Excellent images > Solid build quality > High resolution audio...Not Profile 1.1 > No DTS-HD Master Audio > No SACD...Compare Sony BDP-S500 prices with TechRadar UK reviews......

However, the BDP-S500 adds many of these missing features, including Dolby True HD and DTS HD decoding...The rear panel is well equipped without going overboard...The digital connection also outputs video in resolutions of 720p, 1080i and 1080p, and the player will upscale DVDs to any of these formats...

Excellent audio performance, great Blu-ray and DVD upscaling playback, streamlined interface, attractive design...Slight lag times at startup and when navigating discs...The BDP-S500 is a powerful Blu-ray player, geared towards enthusiasts...Sony's BDP-S500 is the company's latest Blu-ray player to hit the market, geared for enthusiasts...Alongside support...

"If cost is important, I would recommend that you wait a little bit longer for a new model to be released, since it will cost less and will come with some of the things this BDP-S500 lacks..."

"This loading time and overall Java interactivity has been helped though by Sony's recent firmware update 3.50 for this player..."

"So what is good about the BDP S500..."

"fast, beautiful video, great audio up-convert is only good I am very impressed with this machine..."

"Good looking machine Way too Slow I am & always be a big sony fan, however on this occasion I have been very disappointed in this player..."

"Good quality pictures and sound Loading time is lagging I bought this unit together with Toshiba XA2, the XA2 gives a much faster loading time and better..."

"small size design remote very very very bad sound for music I had a good audio system once - it was overall good sony reciever STR-DE425 and the very good sony speakers SS-126E..."

"Additionaly i had a good sony dvd player..."

"They are maybe good for movies, but they are realy bad for music..."