Sharp BD-HP90U

After you get over the sticker shock of a $350 estimated street price (as of November 22, 2010), the futuristic Sharp BD-HP90 makes a great first impression--and so will any Blu-ray discs you play on it. But before long you'll discover some serious...

Excellent Blu-ray image quality ; Unique, futuristic look ; Plays Blu-ray 3D

Difficult access to back ports ; Misleading and confusing on-screen menus ; Responds slowly to certain commands ; Unusually difficult to set up Wi-Fi ; Limited multimedia formats ; Poorly designed remote ; Only one HDMI port, an issue for 3D players

Blu-ray discs look wonderful on the BD-HP90, but Sharp got virtually everything else wrong with this player--and then priced it too high.