Sony S570 Blu Ray Player

[dalessandro12]

I have been playing with this thing for a little over a week now and love it. The 3D / DLNA firmware update was suppose to be released in July but to my surprise, when I booted up last night there was a notification of a new firmware version. I looked online this morning and sure enough, it was for both of these features. 30 minutes later and I was streaming my ripped DVDs (XVID) from my server in my office. Netflix services has been flawless and the quality is great - I read a few reviews that the quality was problematic but I have been streaming with no issues and when I had family over, they couldn't believe it was streaming video.

All and all, for the $189 I paid for it I am extremely pleased. Blu Ray + internet apps + 3D + DLNA + no screaming HTPC in my living room = one exteremly happy man (even the wife is impressed).

I will probably write a more in depth review for the reviews section if anyone is interested.

 

[j_garcia]

That player has gotten good reviews.

 

[dalessandro12]

That player has gotten good reviews.

I watched a CNET review and the guy said that the netflix quality was sub-par, but maybe it was fixed via a firmware update or something because the streaming is amazing. I love it.

 

[Toynbert]

My S570 is streaming wirelessly through a WRT54GL with tomato.

other devices are connected and work flawlessly.

when I try and watch an .avi (mpeg4) the distortion and pixelation is worse than youtube SD.

however a high quality .mkv looks decent. neither look as good as when I play them off a flash drive.

home videos (AVClite) look good too

if I open details while the videos play they say (.8-1.2 Mb/s for the avi) (~2-3 Mb/s for the .mkv)

anyone know what the fix is? the router and the source (my computer hard linked to the router ) have never had a problem streaming to another computer on the network.

 

[dalessandro12]

when I try and watch an .avi (mpeg4) the distortion and pixelation is worse than youtube SD.

Interesting. My AVI's are a bit grainy too, so it isn't just you. I've ripped most of mine to XVID anywhere from 1.5-4GB each (depending on the type of movie). I thought it was because I was streaming to my new 65 inch TV (they looked great on my previous 42 inch).

Hopefully it is something that Sony can fix down the road with a firmware update. If you figure out how to fix it, let me know (I'll do the same).

 

[ADClark]

What's the CD/SACD sound like? Do listen to audio thru analog outs?

 

[skizzerflake]

I just got one today and I am very impressed. For once, I opened a component, plugged it in and started to play with no complications. I went though a quick setup which asked me, among other things, whether I would prefer a quick load of BD's (would anybody say NO?), I set up wireless web on the first try, and so far everything has worked the first time I tried. Picture and sound quality on BD's seem great and upscaling of DVD's is quite good. The only thing I haven't tried is SACD. Maybe tomorrow.

The next thing to do is to take the old Version one Blue Ray player and drop kick it out the back door. I'd almost feel guilty about giving that sucker away.