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Sony BDP-S570 Blu-ray Disc Player |  | Brand: Sony
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $199.00
as of 7/30/2010 12:50 CDT details
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Seller: Hope Discount City Inc.
Rating:  67 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 16.9 x 1.8
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: BDP-S570
Model: BDP-S570
UPC: 027242789838
EAN: 0027242789838
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | BRAVIA Internet Video: Access movies, music, videos & more | | • | Built-in Wi-Fi & Blu-ray 3D playback capability | | • | iPhone/iPod touch BD Remote | | • | Quick Start/Load to watch movies faster than ever | | • | DLNA wireless streaming of photos, videos and music |
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Product Description
3D READY Blu-Ray Disc Player
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 67
 Great player for the price March 18, 2010
William J. Willis (Joplin MO)
68 out of 69 found this review helpful
The sony S570 is a great player. The fast load system is excellent and much faster than the older 300s models. The setup was easy (it walks you through each step) I use the wireless N router and the speeds are awesome. Seamless integration with our Netflix account and the ability to watch Youtube videos is a great addition to what the player can do. Great 1080p picture and good upconversion of dvds. Do not be afraid of this player. If you have a netflix account or would like to watch youtube videos on your TV- this is your player. Also on a side note- you have several other choices besides Netflix and youtube. You have Amazons video on demand service and several other free video services.
A fine replacement for my BDP-S300 March 7, 2010
the-movie-guy (Lawrence, KS)
139 out of 148 found this review helpful
First, a little background. I purchased a Sony BDP-S300 (one of the early Sony BD players) three years ago to use with my home-theatre setup. It was always a great player, just a basic machine with no frills. Not a lot of advanced features, but it always had superb picture quality and it played anything you could put in it.
Anyway, in mid-2009 I started looking for a new BD machine to replace the aging S300. The S300 had wonderful picture quality, no doubt about it, but it was becoming troublesome with long waits for load times, sometimes taking up to five minutes to start playing a Java-enabled Blu-ray disc (from cold power-on to disc main menu). In the process of "auditioning" new machines, I tried out a Samsung BD-P1600 and a Sony BDP-N460, both of which were returned to the store for one reason or another.
Well, my good friends, it appears as though my long wait for a replacement for the S300 is over. I purchased a Sony BDP-S570 on Thursday, March 4th 2010, and I could not be happier with the results.
Now let me say that I am looking at players for playback quality alone. I am not interested in connecting the machine to the Internet -- which may put off some of you. I am only concerned with load times, wait times, picture quality, sound quality. All else for me is a moot point because I connect my television directly to my Windows XP Media Centre PC for things such as Netflix, Youtube, Pandora, etc. So this review and comments are only in regard to video playback of various discs on this machine.
Upon removing the BDP-S570 from its box, and connecting it to the television via HDMI, I loaded our first "test disc", the 2009 Java-heavy Paramount Blu-ray release of J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek". The disc loaded faster than you can say "Klingon". I was also quite impressed when pressing the "Pop Up/Menu" button on the remote control automatically forced the disc to skip through the four trailers (that play automatically at the start most of the time). This is the first machine that could blow past the trailers like that in one fell swoop. (Formerly, you had to use the fast-forward function to forward through each trailer one at a time.)
As many of you know, The "Star Trek" BD was one of the most well-received BDs of 2009 in terms of picture quality. Well let me say the PQ looks extraordinary on this player and my television. The only problem I noted was a brief glitch in the video outputting/processing, when a herky-jerky something happened and skipped a brief second during the climactic space battle at the end of the movie. I reversed the movie and played it again, and the second time around, no problems.
Second test disc was the 2007 Columbia BD release of "Spider-Man 2" (from the trilogy boxed set). This disc loaded quickly and played flawlessly, again perfect PQ and video outputting. No complaints here at all.
Final test disc was the 2006 Disney Platinum Edition DVD release of "The Little Mermaid". This disc loaded very quickly and the picture quality throughout was superb. No jaggies at all like you'd see on some other BD machines when playing standard DVDs. Superb auto upscaling to 1080P from the disc's native 480i.
Some specific features that impressed me with this player: The remote control has an open/close button on it, which was missing on older Sony BD remote controls (particularly the N460). This player has the easiest auto set-up (by far) of any of the various new players I've connected to my TV out of the box. Finally, you can deactivate the lights and numerical (counter) display on the front of the machine, so it is completely dark when powered on. This is a handy feature if you, like me, dislike all those lights particularly when playing a movie in a darkened room.
Also I particularly like the small size of this player. The S300 was a behemoth in comparison. This player takes no room at all in my component cabinet (in fact it is so small I can't keep my Wii on top like I did with my old player).
All in all this is a superb A+++++ machine from Sony. Here is the player I was waiting for. Technology has caught up to the level such that these players have really come into their own. Also this player is 3D capable with the expected firmware coming this summer. So I will be ready to watch Avatar when the 3D BD is released. Celebration all around.
UVERSE CUSTOMERS. April 30, 2010
S. Miller (Orlando)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Hi, I normally do not write reviews, but since I had researched this player since it came out four months ago and could find nothing about compatibility with U-Verse TV.I wanted to let other U-Verse customers to have something to refer to. I got the player yesterday but you need to take some steps before setting it up.
First make sure before getting your player you increase your internet speed through U-Verse. Do it at least 24 hours in advance so that the speed it upgraded before you try and connect.I went to AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet Max Plus .Internet Details -Download speed up to 18 Mbps. This will cost you an additional $12.95 over regular internet which is only 2 Mbps . That with your Netflix subscription cost only 20.00 per month,less than the cost of going to the movies once. This speed ensures that everything is fast enough to stream without delays and stream in high definition if you want it to. I have a hi definition LCD TV so I wanted it to be hi def.
The instructions are very easy. The blu ray player found my internet with no problem at all. I followed all the instructions to connect and set up Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, You Tube, etc. etc. However even thought this was set up , I could access the menus, see my items but nothing would play.
I called Sony support and after an hour and a half still no connection , and then the tech disconnected me. I was furious after all that time, but it was to my benefit. After calling back, I was lucky enough to get someone with a brain.In five minutes I was connected and ready to go.
Let me tell you the problem.YOU MUST HAVE FIRMWARE UPGRADE 473. I could not get my player to connect to the network to do the upgrade in the firmware.Again, You need version, 473. Without that you will not be able to play anything at all on U-verse and according to Sony most networks. Because the other operator had me do so many different things, and not upgrade the firmware FIRST< the box needed to be reset and there is a very specific way to do this.
First, you need to turn off the power on the blue-ray player , and than unplug the Sony blu ray player from the power source and leave unplugged for 60 seconds. You MUST TIME THIS OR IT WILL NOT WORK. Then replug it into the outlet, turn the power on. the first question is to upgrade the firmware, hit yes, it will upload and then everything works.
Since getting it to work, it only took TEN HOURS, it is a DREAM> Picture and sound is fantastic , there are no lag times in watching anything, and the increased speed in my network allows true High Definition playbacks.
The reason I went with the Sony Blu Ray Player was because, like over the Roku and other players, this by far has the most choices for connections. Over 25 right now. Plus it can be upgraded to 3D in July 2010. I wanted Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand and You Tube.,This is one of the few players to do all of those. Also Sony is a great brand.
Playing blu rays I have never seen such a clear picture, and I had a good blu ray player before this. It is true Hi-definition.
So since there is no info about U-verse and any of the internet connectible products for TV I wanted to write this to give other people what I did not have the benefit of.
Good Luck and enjoy.
UPDATE-5-26-2010- I continue to love my player had a couple more kinks I can prevent you from pulling your hair out. One day I turned on my player and there was a firm ware upgrade. Once again, I could not get it to load. I tired solution above, pulling the plug and restarting player after 60 seconds no dice. I called sony. First they had me turn off blu-ray play and unplug it. Then they had me reset wireless router. Now with U-Verse, you will lose your tv, internet and telelphone when you do this if you have the combined package with those items. To reset the router, on the back of the Black belkin box, not he grey tower with all the lights, there is a very clearly marked on/off switch. turn it off for sixty seconds, then turn back on . It take about sixty seconds for everything to reconnect. then go plug in blu-ray player, turn it on and firmware upgrade loaded with no problem.
Another issue I have had is that occasionally even though it states my internet is connected correctly, I keep getting error message and cannot connect. Once again, unplug and reset router. that should fix it.
this is the only problem I have had. Picture is great, download times are super fast, and there is no delay when watching Netflix. Amazon Video on Demand is another story. I have purchased quite a few items from them and it has been so frustrating that they constantly freeze or stop in the middle of show or movie to download more. It has been so bad consistently that I have complained to Amazon tech support for amazon vod . Hopefully they will fix problem soon. Until they do I will not be buying any more items from them which stinks. The main reason I got this player was so I could use amazon vod.
Good luck and enjoy your movies and tv shows?
Great Blu-Ray Player May 12, 2010
Daniel M. Carter (NC USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I spent numerous hours reviewing Blu-ray players before deciding on the Sony BDP-S570. Some of my primary requirements were:
- Netflix capable
- Wi-Fi capable
- Additional online content
- Economical
I know my requirements are not that stringent, but the player is just for the family. I wanted to be able to do Full HD 1080p and the family/kids wanted to be able to watch Netflix. I wanted/needed Wi-Fi because I did not want to run a network cable.
After reading hours of reviews I decided on the Sony BDP-S570 because it met all of my requirements, as well as, is prepared to be a 3D player with a firmware upgrade. I watched Amazon for about a month and finally it went on sale for $224. I brought it immediately.
I had my new Blu-Ray player up and running immediately. I connected the Blu-Ray to my network and immediately updated the firmware. I registered with Netflix and was watching movies instantly. I have not had any issues whatsoever with Netflix. This is a great box if this is one of your major requirements. I also registered with Pandora and Slacker and have very much enjoyed the online music. My family has also enjoyed watching YouTube as well.
After a month I am extremely happy with my purchase and highly recommend this Blu-Ray player.
It's my first BD-Player... May 8, 2010
original_star_gazer (Clinton, SC USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I read many customer reviews about this BD-Player before I spent the cash to get one myself. I have a habit of taking some reviews with a grain of salt and there's always a few that will have a bad experience. So far my experience has been great with this player. I'm not a video/audio guru, but I know what I like to see and I know what I like to hear. I have not been disappointed with the Sony BDP-S570 Blu-ray Disc Player. The first two Blu-Rays that went into my player were "2012" and "Avatar." They were both tremendous quality experiences.
(As a footnote you should also know that my HDTV is also a Sony. It's a Sony Bravia KDL46EX500. Awesome features for the price I paid.)
I had one small drawback, a nuisance, but one worth mentioning for those making this player a consideration. When I started using my new player my home was hooked up with Wireless-G (2.4-GHz). I did have a few problems with streaming my Netflix, but only far and few between. It was like watching a video catching up on the internet. A few weeks later I decided to upgrade my system to Wireless-N (5-GHz) for the internet. This is something I did for my laptop, not for my BD player. After installing my new Netgear RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (WNDR3700), I now found out I had the option in the Blu-Ray player to use Wireless-N! I had no idea before the new system was installed that the BD player was able to use Wireless-N. What a bonus! I set the Sony BD player to use the 5GHz network and no more stalls for streaming the video. None whatsoever! It is faster in all responses to using my Netflix.
Now please don't take this as all inclusive... that all players will have problems with Wireless-G 2.4GHz, because I'm not sure that's the case. I live in the "sticks" so to speak. I've had more than a few problems with my internet connections before (mostly squirrels) and this could have added to my experience. I just wanted to let you know that after putting in the Wireless-N 5GHz this unit works better than before. I'm definitely all Thumbs Up about my experience with this BD-player.
The only thing I can add is to reiterate what others have said about the features and quality of this fine player. It's great and worth every penny I paid for it! Can't wait for the online 3D upgrade to see how that's going to look...
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