Product Description

Enjoy Blu-ray DiscTM movies in Full HD 1080p quality and upscale your existing DVDs to near high definition with the Sony® BDP-BX2 Blu-ray Disc player. Connect to the Internet and access bonus interactive features on BD-LiveTM enabled Blu-ray Disc movies [external memory (sold separately) is required], and experience stunning, high definition audio with support for enhanced audio formats including Dolby® TrueHD and dts®-HD Master Audio. HDMI cable included. Plays Blu-ray DiscTM movies in Full HD 1080p Plays DVDs and upscales them to near high definition via HDMITM BD-LiveTM ready (requires USB flash memory) Dolby® TrueHD and dts®-HD Master Audio decoding Deep color output and x.v.ColorTM support (HDMITMv1.3) Quick start-up mode (appox. 6 seconds) Xross Media BarTM (XMBTM) based menu system Manage compatible home theater devices with one remote HDMI cable included Audio Features: Dolby® : Yes & Dolby® TrueHD bitstream out over HDMITM (V1.3) Dolby® Digital plus Decoding : Yes Dolby® True HD bitstream output : Yes Dolby® TrueHD Decoding : Yes LPCM : Yes (multi channel decoder): Yes (HDMITM bitstream out) MP3 Playback : Yes (BD-R/RE/DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)5 dts® Decoding : Yes dts® HD bitstream output : Yes dts® Output : Yes, & /DTS®-HD bitstream out over HDMITM (V1.3)" Convenience: Menu Options : XMB® inspired media bar A/V Sync : Yes BRAVIA® SyncTM : Yes Bit Rate Indicator (Video) : Yes Child Lock : Yes Easy Setup : Yes FL LED Dimmer Off : Yes Multi Disc Resume : No Parental Control : Yes Quick Start Mode : Yes Startup Screen : Yes General:

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4050 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: BDP-BX2

Features

• Enjoy Blu-ray DiscTM movies in Full HD 1080p quality and upscale your existing DVDs to near high definition

Customer Reviews

Great performance for what it is designed to do...
Outstanding quality. This blu-ray player produces a top quality picture. Setup was painless. However, if you like to add all devices to your cable box remote control, I could not get it to recognize this player. I tried all the Sony codes in the manual and then tried the learn process and the cable remote could not operate this player. Not a deal breaker but an annoyance. This player has BD Live which allows for firmware updates over your network but has to be hard wired. It has no wireless capabilty. It does not have some of the newer network features such as Net Flix, You-Tube, Pandora, etc. But with BD Live, maybe these capabilities will be added in future firmware updates. My unit arrived with .006 firmware version. Web site review indicated that version .007 was the latest firmware available. I called Sony for the .007 firmward disc and they sent it free of charge and it arrived in 4 days. Great service from Sony. There is a Quick Start option that I selected so I find this player to be very fast from disc insert to start of movie.

Bottom line: If you are looking for a top quality Blu-Ray player, you can't go wrong with this one. And the firmware can be updated as newer versions come available. If you want the latest internet features, they are not offered with this model. I would highly recommend this player.

My first blu ray
This is my first blu ray player and even though I have nothing to compare it to I'm still impressed. I've heard that most blu ray players are slow, especially with jam packed discs. I've found that this blu ray players is fast in comparison to some other ones I've tried in stores and ones that friends have. I've never had to wait longer then a minute to load a disc (included: starting the player, loading the disc, and seeing the menu). I'd say it's only slightly slower then my Philips DVD player.

The sound and video quality are noticeably better over my DVD player; even when watching DVDs. The blu ray picture has a lot more color depth to it then anything I've seen before. There is just something better about seeing it on your own TV in your own room that makes little details noticeable.

I like the slim design, full featured display and remote. Yeah the remote doesn't have an eject button, but I think complaints about that are dumb because you have to walk over to the player to get the disc anyway, so you might as well just be at the player in the first place.

The only thing I'd like is discrete outputs for individual channels (I don't like HDMI, I think it's cheesy) I don't like to mix audio and video in one stream and I don't care for OSD for a receiver because I like my signal chain a clean as possible.

However, I really like this blu ray player and would not think twice about recommending it to someone else. You can trust Sony.

My First Blu-Ray
I purchased this player just to see the difference that Blu-Ray makes as to a typical DVD player. I was blown away while watching on my 1080p HDTV. The picture was mind blowing. I had no problems with it, everything works just fine. You will love it.