for sale Sony BDPS550 BR player

[pistonbroke]

Reduced to £150!!

 

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This is a multi region player so it'll play all DVD's irrespective of region. It has the latest firmware from Sony.

 

Sony’s BDP-S550 is a critically-acclaimed Blu-ray player from Sony. It delivers fantastic video and audio quality from both Blu-rays and DVDs and offers seriously excellent value for money.

 

With the BDP-S550 you can enjoy Blu-ray entertainment with Full HD image quality and very impressive colour, clarity and depth. The player is full of features to get the best from each and every Blu-ray disc. One example is 24p True Cinema which allows you to experience Blu-ray without the compromising adjustments that normally occurs. You can watch a film with 24 frames per second just like you do in the cinema and just as the director wants it to be seen.

There is also the enhanced colour gamut of x.v.Colour when you connect the player to a compatible HDTV. This helps to produce a picture with far more natural-looking and vivid colours that are similar to what the human eye actually sees in the natural world.

 

The S550 can also breathe new life into your DVD collection. It features Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology that converts standard-definition signals full HD equivalent resolution signal. This enhances DVD image quality with improved clarity and detail.

 

The player can provide the best in Blu-ray high-definition sound as it features Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding capabilities via HDMI. Simply connect it to a modern home cinema system and you can experience incredible 7.1-channel HD audio that makes Blu-ray films an even more thrilling experience. There are also seven-channel analogue outputs for truely immersive BD sound and ideal if your AV receiver doesn’t feature HDMI connections or if it can’t decode high-definition audio.

 

On the back of the BDP-S550 is an Ethernet connection that allows you to access to BD Live content available on certain discs. This can include interactive features, trailers, interviews and other exclusive extras.

 

The player’s Precision Drive HD technology enhances playback from discs that aren’t in such good condition and helps to prevent discs skipping. It detects and corrects wobbling discs in three directions and stabilises playback of bent or scratched Blu-ray discs or DVDs.

 

The versatile S550 can play a range of disc formats including BD-ROM/R/RE, DVD-+Video/R/RW, CDs and AVCHD discs. You can also use the player to display JPEG images stored on a disc in the magic of HD.

 

The user-friendly and award-winning XrossMediaBar on-screen menu system makes controlling the S550 a breeze. The player also comes with a backlit remote control that allows you to control the player in the dark and not ruin the home cinema experience by turning on the lights.

[pistonbroke]

Bump

[Snooze]

Superb player, mate - but you can pick these up brand new for only about £210-£220.

[pistonbroke]

With the multi region?

[Scott]

Cracking bit of kit, and you just can't beat Sony for bluray playback.

 

Multi-region isn't really an additional cost bud, it is a remote hack (even when bought that way from the shop) so can be easily done to any of the players with the aid of google.

[scotty71]

Nice kit that

[Pixelfill]

Cracking bit of kit, and you just can't beat Sony for bluray playback.

 

Multi-region isn't really an additional cost bud, it is a remote hack (even when bought that way from the shop) so can be easily done to any of the players with the aid of google.

 

Not necessarily true - most Sony DVD players and BR players can't be multiregioned without a hardware mod, I'm not aware of a remote control multiregion hack for any of my Sony players.

 

BD-S300

DVP-C850

DVP-S525

 

Sony tend to be a bit stricter with their region encoding.

 

Dan - is this multiregion DVD only or BD as well? how long does it take to start up a BD disc? My s300 takes forever!

 

Mike

[pistonbroke]

This is multi region across the board for both BR and DVD.

 

You have an option to make the player quick start, which means it'll start playing the disc around 10 seconds after you switch the unit on. Or, you can have it off, which means it takes around 30-40 seconds to start playing.

[Scott]

Not necessarily true - most Sony DVD players and BR players can't be multiregioned without a hardware mod, I'm not aware of a remote control multiregion hack for any of my Sony players.

 

BD-S300

DVP-C850

DVP-S525

 

Sony tend to be a bit stricter with their region encoding.

 

Dan - is this multiregion DVD only or BD as well? how long does it take to start up a BD disc? My s300 takes forever!

 

Mike

 

I know bud, I just meant this particular model I did google though and it turns out it can be done with all of these players other than the US ones. Unsure what is different with the US one.

 

I have a DVD player up the loft that can't be done via the remote.

 

I think all bluray are multiregion?

[pistonbroke]

Bluray discs are not all multiregion. PS3 games are, not films.

 

BUMP - price reduced to £150.