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Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player
Studio : Sony
by Sony
Brand : Sony
Model : BDP-S350
Publisher : Sony
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Color : Black
EAN : 0884202000903
UPC : 027242744554
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 247 reviews)
List Price : $299.99
Our Price : Too low to display
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Full HD 1080/60 p & 24p True Cinema Video Output
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Dolby TrueHD decoding built-in Dolby TrueHD /DTS-HD bitstream out over HDMI (V1.3)
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DVD upscale to 1080p
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Precision Cinema Progressive HD
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x.v.Color for AVC-HD
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plays Blu-ray high-definition discs (selectable output resolution: 1080p signals available through HDMI output only; 720p/1080i signals available through HDMI or component video) * built-in audio decoding to PCM for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS * bitstream audio output for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, and DTS-HD Master Audio * BD-Java interactive capability * BRAVIA Sync for control of compatible Sony TVs and components via HDMI * |
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Last Sony Product I Ever Buy |
I'm in the middle of a movie. I want to got to bed, dinner, whatever. I hit STOP. And a message comes up on the screen saying Resume Playback Prohibited From This Point. Playback Will Resume From Start of Disc Next Time. ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME??!?! I plunk down $30 for a disc and I can't even stop and start it as I please? My old DVD player, you could eject the disc, watch another one, turn the player off, turn it on, and when you put the disc back in it STILL remembered where you were and resumed playback from that point. But with this one the only option is to hit pause and waste a lot of energy and wear and tear on the player while that disc continues to spin in the machine until the next time I want to resume watching.
As Sony a) developed the Blu-Ray format b) made my player and c) Sony studios made several of the discs I own, I at least know who the culprit is. Don't be fooled by their pretty product designs and glitzy ads. They've forgotten they're here to serve the customer. Instead their engineers and lawyers are running the show.
This is only the latest in a lot of disappointments w/ Sony products where it's obvious they didn't adequately test the product w/ consumers. Or else they just don't care what we think. Sony, I'm so done with you. |
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NOT SOLD ON THE DVD'S YET! |
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I SOMETIMES WISH THAT THESE DVD'S HAD NEVER BEEN INVENTED. IT IS HARD TO RATE THE SONY BLU-RAY WHEN THE DVD'S KEEP STICKING AND STOPPING. YOU CAN NOT GET THEM TO MOVE AND IF YOU DO, THEY JUMP PAST SCENES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE. IF YOU MISS A WORD OR DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THE LETTER ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN'T JUST STEP BACK A NOTCH, TO RERUN IT OVER AGAIN, TO DO SO, LIKE YOU COULD ON THE VHS. SO MY VERDICT IS STILL OUT ON THIS DISC PLAYER. NOT SONY'S FAULT AT ALL BUT I CAN'T RATE IT YET. |
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Great Bu-Ray player, very poor Americancivilwar Shipping Quality Control |
This simple little Blu-ray player from Sony does everything I wanted it to do. It plays my old DVDs with a clarity and sound quality that made my TV and sound system seem new. The TV is a Sony Bravia that is a year or two old but I haven't seen anything look as good as when I played our first DVD in it. It was as if our television was waiting for the proper technology to fully utilize it's capabilities.
I also love the way my compact discs sound when played through this unit. I can hear the difference in the mastering! I don't know what people are talking about when they complain about loading time, there is a little delay when first turned on but goes from media to media in the blink of an eye.
My only gripe with the unit is that without the remote control there is little that can be done if you don't have it handy. Be forwarned, if you can't keep control of the remote control you'll be very frustrated...
I did not take any stars away from the review because this is a fine product. Americancivilwar however has the worst quality control I have ever come across in their shipping department. I finally kept the third unit shipped to me. The first one had a dent in the DVD box itself that looked as if a pallet hit it AND IT WAS SENT OUT THAT WAY. The second was put in a box with no padding and the third was not much better but it works. If I could have left seller feedback it would have been one star.
Great player lousy shipping from Americancivilwar. |
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Sony BDP-S350 is everything it claims to be. Americancivilwar provided a great price and free shipping. Fast processing and quick delivery just made it a sweet deal. |
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Sony BDP-S35 Doesn't Disappoint |
Got this through Americancivilwar's Gold Box daily specials and the price was right. So we pulled the trigger on Blu-Ray, even though we weren't especially looking to start a new collection of videos in a new format.
The unit itself has worked flawlessly. Not a lot of bells and whistles, but I guess that means there's less to go wrong. On some movies, it made the picture look amazing: Speed Racer, Hellboy II and Dark Knight. Some movies were just ho-hum, and the quality of the picture was no different on our Philips 50-inch Ambilight Plasma. (The blu-ray of Crash was notable in its mediocre quality.)
Only a couple of quirks that made the hookup and operation a bit of a pain:
1) You can update the firmware to include, among other things, BD-Live. Unfortunately, it does not have wireless capability - so you must operate the player near an ethernet hookup. I had to run an extra-long cable into another room to my router to get the firmware update;
2) Updating the firmware installed BD-Live, which is currently somewhat of a gimmick, but holds potential for the future. Apparently, you can explore new online content, and in the Dark Knight disk you can record your own commentary. That's great, but if you aren't near that ethernet hookup to access the internet, you can't use BD-Live! If they start offering significantly more features I like with BD-Live, I might invest in a wireless dongle, but this thing really needs built-in wireless.
3) To use that BD-Live and get the firmware update, you need to install a 1Gb Sony micro-sized stick or a very narrow flash drive in the small USB slot in the back. The inexpensive SanDisk Cruzer drives are too wide for the slot, so you essentially are forced to buy a more-expensive flash drive from another company, or Sony's ridiculously expensive micro-sized stick. A bit of a minor point, but I thought it was silly to make me buy a $30 1Gb stick for a Blu-Ray player I only paid $150 for on special.
All-in-all those are minor complaints, and it is so far a good player. |
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