Sony BDP-S550 Review

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January 21st, 2009


Summary

Bring home the future of Blu-ray Disc technology with BD-Live and the BDP-S550 Blu-ray Disc player. BD-Live takes your movie experience to a whole new level. Download and stream bonus content such as additional scenes, shorts, trailers and movie-based games. Equipped with a built-in Ethernet port and 1GB of memory, it's easy to access specially created BD-Live content. This player also outputs a Full 1080/24p True Cinema picture, plus upscales your existing DVD collection to 1080p when using the HDMI connection. And Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD delivers studio master quality audio which is designed specifically for high definition entertainment. Make the most of all of these features with the icon-based Xcross Media Bar, which provides simple navigation of the player's menu system.

Specs

Product Features

  • Bonus View & BD-Live (Profile 2.0) w/1GB flash memory for local storage

  • Full HD 1080/60p & 24p True Cinema Video Output

  • Dolby¿ True HD/DTS¿-HD decoder built-in with 7.1ch out. Quick start up mode.

  • Dolby¿ TrueHD & DTS-HD bitstream out over HDMI¿ (V1.3)

  • x.v.Color¿ for AVC-HD

Technical Details

  • Brand Name: Sony

  • Model: BDPS550

  • DVD Type: Blu-Ray disc player

  • Parental Lock: Y

  • audio_output_mode: Surround Sound

  • form_factor: Tabletop

  • Built In Decoder: Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS decoder

  • dvd_media_load_type: Tray

  • Color Name: Black

  • Width: 16.9 inches

  • Depth: 8.7 inches

  • Height: 2.8 inches

  • Weight: 7.3 pounds


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