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Review on Sony BDPS5500 3D Blu-Ray Player with Wi-Fi (2015 Model),Black: Streamline Entertainment in Crystal Clear HD by Quinton Wonsley

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Hope it gets better! Looks like a failure!

I haven't had this player long enough to not be able to return it, which I am now considering. Plays Blu-ray fine (over video), but on many discs (not all) the surround soundtrack goes to all channels, i.e. all dialogue, music and effects are played through all speakers without exception (at the moment I have 7 plus 2 subscriptions) . This sometimes doesn't happen, but then the problem can arise that the back edge doesn't support anything at all. Of course I try these discs on other players and they work fine. I really liked this player until I started playing more discs and found these issues, especially since this thing loads very quickly, much faster than any other player I have and I have a lot of them! I'll try for a few more days and if nothing improves I'll go back. UPDATE 9/22/15: I've just tried six more discs (5 BluRay and 1 standard). Everyone has the same problem of sending all the information (dialogue, effects, music) to each channel, to all seven. I switched cables (different HDMI cables) and got a different result. The sound is reproduced via the front channels, the environment is only slightly static. I forgot to mention in my original review that I was trying to use this player instead of the Panasonic which was equipped to receive Netflix and Revain streaming from a router and worked flawlessly. This game didn't have streaming capability so I returned the Panasonic to find that I was no longer able to receive streaming content. After checking, the system tells me that the LAN adapter is not connected, when in fact it is. Since then I've tried many times but same result. At this point I am faced with buying a new adapter for around $100 or just without Netflix which I pay a monthly fee for! Without a doubt this car needs to return!

Pros
  • Easy installation
Cons
  • There are other interesting options.