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| Review Date: April 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Calka, NJ, USA |
I own this player for a three week now, it's a 2.0 profile BD, and I can say that is very well worth the money I had spend on. I realized that this baby can play NTSC and PAL systems - suprise. Upconversion DVD is equal or if not better than my Sony DVD player. Picture and sound of regular BD are stunning too. In standbay mode the load time is less then 20 sec. The one thing I'm missing is that USB port is just for firmware upgrade and BD live content, does not work as a drive to play JPEG. I hope Sharp is working on the new firmware for solving this issue. Do not forget upgrade new firmware
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Why I almost took it back
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| Review Date: April 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: G. Ware Cornell Jr., Weston FL |
I like toys as much as the next guy, maybe more. So when I got the opportunity to upgrade my Blu-ray in the family room to this quick loading Sharp, I jumped at it. In my family room I have a Mitsubishi LT-46149 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with Integrated Sound Projector which with its sound projector and 120Hz display makes 1080p come alive.
I mention the Mitsubishi because it is at the heart of this story.
Anyway I set it up taking care to use the HDMI cable Sharp supplied. The movie came on-great picture, subperb sound tract. Then Hilary Swink and Gerald Butler started arguing...in pantomime. There were no voice tracks being heard.
First I decide to read the manual. (Note to Sharp-It isn't the clearest). Next I called Sharp. A nice young man tried to help while defending his company. At one point he offered to take it in for repair (I owned it for two hours at that point). I decliend and after resetting the unit and lots of consultation I was ready to send it back.
However I got a bright idea. I connected it to my bedroom HD, an older 42 inch Vizio LCD. It works great. It loads quick, the sound works on all channels, colors are fine (except not as amazing as on the Mitsubishi). So I left it in the bedroom and took the old slow loading Sony BDP-S301 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player BD/DVD/CD Playback out to the family room.
So I am giving this unit four stars not five, because it has compatibility issues. I reported my solution to Sharp who insisted I call Mitsubishi to see if it had a firmware update. This misses the mark. Sharp needs a firmware solution, not Mitsubishi. I hope they will get on it so I can move this Blu-ray player to the set I envisioned using when I bought it. |
Good for the money
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| Review Date: February 12, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Michael S. Andrews, Iraq |
| I got this product the other day. I like it so far. While it is not as fast as my PS3 which I use as my main Blu-Ray player. It gets the job done as second unit. I got mine used for less than a 100 bucks, so I can say that I was not expecting much from this player. |
Nice to look at if it decides to run the movie.
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| Review Date: September 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: David Washburn, |
| Got my first blu-ray dvd player in August. It was a Sharp HP16U. Great picture and fantastic sound, but it does not run some of the newer blu-ray dvds. Sharp support seems to not have released a firmware download, so I'm stuck with dvds I can't play and am worried about any new blu-ray dvds I might buy in the future. I may need to box it up and send it back, since I have 11 months left on the warranty. I suggest you stay clear of the HP16U. |
Works great... when it works
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| Review Date: October 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Wayne's Books, |
I've gone through two of these players, having returned the first one thinking it was a dud. Unfortunately the series is just cheap quality.
The first was worst, refusing to play half of the Blu-rays I put in there. It would just sit there with a black screen for 10 minutes. Reloading the disc made no difference. Regular DVDs always worked fine.
Returned that set, got another. Worked better, but this HP-16U still had issues from time to time. This one would often get a "bad load" ... artifacting, seizing, and just basically not playing. I could often get it to work by loading/reloading, powering on and off.
And why does the tray take up to 25 seconds to open? Ridiculous.
Which is a shame, because picture and sound were quite good when it worked.
After a couple of months, I gave up. Took this one back to Costco, got a Sony instead. |
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