Comments on: Review of Sony BDP S560 Blu Ray Player

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:20:34 +0000

Don’t bother… Get a LG that can play your movies on your network, it appears that Sony didn’t and won’t enable this which is SAD…unless they fix this go for the LG.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:00:01 +0000

the 560 is a great machine picture and sound are phenominal. the impovement of standard DVD playback is amazing. However, the wifi only allows for BD updates and not streaming what a shame. I was told this unit would do streaming but waited to long to hookup and fins out otherwise. With the release of the BDPN460 can’t imagine whay anyone would continue to purchase this model…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:13:13 +0000

Works well
I am happy with this Sony BDP-S560 Blu-ray player. I have only had this player for a short time and have only watched a few DVDs but the Dark Night video is amazing, (it was filmed with I-Max cameras). It does seem like the recent newer movies in Blu-ray have a better HD picture quality than the older movies converted to HD Blu-ray. I didn’t realize that if you are already receivig 1080i or 1080p over the air, Satellite, or via cable, it dosen’t get any better than that. Blu-ray HD is 1080p. This player performs well and has plenty of great reviews by others. The built-in menus are very nicly layed out. I have not tried the on-line BD-Live feature yet but the Wi-Fi connection to my home wireless network came up and connected automatically and very easily. The DVD Upscaling of existing standard DVDs did not make them look any better in my opinion on the couple that I viewed. The picture quality appeared to hot or over-driven, this could possibly be improved by adjusting the DVD player settings and/or HDTV picture settings for an improvement in picture quality while playing standard DVDs. I cannot speak on the sound quality as I am not utilizing a full surround sound system with my Samsung 52″ LCD, 850, Touch-of-color HDTV,(exelcent HDTV). I would recommend this Blu-ray DVD player to anyone, I am happy with it.

By: bidbob

bidbob — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:38:18 +0000

Excellant picture. Latest firmware update sped up mechanics.
I have been using the Sony BDP-560 for a month now, and with the latest firmware, it is more responsive than it had been, which moved it up a star for my rating. It does what it should do well, especially decoding the latest Dolby and DTS offerings.

I have owned two Oppo units, and they are, in my opinion, the best value in DVD / Blu ray players, but I just couldn’t afford one this time.

The Sony is a solid player, and any player you consider should have wi-fi connectivity, unless it is simple to run a network cable, and you have a free port.

Sony has now released the BDP-460, which seems to be a 560 at a lower price.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:13:18 +0000

SONY comes through
Although we don’t have a tv hdmi connection, the quality is improved

and the sound is SUPERB. Also with the ability to connect to my

pc, I can view pictures on the big screen without any connections.

Wi-Fi is the way to go.

By: bushmdp

bushmdp — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:15:38 +0000

Severe lack of features
My big, huge actually, disappointment is that it lacks many features I had expected. I looked this model up online and it used to have all of these and now does not. No zoom. No frame by frame. No slow motion. My smaller disappointment is how slow it is. The picture quality is great.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:44:01 +0000

Awesome Blu-Ray Player
All I have to say is that this is the best blu-ray unit I have ever seen,

Goes great with a Sony 46″ LCD TV,bravia sync.The Picture and Sound are crystal clear.

Setup was the easies setup ever,as easy as 1 2 3 your connected to wireless.

The BD-Live feature is Awesome,along with the quick load feature.I also

love the looks of the player,with the drop down front panel to access the tray.

The remote is great to,except there’s no door open feature.So what,you have to

get up to put the DVD in anyway.Overall this unit is 100% in my book,Glad I

bought it,and Amazon had it at a great price.Completely Satisfied.Thankyou!

By: cementmixer

cementmixer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:57:25 +0000

Great DVD player, Don't believe the Sony-hype on "Bravia Sync"
"BRAVIA Sync technology lets you enjoy the convenience of one remote control to operate and control all your compatible home entertainment devices."

I chose a Sony blu-ray player largely because I wanted the ease of use that the quote above suggests. Turns out, by "operate and control" Sony means turn on and off. None of the other DVD operations such as play, pause, rewind, etc. can be controlled using Bravia Sync.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:03:04 +0000

Sony blu-ray player BDP-S560
So far I have played 1 DVD and 2 Blu-ray disks on this player. I am using a 30ft HDMI cable connecting to a projector that offers 1080 functionality. With DVD, you can really see the effect of up-convert with sharper picture. With blu-ray the picture is amazingly beautiful but in both blu-ray disk cases, the picture froze a couple of times momentarily and I had to do some rewind or fast forward to get it going again. This is my first experience with both the Blu-Ray player and Blu-Ray disk, so, I can’t really tell which one could be causing the freeze. I hold my judgment until I play the same movies with another player. Other than that, this player lives up to all the functions and qualities it offers.

By: ssack15831

ssack15831 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:16:43 +0000

My First Blue Ray
With Star Trek the movie coming out on Nov 17th, I knew a DVD was just not going to cut it. A few months of product research and reviews led me to wait for the Sony BDP-S560. I realized that a lot of other Blue Ray owners favored other brands over the Sony's in general but I've had pretty good luck with them in the past. I was not disappointed at all. I hooked it up via an HDMI cable, plugged in it and boom it was all set. I cannot compare it to another Blue Ray machine but other than the speed it takes for a movie and or features to load I'm extremely satisfied.

The picture quality is simply amazing and yes even an average non-techy person like me will notice the difference between a blue ray and a standard DVD. What got my attention even more was the sound quality. I've owned a pretty decent home theater system for almost a year now but I was never able to listen to any of the DTS CD's or DVD's that were bonus features for many of my purchases. Well I can now, and it's simply addicting.

The Sony as with a lot of their models is smart. I left a disk in over night and the next day it played right where I left off. I also plugged in a flash drive with some photos and without doing anything extra, I was viewing them on the big screen. I would have appreciated a slot for a Sony memory stick but a flash drive is fine.

I read a lot about the need to update or upgrade blue rays over time and this model has built in Wifi but to be honest, I haven't done anything with it yet. I'm really just exploring the amazing sound quality with some music while I await the arrival of Star Trek. Eventually I'll motivate and check out the rest of the features. I was told that some of the perks like using Netflicks with an internet connection has some drawbacks. Namely the movies don't play as true HD but I cannot verify that yet.

There were a lot of negative comments in regards to the remote so going in I didn't expect much and yeah, it's a bit on the cheesy side but so are most of the remotes I own. What is the big deal about not being able to open up the disk tray from the remote? Do people own robot arms that would extract a disk from the tray without having to get up? I don't get it, what's the big deal?

I'm guessing from research that most or all blue rays take a few moments to load. This is true with the Sony. These machines are not like DVD players, so know that going in, once you load a disk, take a seat and chill a few. Going forward I intend to buy NEW action movies as they are released on blue ray verses DVD but if your into music like me, I think this will enhance the concert video experience, especially the ones with DTS options. That's about all I have to say, "Live Long and Perspire."

Steve