Published: 2008-04-23, Author: Ian , review by: CNET.co.uk
Picture quality; sound quality; styling
Price; front panel feels fragile; no included HDMI cable; no profile 1.1 or 2.0 support; did we mention price yet?
There is no compelling reason to buy this player over a PlayStation 3: its too expensive, doesnt 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, w...
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....
Abstract: The PlayStation 3 knows how to play its cards right, and proves that it can perform better on some points than even the "official" Blu-ray player from the same company, the Sony BDP-S500. While it doesn’t totally surpass the slightly-cheaper Panasoni...
Abstract: Now this is the way to set up a system. This month, we break new ground in Spotlight Systems. Normally, we pair off a surround speaker package with surround electronics. But that ignores the whole subject of signal sources, without which, after all, ...
The BDP-S500 is an exceptionally talented Blu-ray player, delivering the sort of gob-smacking picture and sound quality that movie buffs go nuts for. And barring the disappointing omission of DTS HD Master Audio support and SACD playback, the feature list...
Abstract: The trumpets have sounded, the debris has been cleared from the battlefield and Sonys Blu-ray format has been declared victorious in the "high definition DVD" war. There were a few souls who tempted fate (and lost) by taking the plunge on Toshibas H...
Image HD très belle, Mise à léchelle des DVD convaincante, Mode 24p fluide
Pas de DTSHD Master audio, Pas de port Ethernet, Pas de BDLive, Temps de chargement
Au final Sony signe un excellent lecteur blu-ray avec un upscaling de qualité. Labsence du DTS-HD Master audio et les temps de chargement longs noircissent un peu le tableau....
