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July 23, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Review
from Boca Raton, Florida
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I bought the BDP-S300 two weeks ago, even the picture and sound are excellent, it keeps freezing-up, sometimes two or three times during playing a movie, I have to unplugged from the wall and power-up again. After a while I decided to call Sony's Customer service, they gave me a "good advice", take back. That's it for me in buying Sony again.
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Try another Blu-ray |
June 24, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Mark
from Pacifica CA
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Picture is great but the player stops and you had to powerdown, did all the firmware updates still had the same problem, now it just says NO DISK will not even play a cd. It gets to go back to Sony and I don't have a Blu- ray. By the way it lasted 6 months.
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Froze during movie on 1st day!! |
May 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
dwdrums
from Philadelphia, PA
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I love Sony... but I must say I am worried about this purchase. Here's my lineup:
BDP-s300 with v3.70 Samsung 52" LCD 71 series Onkyo TX-DS 777 Monster 1000HD HDMI Monster Power HTS 5200 MK II Polk Seperates with bipole/dipole rears 12" powered sub
To appease my wife, the first BD we tried was "PS I Love You." I tried running it @ 60 hz before trying 1080p/24. Basically it was flawless for an hour and a half at 1080p/60 until the unit decided to lock up. NOTHING would respond, not the remote, not the buttons on the front panel. I held down the front panel's power button for 5 seconds and it finally powered off. I started the machine up and finished the BD without any issues... but for this to happen on the first movie I played on it is a bit scary.
1080p/24 on this unit looks great, very smooth. The startup time was 1 minute - not bad (stop complaining people). I am not sure if upgrading my firmware to 3.90 is going to help with freezing, or if it was just breaking in on the first time it was ever turned on. I'm having a movie-party this weekend and I hope the s300 doesn't embarress me! Come on Sony, don't let me down for $400.
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Best Bang For The Buck! |
April 10, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Blind Revolution
from Letart, WV
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This is a fanastic Blu-Ray player. I've owned the unit before Thanksgiving 2007 and it's amazing. At $399 it's definitely the cheapest but don't be fooled into thinking that it's lacking in performance because of it.
The picture quality (even DVD upscaling) is amazing at 1080p and the sound is excellent.
I'm currently using a Onkyo TX-SR605 A/V Receiver, Panansonic TH-42PZ700U 42" Plasma 1080p, with Klipsch speakers and a Velodyne 12" subwoofer. (Monster HDMI cables ... what else would you use?)
Anyway, the startup & load times aren't really all that bad if you are downloading and updating your firmware like your suppose too. I've noticed a big drop in loading time after the last couple of firmware updates and no more freezing.
For those complaining about long load times and freeze ups .... UPDATE YOUR FIRMWARE!
For anyone buying their first Blu-Ray player on a budget ... I highly recommend the BDP-S300 model. It's a great way to get your feet wet without going broke!
You can always upgrade to the BDP-S500 later on if you need the extra audio decoding options assuming your currently home theater A/V receiver supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.
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Excellent picture |
March 26, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
No
from Parsippany, NJ
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This blue-ray player is worth every penny. The picture quality will blow you away. My first movie was Apocalypto on my new XBR-5...what great picture and sound! The load time is a little slow but it's worth the wait. Sony is the way to to go!!
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