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(More customer reviews)It lacks support for streaming DTS-HD Master Audio over HDMI. It downgrades that signal to regular DTS.
It supports BD-ROM Profile 1 only, although the player started selling after October 31st, so it should support Profile 1.1. I don't think that can be upgradeable by changing the firmware.
Load time is very slow. Around 1.5 minute from pressing standby button to the moment you see an image on the screen.
Remote is not backlit. If you don't memorize where the buttons are on the remote you have to turn on the lights to operate it when watching a movie in a dark room.
The Display function only shows time elapsed of the title, but not time left.
Cover is not as blue as the picture suggests, but almost black.
As I have noticed in different audio/video stores, picture quality is the same than cheaper model Sony BDP-S300 and Samsung or Panasonic players.
BRAVIA Theatre Sync (HDMI-CEC) is very useful, very nice feature, but I don't know if it works with TV and receivers that aren't from Sony.
Picture quality from regular DVD's is about the same compared to a DVD player with the ability to upgrade signal to 1080p. Picture quality from a Blu-ray disc is 10% to 25% better than regular DVD (upgraded to 1080p via HDMI) but noticeably worse than HDTV at 1080i coming from a terrestrial antenna (over the air).
If cost is important, I would recommend that you wait a little bit longer for a new model to be released, since it will cost less and will come with some of the things this BDP-S500 lacks.
My TV: Sony KDL-40XBR5. My receiver: Sony STR-DA5300 ES.
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