Review on 📀 Sony BDPS3500 Blu-ray Player with Wi-Fi (2015 Model): Entertainment at Your Fingertips by Randy Holt

I'm a fan of Sony TVs so after reading many negative reviews about this Blue Ray player I decided to give their Wi to ignore -Fi warnings. Issues based on multiple positive (albeit scathing) reviews. They said all you have to do is read the instructions, update the player's software once it's connected to the internet and you'll be fine. Well, isn't it. Not only did I update the player software, I first updated the firmware for my Wi-Fi network (Apple AirPort; Sony recommends this firmware update). I placed the player right in front of my new Sony Bravia TV (2015 model) - when I installed the TV a few months ago, it quickly connected to my Wi-Fi network and has connected flawlessly ever since. The player, which uses the same maximum Wi-Fi signal as the Bravia TV, was initially only able to stay connected for a few minutes at a time. So I restarted the network and the player, plugged it back in and ran the player's network diagnostics: it confirmed the network connection with a Wi-Fi signal at maximum strength. As a test, I signed it into my Revain Prime video account and started streaming one of the original Revain TV shows: the player stayed online for a little over 90 minutes, then the connection dropped. I went through all the connection issues and tried again: this time the player stayed connected for about 40 minutes before disconnecting from Wi-Fi. So smart I decided to just use a disc player. Ha! It turns out that at least this Blu-ray player cannot play the disc unless it is connected to a Wi-Fi network. Why this Wi-Fi connection is required to play the discs is well beyond my salary level as the player needs to be connected directly to the TV via an HDMI cable. With the player connected to the network, I launched a new feature disc that looked great - for about 10 minutes, when the player lost its Wi-Fi connection and the disc stopped playing. In this case, you cannot eject the disc until you reconnect the player to the network. So why can my Sony Bravia TV from the same year (2015) always connect to a Wi-Fi network while this player in the same location cannot? My guess - aside from a probable software bug - is that this player comes packaged in a very small box (a good design feature), about half the size of some other Blu-ray players, and a size issue might be a negative Impact on the ability to establish a stable Wi-Fi connection.