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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Sharp BDHP35U Blu-ray Disc Player, Black

3D Blu Ray Disc Player with wireless

Amazon Sales Rank: #13914 in Home Theater Color: Black Brand: Sharp Model: BDHP35U Dimensions: 1.90" h x 16.90" w x 7.90" l, 5.10 pounds Play back 3D Blu-ray Discs in Full HD 1080p resolution, or upscale your DVDs to a new level of detail Access online BD Live bonus content as well as the latest from CinemaNow, Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, and Pandora Enjoy music, video, and image files from USB thumb drives and networked DLNA-certified devices Includes Sharp Wi-Fi adapter for a quick and easy wireless network connection High-definition, multi-channel audio with decoding of Dolby Digital TrueHD and DTS Master Audio 3D BLU RAY player, Wireless Divix HD, Iphone & Ipad control

Internet-Ready Devices Internet-ready devices use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content to your television, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast. Although there is overlap, each manufacturer offers a unique bundle of free or paid services, including streaming video and music, social networking apps, online photo galleries, news and financial updates, weather info, sports scores, and a variety of other smartphone-like applications. Manufacturers continue to add new content to their offerings, keeping customers current through firmware updates, and making a bit of research a prudent step in your buying decision. Learn more about Internet-ready devices and HDTVs, how they work, what services are offered by different manufacturers, and exactly what you'll need to get started at our Internet TV 101 customer center. 3D Technology Checklist This product is 3D-related. To help you get a great 3D experience, use the checklist below to ensure you have everything you need. 3D viewing requires: A DisplayFirst, you'll need a 3D-ready display--whether it's a 3D HDTV, 3D projector, or 3D computer monitor. These displays have more processing power than standard 2D models for displaying 3D images in rapid succession. A SourceYour display may be ready for 3D playback, but you'll still need a device to read 3D content. This can be a cable box with a subscription to a 3D channel, a 3D Blu-ray Disc player, or a PlayStation 3 system. 3D Content3D content--the actual entertainment, in other words--will be played back using the source mentioned above, whether it's a 3D broadcast from your cable provider, a 3D Blu-ray Disc, or a 3D video game. 3D GlassesFor now, the vast majority of 3D HDTVs require glasses for 3D viewing. Many use powered "active shutter" glasses, others polarized "passive" glasses. You'll need one pair per viewer, and they'll have to be compatible with your display, whether they're the same brand, or a pair of "universal" glasses designed to work across brands. HDMI CableTo connect your source (such as a 3D Blu-ray Disc player) to your display, you'll need a high-speed HDMI cable. Cables with this designation feature bandwidth speeds up to 10.2 Gbps (gigabits per second), for carrying the 3D signal without any loss of quality. If you want to get more information about 3D, shop our 3D products, watch videos, or interact with other customers, we invite you to visit 3D 101, our customer center about everything 3D. March 2011 The BD-HP35U 3D Blu-ray Disc Player is perfect for enjoying Full HD 3D 1080p Blu-ray video, making it a perfect companion for your 3D HDTV. Play back your Blu-ray Discs, upscale your DVDs to a new level of detail, and listen to your CD music library. You can also enjoy your digital multimedia files via the USB port, or streamed from a networked DLNA device. The included wireless adapter lets you easily (and wirelessly) access a vast library of Internet content, from services such as Netflix, Vudu with Apps, CinemaNow, YouTube, and Pandora. 3D Blu-ray playback and a wealth of wireless entertainment options. Click here for a larger image 3D Blu-ray Entertainment and Wireless Connectivity. Blu-ray 3D Playback Immerse yourself in 3D entertainment with a compatible 3D HDTV setup. The BD-HP35U is ready to play back the latest 3D Blu-ray titles, and to take your entertainment experience to the next level. USB/Network Multimedia File Playback View both still and video digital images recorded in HD onto a CD-RW/R, from a USB drive, or streamed from your network. You can also play back MP3 audio files and Divx HD format video. Connected Entertainment Using a connection to the Internet, the BD-HP35U provides built-in access to BD Live bonus content as well as CinemaNow, Netflix, Vudu, and YouTube. You can also stream music using Pandora. Wireless Adapter Included The BD-HP35U includes Sharp's wireless adapter. Just plug it into the USB port, and you'll be able to wirelessly connect to your home network. Enjoy Internet content or your own media from DLNA devices without the need for cables. Front-panel USB port for playback of your digital files (additional rear USB port is used with included wireless adapter). Connect to Internet services for streaming media--CinemaNow, Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, and Pandora. DLNA Certified--stream video, music, and images directly from compatible networked devices. HDMI Output A simple one-cable connection carries complete digital audio and video content between your HDTV and the BD-HP35U player, for the best high-definition 3D video and audio in home theater today. Full HD 3D Resolution The Blu-ray Disc format has full 1080p resolution capability--the maximum picture resolution available today. The BD-HP35U lets you take advantage, for an amazing home theater experience enjoyed in the comfort of your own home. High Fidelity Audio Blu-ray Discs let you take advantage of the latest mutli-channel surround sound formats, such as Dolby TrueHD. Enjoy high-quality lossless 7.1-channel digital surround that's a bit-for-bit equivalent of the master recording. DVD Up-Scaling Your existing standard-definition DVD library will look better than ever with the BD-HP35U. By optimizing standard DVD playback signals to 1080p (when displaying on a 1080p capable HDTV through the HDMI connection), the BD-HP35U can deliver more DVD picture quality as the frames are unconverted pixel by pixel, not just frame by frame. AQUOS LINK Function Why use two remotes when you can use one? The AQUOS LINK function allows you to control both your AQUOS LCD TV and your AQUOS Blu-ray Disc player together. When you connect your AQUOS LCD TV to the Blu-ray Disc player via an HDMI connection, you will have seamless interoperability between the two. AQUOS LINK also features the ability to control on-screen with other manufacturers' remotes. BD-Live This Blu-ray feature gives you access to a wide variety of real-time content via a network connection, such as movie scene extras, new previews, games, chat, and more. The Bonus View function provides access to picture-in-picture special features, allowing you to simultaneously watch your favorite movie scenes and added bonus features (on compatible discs). AQUOS Pure Mode Another Sharp technology, AQUOS Pure Mode provides seamless optimization of Blu-ray Disc content. When the Sharp BD-HP35U is connected to an AQUOS TV through an HDMI cable, the AQUOS TV will automatically switch to "dot by dot" mode to deliver full 1080 video content, for the best possible picture. DLNA Network Connection The DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance defines a standard for moving movies, photos, music and other media from a network to a Blu-ray player. DLNA servers can store media in one location and can stream the content to DLNA compliant players for playback at a remote location. This Blu-ray Disc player is DLNA certified, and ready to connect to your media over your home network. BD-HP35U Select Specifications Supported Media Disc Formats: BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R, DVD Video, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, Audio CD (CD-DA), CD-RW/R Video File Formats: VR, AVHCD, DivX (H.264/MKV) Audio File Formats: MP3 Image File Formats: JPEG Connectivity HDMI Connections: 1 USB Ports: 2 (1 Front, 1 Rear) Ethernet: 1 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX (Wireless LAN Adapter Also Included) Digital Audio Output: 1 (Optical) Weight and Dimensions Dimensions (WxHxD): 16.94 x 1.94 x 7.81 Inches Weight: 3.8 lbs. What's in the Box BD-HP35U 3D Blu-ray Disc Player, Wireless LAN Adapter, Remote Control With Batteries, AC Power Cord, Documentation

Most helpful customer reviews 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Nice Integration with Sharp TV By MLipenk The Sharp HE BDHP35U DVD BluRay Player works great coupled with my SHARP HDTV 46" LE810UN. Previous to getting this player, we were using a PS2 as our DVD player. I could have probably got a BluRay player for less but the integration with my existing SHARP TV was my main criteria and I was willing to pay a little extra for it. If your TV is compatible with AQUOS LINK (which mine is), you can control both the TV and the player with simple operations. I am able to perform simple functions of the TV with the player's remote and functions of the player with the TV's remote. When the playback on the player is started the TV automatically knows the input without having to specify the input (which I would normally have to do with our game consoles PS2 and Wii). When the player is stopped, turning off the TV automatically turns off the player too. When you switch to the LCD TV input terminal connected to this player, the power of this player will be turned on automatically. The image quality is wonderful on up-converted standard DVDs. I recently watched the BluRay "Gnomeo and Juliet" with the kids and the picture quality with this player on my Sharp 46" was nothing short of incredible! With the AQUOS LINK, images are automatically adjusted to the most suitable image quality for the AQUOS TV. So far I am really happy with this player and the integration with my SHARP TV. The eject seems a bit slow as does the load time of DVDs, but nothing that is completely intolerable. Note: the manual is clear that there may be firmware updates on Sharp's product page, which there are, which will improve playback of discs and Netflix. Normally I go with Amazon, but I purchased this from Abt Electronics because they had the best price at the time. Pros: Excellent Image Quality, Easy Set-Up, Seamless Integration with Sharp TVs, Backwards Compatible DVD Up-conversion, Wireless Internet via included dongle that plugs in the back. Cons: A bit pricey compared to other BluRay players out there, but it does include the wireless dongle, and is 3D capable (which I don't care about). 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Nothing short of awful By Gregory L. Meece I bought this on sale at Fry's. What a mistake. For very basic BluRay discs, it does a fair job of playing them (hence the nominal 2 stars). The interface looks like it was designed in the early 80's, and many discs simply won't play properly on it. Example: Iron Man (first one) - about halfway through, it simply freezes. You will wait and wait and you'll get like 3 frames in 5 minutes. Finally, you stop the disc and eventually you get the atrocious interface back. I thought it was the disc, but returned the disc to the store and the exact same thing happened with a new copy of the disc. Other friends have the same disc - plays fine on their players. Oh, and try to update the firmware - that'll fix it, right? Not so fast partner! If you try to do a network update, it lies to you and says you're up to date. Go to the website and you see your firmware is way out of date. Go through the retentive and stupid USB flash update, it gets about 10% through and it tells you the update has failed. Lather, rinse, repeat. Oh, and did I mention that the login for both Netflix and YouTube doesn't work? When you try to access the text input box for Netflix, you can't select the text - up-down-left-right don't select the alpha characters, they select the interface behind that dialog box. So, Netflix is worthless. For YouTube login, you can activate both the username and password dialogs, but it refuses the OK button for the login button. One more thing - the product is supposed to support BD-Live. It does sorta. However, if you utilize the wireless connection it won't work unless you have a freshly formatted USB flash drive inserted where it can store content (there's NO internal

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