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1.0 stars
"Caveat emptor!"
Pros: Quiet, good looking, one of only a few cablecard boxes
Cons: Sony really doesn't want you to use Blu-ray on your PC; no Vista Ultimate support
Summary: This would be a great machine, were it not for Sony's conflicting media conglomerate agenda. One, it is not possible to play blu-ray content through component outputs or using the HDMI-DVI adapter. My projector supports DVI-D w/ HDCP, as specified by the requirements section, but I get the error "your display configuration does not support protected content playback". I can play blu-ray just fine through component output on my PS3 (albeit at 1080i, not p). Two, even though they include a solicitation to upgrade to Vista Ultimate in the box, if you upgrade to Ultimate, ugrading will clobber the sound drivers and the tv tuner, and Sony support will tell you to go screw yourself.
Neither of these limitations are indicated on the marketing materials or the warrantee posted online, which in fact lead consumers to believe the opposite. Both "limitations" are deliberate, are easily technically redressable, and are directly the result of the heavy-handed tactics of their media division. If Sony insists on treating their customers like criminals, while continuing to fraudulently represent the capabilities of their products, then they totally deserve get what's coming to them, i.e., rips of their blu-ray dvds up on torrents.
The only reason this gets a 2 instead of a 1, is because they were gracious about taking it back for a full credit.
