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 Unacceptable July 30, 2010
Serge Gorodish
The player has no audio on certain parts of many discs. For example, the previews have sound but the movie doesn't, or vice-versa. I updated the firmware, spent about an hour with tech support, eventually sent it in to exchange for a new unit--the new one has exactly the same problem. I can only conclude the player has a design flaw.
 Epic Fail for DLNA July 27, 2010
R. Dangel (needham, ma)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are buying this device to do anything OTHER than play Bluray, look elsewhere. Sony claims to be able to play multiple formats (mkv most interestingly). I bought this device after learning it had DLNA support.
To date, even after applying several firmware updates, DLNA does not work AT ALL. I can see my various DLNA media servers, and I have tried at least 5 different DLNA products both hardware and software, but I cant play any media. I get "no playable file" no matter what format, extension, or encoding is used.
After extensive reading on the internet, I learned that mkv files are only supported via USB. That's great, but many .mkv files are 2-17GB in size, and the only filesystem the sony's support is fat32 so forget about putting large mkv's on your usb stick.
Go elsewhere if you want to use streaming or other video formats.
It's a decent Bluray player but thats it. Period, end.
Promises more than it delivers July 18, 2010
Albert Lunde
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got one of these on sale (not through Amazon). The chief problems:
- Playback of DVDs and MP4 files freezes without an obvious reason.
- After working for a couple of days, the HDMI output seems to have gone dead. The best quality I can get is 1080i via a component video output.
(My net connection won't support streaming video, so I haven't tried those features.)
 Works pretty good, but sucks for what I was really looking forward to. July 13, 2010
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Okay, so I've been waiting for a decent priced bluray player that could also play video files off my computer. I've used my PS3 down in my theater to do both of these for quite some time. I was expected the BDP-s470 to work about the same. It looks the same, the menus are very similar. Blurays load quick and play great on this player. I love the 15s skip button for jumping past intros and such.
DLNA works, but it's not very good. The video quality is awful. I can't watch avi files off my computer that I would watch off my computer using my ps3 because the quality isn't there. The videos are all pixelated and grainy. The same files play just fine on the player through a USB device. I did have to rename some of them .mp4 instead of .avi to get them to work...that kind of sucks too.
Amazon VOD works great...quality is awesome. The Standard def rentals/purchases look way better than the DLNA avis. The HD looks HD. I'd recommend the player just for this feature.
I don't have a netflix account so I can't talk about that, but I'm going to assume it'd be pretty good.
Youtube looks okay.
BDP-S470 Limitations July 13, 2010
DaveM
Pros: The product has a low price, excellent image quality and loads Blu-Ray DVDs quickly.
Con: Product is indicated to be 3D ready, but documentation doesn't give enough specifics. After upgrading the firmware, and getting a high speed HDMI cable, the player refused to recognize that my 3D ready projector was 3D ready. Contacting Sony support only gave the answer that it wouldn't work with my system (120 Hz sequential DLP Link projector). I'm guessing (but not sure) that it only works with Checkerboard capable 3D Ready TVs and not with sequential type devices. If you have the former it's probably worth trying the player, but stay away if you have a 3D projector.
Sony BDP-S470 Blu-ray Disc Player
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