Sherwood's BDP-5003 Blu-ray player reviewed: perfectly average
by Darren Murph 
posted Jan 1st 2009 at 8:29PM
If Sherwood's BDP-5003 were a buck fifty or so, this thing may actually be worth buying. After all, critics loved the quick start-up and disc load time, appreciated the "very good" image quality and stellar audio performance and bowed to the easy-to-use onscreen menu system. So, what's the problem, you ask? For starters, there's no internal decoding of high-resolution formats nor a 5.1 analog output, so unless you've got a receiver that'll decode for you over HDMI, we wish you the best of luck squeezing any surround out. Furthermore, it's not upgradeable to Profile 2.0, the remote wasn't backlit, DVD upscaling was just so-so and the reds and blues were "slightly oversaturated." In other words, this here player does a decent job with the basics, but for $299 (list), it's about time we started demanding more from our BD decks.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
shamon @ Jan 1st 2009 10:12PM
Nice review to bad i have a ps3 as my tru blu player
blackacex2 @ Jan 1st 2009 11:30PM
Nobody is going to buy this when you can get a better name brand player for less money. Sherwood.... sherwood.... why?
Patrick Joseph @ Jan 2nd 2009 3:08AM
PS3 for me!
LB @ Jan 2nd 2009 4:10PM
I hope the Oppo player loads fast.
Dale @ Jan 31st 2009 2:49PM
The Player rocks !!! Stop bitching about not having 5.1 outputs. Who use those, its 2009. Stop being cheap and get a decent AV reciever. Quick load up times, great sound and picture. I have had more problems with that $1000 dollar players my company instals than this. I always hate hearig the negative reveiws and a decent low priced product, because it lacks some of the mostly non used features of a high end model. You get what you pay for. Step up or shut up. Go play with your prized S-VHS VCR.