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Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player  | 
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Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $219.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  126 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.4
Dimensions (in): 17 x 8.8 x 2.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: BDP-S350
Model: BDP-S350
UPC: 027242737501
EAN: 0027242737501
ASIN: B001A4LVYY
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| Features:
| • | Full HD 1080/60 p & 24p True Cinema Video Output | | • | Dolby TrueHD decoding built-in Dolby TrueHD /DTS-HD bitstream out over HDMI (V1.3) | | • | DVD upscale to 1080p | | • | Precision Cinema Progressive HD | | • | x.v.Color for AVC-HD |
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Product Description
Experience the next wave of home entertainment with this Blu-ray Disc player, featuring Dolby TrueHD and BD-Live compatibility. Featuring BD-Live compatibility, you can take full advantage of the Bonus View feature of select Blu-ray movies as well as acquire the latest features and updates as they become available. This player also outputs a Full 1080/24p True Cinema picture, plus upscales your existing DVD collection to 1080p when using the HDMI connection. Superior picture quality isn't the only thing you'll notice, the BDP-S350 comes with Dolby TrueHD which delivers sound as stunning as the high definition picture itself. Bringing it all together is the icon based Xross Media Bar, which provides simple navigation of the player's menu system. Quick start-up mode allows operation in less than 6 seconds from when Sony Blu-ray Disc player is powered on. Dolby TrueHD delivers lossless studio master quality audio designed specifically for high definition entertainment like Blu-ray Disc. An incredible sound stage, dynamic range and a stellar Home Theater experience await you with Dolby TrueHD. With up to 7.1 channels of surround sound and audio that is indistinguishable from the original studio version, Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD promises you an extraordinary surround experience. DVD Upscaling via HDMI gets the most out of your existing DVD collection by upscaling standard definition video to near HD quality. Precision Cinema HD upscale uses high bandwidth digital-to-analog conversion and processing to detect image changes at the pixel level, rather than at the level of whole scan lines. Additionally, separate algorithms are used to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are free from motion artifacts. Ethernet port provides connectivity to a home broadband connection so you can download network updates.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 121 more reviews...
 Awesome quality at an awesome price!! November 17, 2008
This is my first blu-ray & I absolutely love it. Hook up was easy. Set up was a piece of cake. It basically walked you through. Picture quality is incredible. I can't believe the clarity. Watched Transformers & The Predator in blu-ray & was blown away. But when I watched Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D I was left with my jaw dropping. I think what most impressed me was when i put in Rambo in standard def. It truly looked like hd. The quality was unbelieveable. I have a Toshiba 42" 1080i DLP & I set the player for 1080i & the quality is tremendous. DO NOT BE DETERRED IF YOU DON"T HAVE A 1080p TV YET. What I have is working great!!!
I shopped around on-line for blu-ray players & read numerous reviews because I wanted a good bang for my buck considering this was my first purchase. Every site had this priced at $300 except for Amazon. I got mine for $223 plus free shipping. I was to receive it in 3 to 5 business days & it showed up in LESS THAN ONE DAY!!! Incredible!!! Thank you Amazon!!!
Amazing product ! November 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gift for my husband , he loved it .. its an awesome product ! Extremely satisfied !
Amazing Dvd Player November 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let me tell you that I owned HDDVD player and i wasn't planning to buy a Blu Ray Player, But I'm a Movie's Fan, so I love to have the best quality in picture and Sound. HD-DVd is not more in service and i need a good hd player to watch my movies and i found in the model. It has an incredible picture and sound. I think that I make a very good purchase. Thanks to Sony!!!
Great player November 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had no issues with this player. It is very intuitive since Sony has kept the interface the same as the PS3 which we also have. Sound and picture quality are both excellent.
 Beer Budget Blu-ray Bites Back! November 14, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
With past standalone Blu-ray players, Sony has been its own greatest competition. Their PS3 provides excellent Blu-ray Disc playback, network upgradability, and a comprehensive Blu-ray feature set including BonusView and BD-Live. Previous Sony players were lacking in these areas, or were prohibitively expensive. But this is no longer the case with the BDP-S350, a solid budget Blu-ray player that has the features and performance that most Blu-ray buyers are looking for, at the lowest price yet of a name brand player.
The PS3 is still a little faster to boot up and to load, but the latest generation Sony player is catching up even on this front, and the BDP-S350, with its CE component-style design and Infrared remote capability, integrates into a home theater system more easily than the PS3. Also, with the inclusion of a network port, the BDP-S350 can enjoy the same kind of firmware upgradability that the PS3 offers, as well as support of BD-Live interactive features (don't forget to pick up a USB flash memory card as you'll need it in order to use the BD-Live features).
The Sony's closest competition in price and functionality, Samsung's BD-P1500, doesn't quite match the Sony player in its DVD upconversion or reliability. One area where the BDP-S350 is slightly bettered by other competitive players (notably, the Panasonic DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55), in its video performance, both on DVD upconversion and BD playback. Subtle details in color and complex handling of things like moving diagonal lines are handled by the newest Panasonic players better than on the Sony, but these differences only become apparent on larger screen sizes such as large flat panels and massive front projection screens.
But on 3:2 cadence detection from DVDs (where the player optimizes the picture for movies, by detecting the inherent 3:2 cadence of film-based material), the BDP-S350 performs flawlessly, eliminating artifacts like moire patterns that can plague some lesser players. And, based on the current Amazon prices, the Panasonic players are slightly more expensive than the Sony, so this does merit some consideration, particularly with the economy the way it is right now.
The player's handling of next generation surround sound formats (Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio) is pretty typical for the current entry-level players - bistreaming these soundtracks over HDMI for decoding in one of the latest home theater receivers with HDMI 1.3 support. But the S350 offers neither multi-channel analog outputs, nor on-board decoding of DTS-HD sountracks to PCM. These shortcomings will make a difference if you have an older home theater receiver without on-board DTS-HD decoding and you want to get the best possible sound. If this is the case, then either of the new Panasonic players or Sony's own BDP-S550 player may be a better option. But if you've got the latest home theater gear, then the S350's bitstreaming of DTS-HD over HDMI is perfectly fine.
If you're a Sony brand fan, the BDP-S350 will give you a lot to be excited about, at a price that would have seemed impossible just a few short months ago. Pick one up for the holidays and you'll finally get to see what your HDTV and home theater system is really capable of.
A more detailed review of the player is available at Big Picture Big Sound.
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