Sony BDPS1700 WIRED Streaming Blu-Ray Disc Player (2016 Model)

I bought this for my parents to replace an old DVD player, and to get them into Blu-Rays...I have an older 2010 Sony BDP-S470 that I compared this new model to. First off, initial impressions. I have to say when I took it out of the box, I was less than impressed. First things first, it uses a power brick (that it comes with) instead of a power cord. If your putting this in any modern home theater your already going to have lack of space on your surge protector. Who uses power bricks these days?! Also the player is tiny, not much bigger then a hardbound book, it not only looks cheap it feels it as well. There is no display whats so ever, just a tiny light on the top right to let you know the unit is powered on. Older Sony models had a display with track time, well I know you can press display on the remote to pop up on the screen, its nice to have a physical display as well. Performance: I figured being 6 years newer than my Sony that there would have to be some noticeable improvements on boot up and playing media. Its painfully slow, power on to initial home screen is a good 30- 40 seconds then loading movies takes a while from there. Its noticeably slower then my older model Sony player. The remote control that comes with the unit, is also on the smaller side (also surprisingly cheap feeling) But its labeled well and seems easy enough for them to understand. All in all Im on the fence as far as being able to recommend this player to anyone, it just doesnt feel like a high quality product. Feels like something I could go to a big box store during the holidays and purchase for at least half the cost. I went with Sony expecting a higher quality player. Time will tell, but Im glad I bought the extended warranty. I didnt test any of the streaming APPS, this will mainly be used for media playback (DVD and Bluray) Cons: - Power Brick instead of a power cord - Tiny Size - No display on unit - Slow, really slow - Feels cheap, looks cheap Pros: - It plays movies - Fits almost anywhere (I know I listed size as a con it is, but also a pro fits anywhere)

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This is the first internet connecting Blue Ray Ive got, and while I am finding that I like the concept, this one isnt great. First, a lot of times it just leaves the disk spinning while you are watching Netflix or Amazon Videos on it for some reason, making it really noisy. Second, Amazon Video tends to stutter and freeze a lot on this. Even if that was because of a bandwidth problem (despite my high speed internet), the whole player freezes up when this is happening. Bandwidth problems shouldnt make me wait 30 seconds for the pause button to register. And, it is low on apps. No ability to watch HBOGo, or Cinemax, or any of the other major movie channel streaming service apps. It has Netflix and Amazon Video which is nice, but besides that it is just 50 junk streaming apps you dont want. So, for streaming you should get a device like this. But not this one.

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