IFA 2008: Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player demonstration

[stonewall17540]

you can buy this player for around $400 on eaby brand new,that goes to show you how the price of stuff goes down.

[shadow19831]

what the heck .. i connected this player with HDMI and i only get 2 channel sound audio ?!!!!

[truefaith00]

Are standard definition DVD players which upconvert a better investment over a Blu-Ray player? I'm asking because I want to get the best possible playback for my standard definition discs, and I've read that Blu-Ray players aren't spectacular for upconverting standard discs. I'm considering the Rotel RDV-1093, which is also nice since it supports DVD-Audio playback.

[crystal19831]

@truefaith00

check out helios-labs they offer the latest cutting-edge tech for upconverting standard dvds

but even so it's no match for blu-ray power and i own the earlier model Sony BDP-S2000ES that brought tears to my eyes by it's powerful blu-ray video image quality

[Matt561]

its the HD reality enhancer that "puts" this above the others. But all it does to me is cause pixelation during action sequences.

[djbro16]

so 85% of what it does, all other blu ray players DO! And then they talk it up from 15% more to "superb" WTF? It's overpriced

[Gradius0]

Too expensive: $2k !

[djbro16]

seriously, buy a used car

[randomhajile2]

mmm, so the new amp has HATS like the DA9000ES and DA7100ES amps from 2004-5!!!

has S-Master Pro digital amplification returned in this new amp?

also does this new BDP 5000ES decode and then output via hdmi as pcm like the sony ps3 can?

[morksbeanbag]

No, Sony went back to analogue. S-master amps are reserved for Sony's highest end kit such as the TA-DA9100ES and the TA-DR1.

All amps lower down have standard analogue amps.

[Sache0190]

hahaa great how the 'pa tells his learned text! XDXD