sony BDP-S350 blu ray player

utajoker · 11 Nov 2008 at 19:59

so a dvd rental store ( dont no i can mention the name) are doing an offer were u get this dvd player and 5 blu-ray dvds all for £200.

ive seen the dvd player on its own for £170 on A site but all the dvds u get i wouldnt mind.

is the player good? or are there better for cheaper/equivalent price?

Vertigo · 11 Nov 2008 at 20:05

Got this player myself and very impressed with it.

If the titles are ones you actually want then the £200 looks pretty good.

utajoker · 12 Nov 2008 at 08:37

how is it at upscaling normal dvds?

will i need to get a hdmi cable aswell?

i dont no much bout blurays

Vertigo · 12 Nov 2008 at 08:39

Haven't actually tried any DVDs in it yet, will do so tonight

Doesn't come with an HDMI cable so you'll need to source one.

sunderland · 12 Nov 2008 at 12:51

use to have this player and its not the best at upscaling and yes you will need to get yourself a hdmi,whats good about this player is you have a quick boot on it which boots it up in 8 seconds

utajoker · 12 Nov 2008 at 14:44

sunderland said:
use to have this player and its not the best at upscaling and yes you will need to get yourself a hdmi,whats good about this player is you have a quick boot on it which boots it up in 8 seconds

£200 is max budget is there anything better for this price?

Vertigo · 13 Nov 2008 at 23:12

Well I've now tried it with DVDs and the upscaling looks perfectly fine to me

Big Spender · 14 Nov 2008 at 08:38

had a quick blast of Tranformers on blu-ray last night on my sony 40V4000... the quality is epic!

Eddie182 · 14 Nov 2008 at 08:44

Just got a BDP-S350 myself. Excellent player, DVD upscaling look perfect on my KDL40W3000 and blu-ray play back quality is superb. Audio quality via the HDMI to my sorround system is fantastic as well.

Loads much faster the then BDP-S300 it replaced as you'd expect from a 2nd gen player, less than half as much time taken to load a Blu-Ray movie, and having Blu-Ray live functionality is a great addition.

-Ad- · 14 Nov 2008 at 08:55

Over budget, but could you squeeze out the funds for a PS3 ? Great blu p[layer for the price, and its dvd upscaling abilities are truly excellent. Not to mention it plays games, is a media centre, and loads up blu rays quicker than standalone players I have tested.

Bossk128 · 14 Nov 2008 at 09:57

For a smidge over £200 you can get get the Sony 550, which decodes all current sound codecs (including HD) and sends over 7.1 analogues at the back. You can use any amp with 5.1+ inputs to hear your high def sound.

Vertigo · 14 Nov 2008 at 18:35

On the subject of BD-Live, apparently the profile 2.0 update for this player slows it down quite a bit and doesn't currently offer much benefit. Personally I'll hold off doing the update until I actually need it. Perhaps by then there'll be a newer firmware version that will be a bit faster.

utajoker · 17 Nov 2008 at 08:55

Eddie182 said:
Just got a BDP-S350 myself. Excellent player, DVD upscaling look perfect on my KDL40W3000 and blu-ray play back quality is superb. Audio quality via the HDMI to my sorround system is fantastic as well.

how have you got this connected to everything? hdmi to tv then surround sound to tv too?

i will be hoping to connect to my Z-5500s but ive got my pc connected and my 360 by optical, is this posible?

-Ad- said:
Over budget, but could you squeeze out the funds for a PS3 ? Great blu p[layer for the price, and its dvd upscaling abilities are truly excellent. Not to mention it plays games, is a media centre, and loads up blu rays quicker than standalone players I have tested.

£200 is max budget, plus i have an origonal xbox as a media center

not interested in any games on it, not until gran turismo 5 comes out anyway.

i think the whole package has tempted me the most, 6 free blurays costing £90 for them alone.

thanks for the replies everyone, just wondering about how to connect it to my Z-5500s now, as i said above got pc connected as normal and 360 through optical, any other way to connect it up?

thanks.

Eddie182 · 17 Nov 2008 at 09:01

utajoker said:
how have you got this connected to everything? hdmi to tv then surround sound to tv too?

i will be hoping to connect to my Z-5500s but ive got my pc connected and my 360 by optical, is this posible?

Blu-Ray to Surround Amp via HDMI, Surround Amp to TV via HMDI. Same goes for my Sky HD box all via HMDI. Although the Sky box also has an optical cable to the Amp as it doesn't output surround via HMDI. Have the Sony SF-1300 surround system.

thedoc46 · 22 Nov 2008 at 00:37

The speed of a stand alone will make you cry.. Get a PS3. I had to sell my BDP-300 and buy a 2nd PS3 for bluray.

Vern1961 · 22 Nov 2008 at 06:30

Good player though we had to tweak the sound output settings to the amp from the default setup to get it working correctly.

Menu resembles cut down PS3.

Vertigo · 22 Nov 2008 at 07:56

thedoc46 said:
The speed of a stand alone will make you cry.. Get a PS3. I had to sell my BDP-300 and buy a 2nd PS3 for bluray.

The noise of a PS3 will make you cry. Get a standalone.

Seriously, the 350 is much faster than older players and the slight delays that are still there are more than worth it for total silence whilst watching films.

Ben B · 22 Nov 2008 at 14:09

We've got that BR Player, its very good, its very fast as has been said, but it helps to have a decent HDMI cable.

We tried a cheapo one, around £12.99, and the picture was far superior with our £50 one.

nightmare99 · 22 Nov 2008 at 14:52

We tried a cheapo one, around £12.99, and the picture was far superior with our £50 one.

Hmm surely not? Or have I missed something?

Mikey · 22 Nov 2008 at 15:59

nightmare99 said:
Hmm surely not? Or have I missed something?

Indeed I've heard the same. I've got muffled sound on the blu ray to my sony KDL40V4000 and wondered whether it's to do with the HDMI lead. Time to look at some monster / QED cables etc. but shame about the bloomin' cost