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Monday, October 24, 2011

Sony BDP-S470 3D Blu-ray Disc Player

With the Sony BDP-S470 Blu-ray Disc Player, enjoy Blu-ray 3D movies in Full HD1080p and improve the quality of DVDs to near HD. Play your favorite movies faster than ever or connect to the internet and instantly access a wide variety of movies, TV shows, music and more. Plus turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control by downloading a free app.

Amazon Sales Rank: #5259 in Home Theater Color: Black Brand: Sony Model: BDP-S470 Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 1.41" h x 16.92" w x 8.11" l, 2.00 pounds 3D-ready Blu-ray Disc player for enjoying Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD 1080p; upscales standard DVDs Ready for the future of home entertainment with 3D capabilities (when paired with a compatible 3D HDTV) Quick Start/Load function enables you to watch movies faster than ever Access to BRAVIA Internet video; USB port for photos, music and video playback; Wi-Fi adapter ready Connections: 1 HDMI, 1 component, 1 composite, 2 USB, 1 Ethernet, 2 digital audio (optical and coaxial) 1 HDMI, 1 component, 1 composite, 2 USB, 1 Ethernet, 2 digital audio (optical and coaxial) connections 3D-ready Blu-ray Disc player for enjoying Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD 1080p Access to BRAVIA Internet video with Wi-Fi adapter and USB port for photos, music and video playback

Enjoy Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD1080p and improve the quality of DVDs to near HD with the 3D-ready Sony BDP-S470 Blu-ray Disc Player. Play your favorite movies faster than ever and access a wide variety of movies, TV shows, and music streaming from the Internet plus turn your Apple iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control by downloading a free app. Pair this 3D Blu-ray Disc player with a BRAVIA 3D HDTV and create the ultimate at-home 3D viewing experience. A perfect complement to any home theater, the BDP-S470 is ready for the future of home entertainment. Watch 3D Blu-ray Disc movies or standard Blu-ray movies in Full HD 1080p. Get the most out of the 3D experience with a Sony BRAVIA 3D HDTV. With the quick start feature turned on, the start-up time is quicker and disc loading is faster than previous models--with a start-up time from power off in about 3 seconds. If you have an iPhone or iPod touch or compatible Android-powered device, you can download the free BD Remote app and then use it to control playback on this Sony Blu-ray Disc Player. Additionally, you'll have the ability to access a Blu-ray Disc's details such as jacket artwork, actor, and production information (via Sony's Entertainment Database Browser using Gracenote technologies) as well as search for additional video clips online. Blu-ray 3D ready.   With BRAVIA Internet Video content, you can connect to the Internet and instantly stream a wide variety of movies, TV shows, videos and music from leading content providers including Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, YouTube, Slacker, and more. Key Features 3D Blu-ray Disc Full HD 1080p Playback: Enjoy 3D Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD 1080p. Also supports standard Blu-ray Disc movies in high definition and upscales DVDs to near HD quality. Quick Start/Quick Load: Begin enjoying your entertainment faster than ever.   BRAVIA Internet Video: Instantly stream a wide variety of movies, TV episodes, videos and music from a large selection of entertainment apps including Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Slacker--the list goes on and on. (Learn More) Cross Search: Easily search select BRAVIA Internet Video partners for entertainment or information related to the disc that you are enjoying. Gracenote Metadata Service: Instantly gives you access to detailed information about the movies you are watching. Share Personal Entertainment (DLNA): Share music, videos, and photos between compatible devices using your DLNA home network. Dolby TrueHD internal decoding and bitstream output via HDMI: Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD (Master Audio and High Resolution Audio) codecs reproduces high definition sound with 7.1 channels of discrete audio so you can enjoy uncompromised audio. Mobile Device Remote Control App: Download the free "BD remote" app to your iPhone/iPod touch or compatible Android device and turn it into a versatile remote--access movie info, search entertainment topics and more. USB Input: Share your videos or photos on the big screen or listen to your favorite music. Simply connect your digital camera, USB-enabled MP3 player, or USB storage device. Wi-Fi Adapter Ready: Easily connect to your wireless broadband network with a USB Wi-Fi adapter. Rear ports (see larger image). Key Specifications 3D ready: Yes Disc compatibility: BD-R/RE; BD-ROM; DVD±R/RW; CD-R/RW JPEG playback: Yes (BD-R/REDVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW) MP3 playback: Yes (BD-R/RE/DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW) AVC-HD playback: Yes (DVD+R/RW/-R/-RW) Wireless LAN: Ready (via USB) HDMI output: 1 (rear) Component output: 1 (rear) Composite A/V output: 1 (rear) USB 2.0: 2 (1 rear, 1 front) Ethernet: 1 (rear) Analog audio output: 1 (rear) Digital audio output: 1 coaxial, 1 optical (both rear) Dimensions: 16.93 x 8.11 x 1.41 inches (WxDxH) What's in the Box BDP-S470 Blu-ray Disc Player, remote control (with batteries), AV cable, operating instructions Learn More BRAVIA Internet Video Have your favorite internet content delivered to your TV screen via this Sony Blu-ray Disc Player with BRAVIA Internet Video. Stream movies, videos, music and more with BRAVIA Internet Video from a wide variety of sources and services, including: Amazon Instant Video provides instant access to over 50,000 hit movies and TV shows directly on your Sony BRAVIA HDTV. Watch new release movies as soon as they're on DVD and TV shows the day after they air, with thousands of titles available in HD--all commercial free. Netflix: Instantly watch thousands of TV episodes and movies streamed from Netflix right to your Sony BRAVIA HDTV--watch as much as you want, any time you want. (Netflix unlimited membership required for Netflix feature functionality.) Crackle: The next-generation video entertainment network with hundreds of movies, TV shows, and original series from the vast Sony Pictures library. Pandora Internet Radio: Free, personalized internet radio playing only music you love. Pandora brings an effortless personal soundtrack into your living room. Enter your favorite artists and enjoy stations created just for you. Rate songs as they play, because Pandora caters to your tastes and adapts stations to your feedback on the spot.

Most helpful customer reviews 188 of 190 people found the following review helpful. A great player, with some issues By Larry Leach I was excited to get this player. I had been waiting a long time for one that had a good set of features and a reasonable price. Overall, in the 2 weeks I've had it, I've really loved it. I'll go over the good and the bad of this Blu-ray player. First the bad: The remote, like all Sony remotes, are very basic. It handles the Blu-ray player functions fine. It also has built in TV remote functions as well. I have a Sony Bravia TV that is about 2 years old. However the remote doesn't work for about half of the functions, making this remote useless for controlling the TV. The remote can be set to a handful of TV brands. You would think that it could at least handle a Sony TV properly. NOTE: When registering the device on the Sony site, this model is not listed (as of this review). I selected the model S570 instead and that worked for me. When playing a Netflix movie, one time the movie locked up the player. It didn't respond to the remote, then completely restarted itself. Of course it didn't remember where it had stopped in the movie and I had to search to find where I was to finish the movie. Hopefully this doesn't happen often. At the time of this review DLNA has not been included with the player and will be available later, so I could not test this out. Being that it isn't relly a new thing, you would think that they'd have this already included. AVI file playback is only avalable to Canada players. The buttons on this box are tiny and the labelling is just as small and hard to read. Pale white print on black is always hard to read. In a dark area it is nearly impossible, even with the little light that it shines on the lower button panel, so using the remote is the way to go. Don't forget it when you go to load a disc. You'll probably end up memorizing button locations if you like to use the buttons on the player itself. If you are playing a disc and decide to stop play for any reason, it exits disc mode entirely, connects you to Gracenote, and returns to the Xross menu. Forget about returning to where you stopped. You have to go back to the very beginning of the disc loading process. You have to point the remote directly at the player to get it to do anything. It's very picky about this. The good: This is a very nice machine. It oozes high-tech. It is small and lightweight and no bigger than the slim Sony upconverting DVD player it had replaced. They could have used the exact same case for it. Load times are excellent. There is a setting that can have it load even faster if you don't mind keeping it powered in standby mode. The Sony Xross menu system makes sense and is easy to navigate. The menu is in 1080p, so it looks smooth and not cheap like other older players have done. Setup was a breeze. Plug in your connections and power it on. You're ready to go. You just have to register the device with Sony and Netflix and Amazon if you use those services. Simple and quick. Sony already had a software update for the player, so I had it do the update and it was done after a few minutes. There are a number of on-line sites you can visit for music, music videos, a handful of movies and other misc. on-line video content. Assuming that the original on-line content is in good quality, the video picture quality is very nice. You can use your DVDs to play your own content. You aren't restricted to using the USB connection. If you have a supported video or audio format stored on a disc, you can play it on this player. Really awesome. I look forward to the DLNA support coming later. I'll be able to connect to my PC where I have my own video and photos stored there. Standard DVD playback is excellent. This is not just upconverted playback. It also puts it in 24p and it also appears to have cleaned up the DVD picture quality, so it's seriously close to Blu-ray quality. For your regular movie you'll start to ask

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