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Sony BDP-S500 review

Sony's top-end Blu-ray player wows us with its control over video and audio

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2008-02-25February 25th 2008

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Product Summary

BDP-S500

Price at launch

£600.00

For

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Excellent images

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Solid build quality

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High resolution audio

Against

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Not Profile 1.1

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No DTS-HD Master Audio

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No SACD

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