williams Rating: 5 Stars out of 5
Great Value!
This is my first Blu-Ray player,I did research this one quite extensively and found the majority of the reviews to be good.I have had no problems at all. .... Read more

Donald E. Sandusky Rating: 1 Stars out of 5
SONY BDP-S300 IS A POOR PURCHASE
I purchased the player from Circuit City about 6 months ago and applied several firmware dowloads to see if it would cure the very long load times and the frequent lock-ups. I always purchased SONY products, but they missed the mark on this product. .... Read more

Chris McCallum Rating: 1 Stars out of 5
The Sony Blu-ray Player Gimmick
I was foolish enough to buy into Sony's Blu-ray player gimmick back in March when they put HD-DVD out of business. The gimmick is that you are supposed to upgrade the firmware on the player everytime a new version comes out. Well this player will not accept new versions from a disc. Everytime I've loaded a new firmware version from a disc onto this player it has messed things up and causes the movies I have to freeze up at random points in the movie. What Sony is doing and they know exactly .... Read more

Steve Lee Rating: 5 Stars out of 5
I don't know what the big fuss is about regarding the BDP-S500
I've read many reviews on the Sony BDP-S500 and there's been a ton of gripe in regards to the speed and load time of the player. I'm not sure what people are used to (or what their expections are) but this DVD loads just as fast as any player I've ever used. There is no lag time on this player that others have experienced with this player.

Load time is around 3-5 seconds per disc and once the disc starts up, no problems....maybe Sony updated the software recently.

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M. Brown Rating: 5 Stars out of 5
Great Player!!!
I purchased the player on 10/6, shipping was very quick. After I installed the new firmware, it is awesome, still takes a minute or two for the player to load up the movie, but the picture is excellent and the sound is awesome. I looked around before I bought this one, this to me for the price beat everybody. .... Read more

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