 Sylvania has built an outstanding player! |
| Review Date: August 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: D. Means, Yorktown, VA USA |
Sylvania has produced a real winner in this Blu-Ray player! I hooked it up to a 42inch HDTV using the high speed HDMI cable that came with it (a big plus in itself). I connected the audio to my receiver using the coaxial digital output. I turned it on and waited a bit less than a minute for it to power up. I anxiously inserted my first blu-ray disk. It started playing perfectly a about 30 seconds later. The picture and sound are completely outstanding. This could not have been any easier!
I ran it through it's paces doing various tests (I'm an engineer at heart). Jumping backward and forward between titles was quick and flawless. Pausing and then resuming play was equally flawless. I stopped it and restarted it. It gives you the option to playback from the beginning or to resume where you left off. I chose resume and was very quickly watching it where it left off. Perfect!
Even though it worked perfectly right out of the box, I was curious to check out the menu system. Without even looking at the instructions I found the the setup menu to be very easy and intuitive. I didn't make any changes since the defaults were all what I would have chosen anyway.
Next, I wanted to try playing back a regular DVD. This unit upscales to 1080p. To my surprise, the picture I saw was actually very close to looking like blu-ray! Wow! This is going to make me want to play a lot of my regular DVDs again. Nevertheless, I'm sure I'll always want to watch my favorites using Blu-Ray when I have that option.
Finally, I tried playing back a DVD I recorded myself. Again, it played perfectly with no problem at all. Then, I tried a CD and found it to play perfectly. I also tried a CDROM that has jpeg images on it and that too worked showing the images as a slide show and giving me the ability to choose to view a specific image, or to quickly jump between them.
This is really a great bargain for the price. About the only thing it doesn't do that I would have wanted is to playback mp3 files. But that isn't really a big deal since I have other ways of playing them.
I absolutely recommend this player - 2 big thumbs up!
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Sylvania Blu Ray a perfect Picture
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| Review Date: August 26, 2008 |
| Reviewer: John G, Los Angeles, Ca |
| This unit has all the important features and is a bargain for the price at Amazon. Picture and sound are perfect and far better than DVD much to my shock. I am using it with a 57 inch Hitachi HDTV and the picture is still incredibly sharp. The unit actually has a Sony optical head and the rest is actually Panasonic according to other sources. Quality seems excellent with a very capable remote and included HDMI cable. |
this is an excellent blu-ray dvd player
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| Review Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: T. Dixon, st louis |
| We just received our Sylvania NB500SL9 Blu-Ray DVD player and highly recommend it. We bought it based on the Consumer Report recommendation and are not disappointed. The manual is easy to understand and hookup was very simple and quick. The remote control is also very user friendly. After hookup we popped in a blu-ray dvd and the picture quality was unbelievable. We are using it with a 46" Samsung LCD TV. Our purchase was direct from Amazon.com and included free shipping. Delivery took place within 4 days of our online purchase. Everything was nice and smooth and this player is a great value for the price. |
Excellent Player
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| Review Date: November 23, 2008 |
| Reviewer: R. CRAGIN, Kernersville,NC |
| 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. |
Nice for the Price
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| Review Date: December 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: A. Mello, Western Mass, USA |
| 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. |
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