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Quality DVD Internet Base - Sony BDP-S550 1080p Blu-ray Player
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List Price: $399.99
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sony
Color: Black
EAN: 0027242737518
Feature: Bonus View & BD-Live (Profile 2.0) w/1GB flash memory for local storage
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Model: BDPS550
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
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Features
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Bonus View & BD-Live (Profile 2.0) w/1GB flash memory for local storage
Full HD 1080/60p & 24p True Cinema Video Output
Dolby¿ True HD/DTS¿-HD decoder built-in with 7.1ch out. Quick start up mode.
Dolby¿ TrueHD & DTS-HD bitstream out over HDMI¿ (V1.3)
x.v.Color¿ for AVC-HD
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Average product, poorly packed by Amazon
Comment: This product is average compared to other Blu-ray Players on the market. Amazon did a horrible job of packing it in a very large and shabby box. I was surprised that the player was not damaged. I don't mind paying a fair amount for shipping if its packed properly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Breathtaking Picture Quality!
Comment: The picture and audio quality from this unit is unreal. It's pretty easy to use and navigate the menus to set it up. And i love that it has an ethernet port for online connectivity. I have only two criticisms. The first is a minor one: the power and open buttons are on a slant at the top of the unit. If youre stacking your units it a little bit of a hassle to hit these buttons. not much, but it would be easier if they were on the front. The second criticism is that the flash memory input is in the back of the unit. Not very helpful there at all! Why not put it in the front so people can get to it?
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's awesome
Comment: This is my first blu-ray, it produces excellent picture and sound, it's fast to start and the illuminated remote makes it easy to use in a dark room. However, I have an upconverting DVD player connected to a high definition (1080) big screen projection TV (Mitsubishi, diamond series) through HDMI and really I can't tell the difference between the quality of the 1080i picture of my DVD player and blu ray's 1080p picture. It may make a difference if I had a plasma TV, I don't know. I would skip buying a blu ray if I knew this info before. Since I bought it, I watch all movies using the blu-ray format. The player itself is awesome like all other Sony products!
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Summary: Great Blu-ray player....Consider this player if you have a non-HDMI receiver...
Comment: This was a Christmas gift for the family. A GREAT Christmas gift. We already had a Samsung 37 inch 720p LCD, and Blu-ray looks tremendous on it. The colors pop off the screen unlike any up-converting DVD player. After watching 4 BDs so far, I really hope Blu-ray comes through. It is just like having your own theater in your home. Picture and sound are phenomenal.
As for the player... fast loading times, nice menu and easy setup process. IMPORTANT... If you have an old 5.1/7.1 receiver with no HDMI ports, this or the Panasonic DMP-BD55K are the players you should consider. The S550 has 7.1 analog out, so the player will both decode and output all the latest HD audio codecs (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio) through the all-familiar red and white RCA cables to your receiver. You cannot listen to the HD codecs with just a fiber optical/digital coaxial cable...you will be stuck with just lossy Dolby Digital/DTS. Believe me... the HD audio is as impressive as the HD picture, if not more so. I highly highly recommend this player for anyone already with an HDTV but with an old 5.1 receiver. If you purchase this player, which at the moment is $60 more than the Sony BDP-S350, you do not have to go out and purchase a $200 HDMI receiver or a $400 HDMI receiver with HD-decoding capabilities. This is the main reason our family bought this player over the less expensive S350 or BD35K. With a non-HDMI receiver, you just hook up your player to the HDTV via HDMI and to the receiver via analog (and optical if desired...read ahead).
One negative... This only applies to those who would use 5.1/7.1 analog out for HD audio. If you choose to watch DVDs using fiber optical/digital coaxial, you can still hook up the player to the receiver with both analog and the optical/coaxial cable. Unfortunately, the player doesn't treat the two outputs independently. Therefore you have to make changes in the S550 menu under Audio Output Priority (Multi-out vs. Optical). You can always play the DVDs using analog out and therefore not need to make these setting changes, but some people prefer the digital cables for their DVDs.
This problem is nonexistent in the Panasonic DMP-BD55K. However, the Sony apparently has better picture quality, especially for up-converting DVDs. Our family had a preference for the Sony brand and the attractive blue front.
If you already have an HDMI receiver, I would recommend the less expensive Sony BDP-S350 or Panasonic DMP-BD35K.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The BEST blu-ray player
Comment: I bought this Sony after owning a Samsung.Wow what a difference--Sony always makes the best new technologies.Easy to use and set-up. Loades faster that any BR I have seen.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The BDP-S550 model supports BonusView (Picture-in-Picture) featured on some of the new Blu-ray Disc theatrical releases. This model also features an external port for local storage, so users can add optional flash-based memory. The BDP-S550 ships with a 1GB storage device.The player features 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output. It is compatible with most standard DVDs and features 1080p upscaling through an HDMI connection to capable HDTV sets, improving the picture performance of existing DVD libraries.The model offers 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus decoding and bit-stream output, as well as dts -HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output. The BDP-S550 adds dts-HD High Resolution Audio and dts-HD Master Audio decoding as well as 7.1 channel analog audio output.The player supports AVCHD discs encoded with x.v.Color (xvYCC) technology, an international standard for wide color space reproduction. 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 player also features compatibility with an array of video formats, including BD-R/RE (BDMV and BDAV modes), DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW (Video Mode), CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format), and JPEG on DVD/CD recordable media.The new model features a slim design with reduced depth and height compared to previous models matching Sony's new home-theater-in-a-box systems, the HT-SS2300 and HT-CT100 T-SS2300, also announced today. Optimized for Blu-ray Disc, the new component systems feature three 1080p compatible HDMI inputs making them the perfect match for a Full high-definition home theater when connected to a new Sony BRAVIA 1080p HDTV.
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