Sony BDPS500B

Excellent sound ; Great build ; Dolby TrueHD output ; Upscaling works well

Blu-ray playback leaves a lot to be desired

With the price of the Toshiba HD-XE1 seemingly stuck at AU$1399, the Sony BDPS500B is now one of the cheapest premium HD players available. It boasts a sturdy build and features you won't see on other players. Sound is fantastic, and DVDs are great,...

Elegante, numerose uscite video, tecnologie dedicate al miglioramento delle immagini

Prezzo elevato, lentezza nella gestione dei supporti Blu-Ray e nelle operazioni di avvio, telecomando scomodo con una sola mano

BDPS500B pụ riprodurre supporti BD-Rom e BD-R/RE, oltre a DVD, DVD AVC-HD e DVD+R/-R/Rw. E' inoltre garantito il supporto per CD-R/Rw, CD Audio (manca il supporto per Super Audio CD), oltre alla capacità di mostrare file JPG e suonare MP3. Nono sono...

It's fine as a player of Blu-Ray, DVD and CDs. No experience with any other model, so can't compare

1) TOO SLOW ; 2) TOO SLOW ; 3) WAY TOO SLOW

good upscaling ; brilliant pictures

Slow to start ; slow to load ; onto its 3rd firmware upgrade ; what bright spark through of a java menu system ? At least I can get a coffee and cake, or have a shower while the bloody thing loads a disk

Nice picture and sound

Silly user interface, worse documentation ; overcomplicated and slow hardware

Excellent picture and sound quality

Slow to open the tray, slow to put-up ; info on the screen, lack of proper documentation