Sony BDP-S300 user reviews

Cons No ethernet plug in. Sony will send you the update "via the mail". I've already updated mine to "4.40". I have a plasma tv which works best in darker rooms. I only wish sony had backlit the remote. on February 15, 2009 by sfor13  | Read full review

Cons Painfully slow starting up.
Plays some blue-ray disks and won't play others. (even new movies)
It will play the preview part of the some disks and the shut down when trying to play the movie. on February 2, 2009 by heffey  | Read full review

Cons It worked great for 2 months and then audio died. Contacted Sony support, well there was no support what so ever... on January 17, 2009 by GS6912  | Read full review

Cons slow.....yawwwn....slow....yawnnn as heck load time...real sensitive to disk fingerprints such as netflix... on January 1, 2009 by stbernardus  | Read full review

Cons Extremely slow to start, eject, and recognize the discs. on December 29, 2008 by JamesM67  | Read full review

Cons It takes forever to load any DVD, especially blu-ray.
It quit reading discs(any) after less than a year
You have to update your own firmware on December 11, 2008 by Godstud  | Read full review

Cons Painfully slow load time. Can get stuck loading. Often has problems reading discs and says wrong region code or incompatible even though the disc has previously worked and will work again if I reinsert or power cycle the machine. on December 1, 2008 by longstep  | Read full review

Cons Long start times. on October 14, 2008 by boomer657  | Read full review

Cons Unit has frozen TWICE in one year. Warrantied 6/10/08 with New disc drive, and has again frozen and will not respond. I will not repair a second time. Firmware updates are a pain. on October 8, 2008 by 45rufus  | Read full review

Cons Very slow start up, locks up during playback on September 21, 2008 by RockyMtnHigh  | Read full review

Cons - Bootup - slow
- Sluggish
- Cannot restart a movie by going to "main menu" and selecting the movie again. Bizarre on September 1, 2008 by spouliot  | Read full review

Cons Lacks BD-Live capability on August 4, 2008 by blurayguru21  | Read full review

Cons Takes too long to boot up, often freezes on July 24, 2008 by r1208  | Read full review

Cons Slow load times on July 11, 2008 by kelly3119  | Read full review

Cons Very slow loading times on June 9, 2008 by bonifaxancheyta  | Read full review

Cons slow to power up and load some movies on May 23, 2008 by epiphani25  | Read full review

Cons Slow On Start-Up on May 1, 2008 by NeilPeart  | Read full review

Cons slow on java loaded discs, not HDMI 1.3, cannot decode latest audio codecs on April 25, 2008 by INXSfan  | Read full review

Cons Slow load times for movies and no SACD support on April 24, 2008 by jmsteel  | Read full review