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

I had high hopes for this machine. My husband and I had another Sony Blu-Ray player that worked for over 5 years so when it started freezing we knew we wanted to get another Sony. When this unit arrived I liked the fact that it was a lot smaller than our last unit, but I did notice that the unit itself had no control buttons other than the power button, which means if we lose the remote (which I confess, sometimes happens), we had no other way to control the device. We didn't like that, but we…

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

The BDPS5500 is part of Sony's family of identical Blu-ray players aimed at the entry-level market. It's above 3500, which has no 3D, and below 6500, which has no regions. Plus, you have the rare world of $150+ BD players, whether they're enthusiast models from Sony or Samsung, or luxury brands like Oppo and Pioneer. We call it just buy a console territory. And since I got this player to replace a PS3 that had a dead drive, I'll look at it in that context. I think a lot of people are struggling