Sony 2D/3D Multi System Zone All Region Code Free Blu Ray and DVD Player - WiFi

BDP-S5500 has a 3.8Mbps connection speed on network tested at 72Mbps I had issues streaming on the first show I tried to watch, within 5 minutes. Instead of just complaining I also visited Sonys website to try and resolve the issue. After updating the software (it was already up to date) I came up with the following simple procedure to test the network in my home. Using multiple devices do the following: 1. Connect device using the same ethernet cable or using wifi. 2. Use fast.com to record connection speed. Results: Device, Connection Method, Internet Speed BDP-S5500, Cable, 3.8Mbps Win10 Laptop, Cable, 72Mbps (test completed within 60 seconds of the BDP-S5500 test) BDP-S5500, WiFi, 3.5Mbps Win10 Laptop, Wifi, 39Mbps Mac Laptop, Wifi, 45Mbps All tests executed within 10 minutes of each other. Conclusion, I am highly confident the DBP-S5500 is the device throttling the internet connection. Where as 3.8Mbps is seems slow for a network that can reach 72Mbps, we still have to ask ourselves, "Is that enough to stream?" Referenced on the Sony site is Netflixs streaming speed recommendations: 0.5Mbps Required for broadband 1.5Mbps Recommended for broadband 3.0Mbps Recommended for SD quality 5.0Mbps Recommended for HD quality 25.0Mbps Recommdended for Ultra HD quality Conclusion, BDP-S5500 is unable to meet recommended HD quality streaming. I have check Netflix and I do not have the option to downgrade to only SD quality (which I really do not want to do, but according to the recommendations might work). Conclusion, this BDP-S5500 is physically incapable of providing a pause, wait, stutter, buffer free Netflix viewing experience. I am returning it. The tragedy is I bought it to replace a BDP-S590 that I have been using for ~4 years. It has been great, which is why I was willing to pay the $179 for this one. What a disappointment. My guess is this unit works for some people because is that all commercially sold devices have variance. Chances are the problem is in the chip (or chipset) that talks to the internet and they just happen to have on that can go beyond the 3.8Mbps I am throttled at. Good them! I wish them continued success. P.S. I really hope that no one reading this review can tell I am an engineer...

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I bought this bluray player in December of 2017 because the wifi on my Smart TV was not working. I specifically bought this Sony device so that I could connect to the internet so my husband could watch Youtube on our television instead of on his desktop computer. It is daily and repeatedly crashing with the message ""Cannot open this application because it is too large." any time he tries to view a video more than five minutes or so in length. I thought we needed more bandwidth, and we cant afford it, so we put up with it. Now I learn that it isnt our bandwidth, or our router, or our powerline extender, all of which I invested in so that he could watch Youtube. Its Sony. I bought a $189 Sony device, so I wouldnt have to buy a new TV. Now its too late. I should have spent the money on a TV... ...but not a SONY.

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At first this was perfect. Shortly after receiving, it started freezing and shutting down. Seller suggested a system reset. Tried that. Worked for a day. Contacted seller and was told the software is the most current. Tried resetting to factory settings again. Waa told by seller to send it in at my cost which I dont think its fair. Not happy to find a box and pay to send this in!

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