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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"Wait, wait & WAIT!"
Pros: Absolute stunning video quality
Cons: WILL NOT PLAY PRE-RECORDED Blu-Ray movies!
Summary: This is another case of a powerful giant (Sony) overpowering the little guys (consumers). This Blu-Ray player costs over $700.00 but will NOT allow you to watch a Commercially made Blu-Ray movie (such as Talladega Nights)! Sony states that additional hardware and/or software is needed in order to be able to watch commerically released movies, but I can find NO information on what is needed or how much money is involved. Also, the faceplate is too large to fit many PC's! This unit is FANTASTIC if you have an HD video camera, no doubt about it, but what's the point? I suggest that you wait another few weeks or months and another company will release a unit with full capabilities-----for less money.Updated
sony now has a solution which can be found at: http://sony.storagesupport.com/BDupgrade/
There is also a small program to verify if your system is capable of what is required, plus a connectivity chart showing the hook-up requirements. I do praise Sony for addressing this issue and can easily raise my rating to a nine (9) out of 10. The visual quality is out-of-this-world and now Sony has a solution to allow viewing commercially produced content----with a little modifications on the user's part. By the way, Sony is providing these upgrades for FREE!!!
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The Sony Blue-Ray recoerder does not make Blue Ray discs that can be played on their Blue Ray player. The software included will not record to BD-R discs which is necessary to make a high definition ROM disk that will play on a commercial player. You can only make BD-RE disks that only play on the computer. This is contrary to what is advertized on the box.
