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Eyes-on with Sony's BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player

by Darren Murph posted Sep 4th 2008 at 9:01PM

Sony's latest high-end Blu-ray player was sitting pretty at the outfit's CEDIA booth, so we did exactly what you figured we would -- stop by and snap some pictures. Though the unit wasn't exactly compact, the build quality seemed sufficient and the design was suitably simple. As you very well know by now, the gallery is below.

Gallery: Eyes-on with Sony's BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player

Sony introduces $2,000 BD-Live-capable BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player

by Darren Murph posted Sep 3rd 2008 at 7:00PM

While some other manufacturers are churning out Blu-ray decks with price tags closer to the magical $200 mark, Sony's bucking that trend by aiming squarely at those with bulging wallets and even fatter egos. The November-bound BDP-S5000ES one-ups the BDP-S350 by being BD-Live-capable (as opposed to BD-Live-ready) and boasts an Ethernet jack, external flash memory port, a 1GB Sony Micro Vault Tiny (gee, thanks!), Quick Start mode for getting those BDs spinning quicker and an ultra-special 14-bit HD video processor, which "improves standard-definition and high-definition picture quality with the help of HD Reality Enhancer and Super Bit Mapping technologies." Infringing on Toshiba's latest playground is the highly-touted Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology, which unsurprisingly upconverts DVDs to 1080p in order to make the most of your splendid DVD collection. You'll also find niceties such as an RS-232C / IR input, BRAVIA Sync and an XMB-inspired user interface -- now, if only we could find the secret sauce that makes this package worth the $2,000 asking price. (Psst... full release after the cut.)

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Eyes-on with Sony's BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player

Gallery: Eyes-on with Sony's BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player

Sony introduces $2,000 BD-Live-capable BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player

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