Sony BDP-S500

BDP-S500

The BDP-S500 is Sony’s current flagship Blu-ray player. It is a Profile 1.0 Blu-ray with 1080p output supporting 24p playback, HDMI 1.3, and Sony’s x.v.Colour technology. The player physical dimension is 430mm x 99.2mm x 361mm and weighs approximately 4.8kg. In comparison to the BDP-S300, this player is bigger and comes with a motorized sliding front panel. The package includes the player, video cord, stereo audio cord, power cord, and remote control.

Features

The BDP-S500 delivers Full 1080P picture and up to 7.1 channels of surround audio. This player can play Blu-ray Disc Movies, DVDs, Audio CDs, and AVC-D discs. This includes reading the recordable BD-R and BDR-RE discs in BDMV format, as well as BD-ROM, DVD+R (video mode), and DVD+RW (video mode) discs. The player can also read AVCHD camcorder recordings on 8 or 12cm DVD discs. It can output Blu-ray Disc Movies encoded at 1080/24p in their native frame rate. For other movies, it can also output at 1080/60p. The digital connection outputs video in 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. For DVDs, it can upscale most DVD to 1080p quality. The player can decode MPEG2, MPEG4-AVC, and VC-1 videos. When connected via the HDMI connection, the BDP-S500 can either output or internally decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. It also supports uncompressed PCM. The analog-to-digital converter supports 192 KHz audio at 24bit. Apart from HDMI, the player has composite, S-Video, and Y/Pb/Pr component video output, as well as analog, coaxial, and optical audio output. The BDP-S500 supports Linear PCM output via HDMI bitstream.

Additional Features

The player can also play MP3 and JPEG pictures in DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW format. For interactivity, the BDP-S500 supports BD-Java programming. The player also has several Cinema Tunes Picture Presets for tuning the picture to room brightness. With Sony BRAVIA Theatre Sync, the player can be used in sync with Sony BRAVIA Televisions. Other features are front LCD off or dimmer mode, parental control, and popup menu interface.

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