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gr3y · 01-08-2008, 09:18 AM

Just picked up a SONY BDPS500, Anything I should know about it? I demoted the BDP1200 to the bedroom

got a great deal on it

And it plays mr and mrs smith and live free or die hard wihtout any problems unlike the sammy

bootman · 01-08-2008, 03:35 PM

Nice player.
Hopefully there will be an update from Sony that will let it bitstream DTS-HD MA like the Pioneer Elite 95 does now.
(they are virtual clones video wise)

gr3y · 01-08-2008, 06:08 PM

I was wondering about the DTS-HD MA. I updated it but I did'nt see anything about that... cool thanks for the heads up.

Carmien · 01-09-2008, 06:03 AM

I had a 500 thrown in when I got my XBR5 and ES 5300. I played it a few times and loved it.

I only had 2 complaints. 1, given my investment in amp I wanted to have HDMA in bitstream. 2, it's load time was really long. I had to wait a very long time for Spidey 3 to come up.

However, it's a great player in my limited experience. I do understand you can download the Sony firmware updates to DVD and update from there. If you don't care about HDMA then I can't think of anything else.

After a couple of days I took it back and got a PS3 80GB instead. I'm a gamer and decided they'll either update the PS3 with HDMA or I'll get a BD player that can do it.

garak · 01-09-2008, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by gr3y

Just picked up a SONY BDPS500, Anything I should know about it? I demoted the BDP1200 to the bedroom

got a great deal on it

And it plays mr and mrs smith and live free or die hard wihtout any problems unlike the sammy

Nice, I'm assuming you got fed up with your Samsuck. I just did, and ordered a BDPS300 last night.

gr3y · 01-09-2008, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by garak

Nice, I'm assuming you got fed up with your Samsuck. I just did, and ordered a BDPS300 last night.

Yeah it pissed me off too much. I would have been even more pissed if i got 3:10 to Yuma today and it didn't play like everyone is saying...

hey you have an xbr5... why don't you get the S500? it does the 24p, would look very smooth on your tv

I'm really happy with it so far. I agree it's a lil slow, but oh well... thats how it goes...

garak · 01-10-2008, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by gr3y

hey you have an xbr5... why don't you get the S500? it does the 24p, would look very smooth on your tv

I'm planning on using this player only until the Panny BD50 comes out.

01-08-2008, 09:18 AM	#1
gr3y Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California, USA Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:34 Blu-ray collection:1054 Blu-ray reviews:14 Trading Score:58	Got a BDPS500 Just picked up a SONY BDPS500, Anything I should know about it? I demoted the BDP1200 to the bedroom got a great deal on it And it plays mr and mrs smith and live free or die hard wihtout any problems unlike the sammy

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01-08-2008, 03:35 PM	#2
bootman Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:The Burghs	Nice player. Hopefully there will be an update from Sony that will let it bitstream DTS-HD MA like the Pioneer Elite 95 does now. (they are virtual clones video wise)

01-08-2008, 06:08 PM	#3
gr3y Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California, USA Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:34 Blu-ray collection:1054 Blu-ray reviews:14 Trading Score:58	I was wondering about the DTS-HD MA. I updated it but I did'nt see anything about that... cool thanks for the heads up.

01-09-2008, 06:03 AM	#4
Carmien Member Member since:Dec 2007	I had a 500 thrown in when I got my XBR5 and ES 5300. I played it a few times and loved it. I only had 2 complaints. 1, given my investment in amp I wanted to have HDMA in bitstream. 2, it's load time was really long. I had to wait a very long time for Spidey 3 to come up. However, it's a great player in my limited experience. I do understand you can download the Sony firmware updates to DVD and update from there. If you don't care about HDMA then I can't think of anything else. After a couple of days I took it back and got a PS3 80GB instead. I'm a gamer and decided they'll either update the PS3 with HDMA or I'll get a BD player that can do it.

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