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Sony BDP-S500
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User Score (75)7.3
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Expert Score (10)7.1
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- 1080p High Definition Picture
- 7.1ch Surround Sound
- 24p True Cinema
- Bravia Theatre Sync
- x.v. Colour
- 1080p DVD Upscale
- AVC-HD Disc Playback
- Dolby True HD decoding/bit stream out (HDMI ver1.3)
- Dolby Digital Plus decoding/bit stream out (HDMI ver.1.3)
- DTS -HD High Resolution Audio decoding/bit stream out (HDMIver1.3)
- DTS
- 5.1ch Gold Plated Analog Audio Out
- HDMI
- Bitrate Display
- Motorized Slide Door
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.
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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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Pros & Cons
- great picture, great connections, picture quality, sound quality, excellent colour
- poor reliability, no included hdmi cable, front panel feels fragile, no ethernet
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Sony BDP-S500
Reviewer: CNET23 April 2008- Overall 7
There is no compelling reason to buy this player over a PlayStation 3: it's too expensive, doesn't support profile 1.1 or 2.0, and costs more than pretty much every Blu-ray player on the market. The picture and sound quality are, however, excellent, which makes it a good player with a silly price tag Read more
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Sony BDP-S500
Reviewer: CNET23 April 2008- Overall 7
The BDP-S500 is a great performer. The picture quality is fantastic and the sound is amazing, too. It's almost downright funny that Sony has missed the boat on all of the cool Blu-ray interactivity, despite the company spearheading the development of this functionality in the first place. Not funny ha-ha, though, considering you won't be laughing when you get your credit card statement. Your hard-earned £500 gets you a well-styled, sturdy machine, that's true. It... Read more
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Reviewer: HDTV02 March 2008
- Overall 9
- Value for money 6
- Features 8
- Ease of use 8
A few frustrating absences such as the Blu-ray 1.1 profile and DTS-HD Master Audio are more than made up for with supreme HD picture quality and Dolby TruHD along with DTS-HD High Resolution audio. Read more
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Sony BDP-S500
Reviewer: Stuff.tv29 February 2008- Overall 8
Looks great and is a very capable performer, but this still isn't the finished Blu-ray article we're looking for Read more
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Sony BDP-S500 Blu-ray Player
Reviewer: TrustedReviews11 February 2008- Overall 8
- Value for money 7
- Features 8
- Performance 9
. While we were impressed by the S300's picture quality, the lack of key features made the sub-£300 price tag seem like a false economy. Read more
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still not the finished Blu-ray Player
Reviewer: Ciao24 June 2008- Overall 7
I Had recently Visited Sony's show case just to see this product. I learned allot. Let me tell what i got for you all. the Design is look really silly, Its such a bulky equipment, it doesn't look like a Disk player it look like an amplifier, or security monitoring device. I would rather recommend you all a PS 3 , because it has almost all the feature and also you could play games. But Sony BDP-S500 definitely has some advantages like the sound quality is much advanced.... Read more
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