Order Sony BDP-S560 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player

Pros: Small footprint. Fast START-UP time (more on this later). Built in Wi-Fi. Low price.

Cons: Remote buttons not logically laid out, easy to press other buttons by mistake. No remote backlighting! No eject button!!! Load time versus play time confusion.

Summary: My player finally arrived yesterday and was a replacement for my original Sony BDP-S1 (Profile 1.0) which I paid $999 for at Best Buy in Dec. 2006. I was one of the early Blu ray pioneers!

Setup was a snap. I was on my home network within minutes. The WiFi makes all the difference in the world and was checking out some BD Live stuff later that day. Network updates will be a snap. The advertised 6 second START-UP time is correct, it does start quickly as long as you leave the device enabled for fast start up which you do during the initial setup process. This does makes it less energy efficient, just how the "instant on" feature of TV's work. Be advised that the fast start-up means just that. It powers on and is ready to load the disc in 6 seconds, however, if you have a disc with lots of JAVA features (as most are these days), you still have to wait for the JAVA features to load which averaged anywhere from 20 seconds to almost a minute. I was sort of disappointed in this as I understood it to mean that after popping in a disc I could begin watching it in 6 seconds! Not! I think they are playing with words on the advertised load time. You still have to wait for JAVA enabled discs to load but believe me, compared to what I was used to with my previous profile 1.0 player, it is a Godsend. I will say though that when a Blu ray player does finally comes out that can both start-up and load a JAVA enabled Blu ray disc in under 10 seconds, I will buy it hands down. Other than that, the other gripe I have is the crummy remote. Very cheaply made, too small, no back-light and button layout is terrible. I found myself fumbling around pushing the wrong buttons and there seems to be have been no thought to how the buttons are laid out. I am going to shop around for another remote for this player, perhaps there is one out there. These 2 faults keep the player from getting 4 or 5 stars IMHO.
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