Sylvania NB500SL9 1080p Blu-Ray Player with HDMI Cable

List Price: $199.99
Our Price: $199.99
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Manufacturer: Sylvania

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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sylvania
Color: Black
EAN: 0053818671320
Feature: Full HD 1080p Output
Label: Sylvania
Manufacturer: Sylvania
Model: NB500SL9
Publisher: Sylvania
Release Date: 2008-07-01
Studio: Sylvania
Variation Description: Black
Warranty: 1 year warranty

Features
Full HD 1080p Output 1.1 Profile for PNP with Sound 24P/60P Output 1.3 Version HDMI with 1080p One (1) HDMI Cable included

Accessories
Premium HDMI v1.3 Cable (2M/6ft.)

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Editorial Reviews:

Enjoy an exceptional home theater movie experience on your HDTV with this Sylvania 1080p Full HD Blu-ray Disc Player. The full high-definition video playback up to 1080p resolution for offers increased sharpness to deliver a more true-to-life picture and incredible viewing. It also upconverts the standard definition of regular DVDs up to 1080p over an HDMI connection for enhanced DVD picture quality. The included HDMI cable transfers the high-definition video signal to your HDTV without the signal loss common when a signal is converted to analog, so get excellent picture and sound quality, free from noise. Plus it's loaded with other cool features such as picture-in-picture capability, pop-up menu options and SD card compatibility, so you can maximize your multimedia experience.Sylvania 1080p Full HD Blu-ray Disc Player with HDMI Cable Features:Easy and simple connection to your HDTV via an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) cable HDMI Deep Color - Deep Color reduces the posterization effect of the playback image Multi-channel surround sound - provides audio so rich and vibrant, you'll feel as if you're really there Picture-in-Picture capability - some BD-video (Blu-ray Disc video) discs have the PIP (picture-in-picture) function which enables you to display the secondary video in a smaller window within the primary video; allows you to see the shots the director saw before special effects came into play, to view the sketches that became the sets, or to view the faces of the commentators as they goof on their faulty stunts, all juxtaposed with the final film Pop-up menu - some BD-video have a pop-up navigation menu that can be called up and be operated on the TV screen without interrupting the playback Full backwards compatibility with DVD and CD ensures that you can continue to enjoy your current audio-video collection View JPEG files off of SD, SDHC, MiniSD or MicroSD cards (sold separately) Play back JP

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Nice for the Price
Comment: I'm sure there are better players out there but for the price this is worth it. Entry level Blu-ray player: A little slow to load but picture is nice and set up was very easy. Don't like the controller as it does not light up - ok if you have universal controller.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Best value for price hands down.
Comment: It's a beautiful blu-ray player that works splendidly. Blue light glow on front power button. I would give it five stars if the remote weren't somewhat plain. Functionality is five stars though.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Sylvania Blu-Ray DVD Player
Comment: Great price for a Blu-Ray DVD Player. This is our first blu-ray player so I don't know if it is indicative of blu-ray players in general, but it sure takes a long time to respond to commands. Press the "open" button and you wait and wait for the disk tray to come out. So long, that you're wondering if you pressed the button but eventually it does open. Otherwise, great value.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Excellent Player
Comment: No problems here - seems to do a nice job upscaling regular DVDs and provides a great picture with BR discs. The included HDMI cable is a plus although good quality cables are only in the $5-6 range anyway. I got this when Amazon was offering a $100. discount if you bought 4 BR discs from a selected group, so it was a great deal. This player is rated #1 in the latest issue of the leading Consumer mag.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Load times slow, good value, decodes all audio
Comment: The unit was tested on a 42" Panasonic Plasma, and in conjunction with an Onkyo 605 Receiver.

The first test was load time. From power on to movie studio wallpaper the machine took 1:30 to power up and load-about 20 seconds more than my Panasonic BD30K.

The second test was with the Men in Black Blu-Ray. Picture and sound quality were excellent, and the movie played fine all the way through.

The next test was upscaling. Unfortunately at 32 minutes in a Season 9 X-File episode, the player froze. I tested the same disc in an Onkyo 805 HD DVD player, and this did not happen, so it was not a problem with the disc. The image quality on the Sylvania Test player was not as sharp as on the Onkyo 805's upscaling capabilities.

The major advantages of this player are its price point, and the HDMP cable, which comes with the player. In addition it allows decoding of all major audio codecs, including True HD.

The major disadvantages were load time, box design and player design. The box is bright orange/white and does not convey luxury or refinement quality as other brands do. The unit/remote also feel "cheaper" than compared to my other player, and is a bit "boxey" looking, so it is less attractive. Lastly the player was a bit noisey when "spinning" the discs before loading.

I've recommend this player as an extry level unit to start enjoying BD movies, but believe there are more substantial units at the same or slightly higher price points, which may be better suited for the serious HT enthusiast.

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