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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
this is an excellent blu-ray dvd player:
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... more info
Blu Ray Player:
Got this for my husband for action movie. We felt it was easy to set up with our Onkyo receiver and Sony TV. We watched the HULK and felt like it played to our expectations. I was happy that the HDMI cable was included. We really enjoy it.
Everything I Expected:
This product is everything I had expected. Of course when I follow Consumer Reports' recommendations that's usually what happens! For the last month I have enjoyed watching standard DVD's upgraded to nearly HD quality. The difference is significant and nearly as good as watching full HD. My only complaint has to do more with NetFlix than the player itself--their Blu Ray discs all appear to be available only in widescreen format. I prefer viewing movies on the full screen.
No sound when trying to watch blu-ray disc:
Bought this due to consumer reports reviews. This item did not work out of the box and after 2 calls to sylvania customer service and 1 call to Samsung customer service it was determined that this was a defective unit. Samsung, which is our TV brand should've not have been called (the first sylvania tech stated that the reason there was no sound coming from the blu-ray disc even though sound would come through on a regular DVD and when watching TV) but we did anyway and as expected it was determined that it... more info
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