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

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Im glad I waited to write a review. We did not have any issues when installing, it automatically updated with a wizard that took only a few minutes upon install. Using the apps and interface was very easy. But in the first month, the "favorite" button on the remote stopped allowing for it to be programmed. No biggie, not worth the hassle and player still performed well. Last week, the player stopped ejecting when using the button on the player. Then it started shutting down randomly. Then the power button on the player stopped working. Tonight it shut down and we had to unplug it and plug it back in to get it to come on. Now the remote and the player dont speak to each other, put new batteries in the remote, still not working. I expect it to die completely any day now. 4 months. I guess its a disposable player. I could have bought one of those for $30 at WalMart. Too late to return, says Amazon. The return window closes 2 months after purchase. Buyer beware.

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We bought this Blu-ray player in mid-November as a replacement for another Sony Blu-ray that had failed. The original player stopped producing the audio on many of our non-Blu-ray discs. Then this is replacement player would not play the audio on many of our non-Blu-ray discs as well. Since the problem with both players was identical, we thought it might be disc deterioration. Those discs we thought were deteriorated we found played perfectly on an 20-year-old Pioneer non-Blu-ray player. We finally contacted Crutchfield; and, from the explanation we provided them, they were immediately certain we had a defective Sony player. We bought a Samsung player from Crutchfield, and it works perfectly. Were going to attempt some compensation from Amazon, and will update this review.

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Stay away from this one. Purchased 3 and already had to replace one. The other 2 are slowly going bad also. I frequently have to pull the power cord in order to get them out of their frozen state. Now one does not boot correctly and just sits on the blu-ray screen no matter what i try. Very surprised by this and was definitely expecting more.

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This Blue Ray Player has started blocking my movies with something called Cinavia that is supposed to block unauthorized copies. I bought the movies new right here on Amazon so they are authorized copies!!! Worse it is not even a Blue Ray Movie! So avoid any Blue Ray Player that has this softwear embedded in it. The Cinavia software will turn a good player into a worthless peice of crap.

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I bought this as a replacement for a BDPS1500 (which stopped working completely). Well, this BDPS1700 worked fine for a couple disc-plays and a couple Netflix plays. Then I moved it from one room to another (yes, I followed the proper power disconnect procedure). When I plugged it in, it powered up and connected with the second TV, but would not produce a menu. It would not respond to the remote. It would not respond to the manual eject button. It would not power down with the manual power button. So I read the "manual" that came with it, but it did not reveal any troubleshooting tips that helped. So I went on line and read many many user reviews, blogs, etc., looking for hints to a secret "unlock" command. I tried several suggested combinations to no avail. I also went to the Sony product support site for this specific model, but it as well had no help for the problem. The suggested reset procedure did not work. And I considered the software update route, but could not do that with the unit being totally unresponsive. Conclusion: player rendered useless. Fortunately I did not have a disc left in the unit. So......... I returned it to Amazon for refund and went shopping to another manufacturer. I used to think that Sony had good products, but this family of basic blu-ray players must be the exception.

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I bought this Sony DVD Player in 2016, see my pictures, and today I found it bricked and totally unresponsive. Now when plugged into an AC Outlet, the green power light comes then I hear the motor run briefly and then there is a simple thump sound. After that, nothing more happens and the only change comes when it’s unplugged from power, then it does the same thing when plugged in again. Since Sony does automatic updates to this product that I cannot opt out of, I suspect the DVD player received a faulty update that was not received well and bricked maybe during the night or really anytime. I don’t expect Sony to fess up to the loss and send replacements even though they know where their serial numbers go they just expect to sell more DVD players when this happens. Yes it’s a hazard of the update process that I can’t opt out of because no option on updates is offered by Sony. Now I have a worthless Sony product. Thanks Sony. I’ll never buy another Sony product. I recommend that readers of this review do the same and buy something else.

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Bought this a few months ago (the wired only version). It usually works well, but every month or so, it gets into a state where the Ethernet interface causes disruptions on our home network (causes it so that no devices can connect). We have to unplug the power cord from the DVD player and plug it back in so that our wired network starts to work again. It plays DVDs fine, but most of the time we use the device to stream Netflix or Amazon Video, so not having network connectivity is almost pointless.

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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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I just wanted to write this small review to let everyone know that a longstanding plague on this model of sony blu-ray player has finally been fixed. Here is my story: I was looking for a blu-ray player for the living room. I have a PS4 in my bedroom and it has always played blu-rays without any problems, but there was a need to have a blu-ray player in the living room for the whole family as the dvd player we had owned for a long time finally gave out. I went to my local target and picked this blu-ray unit up for $67 (it was on summer sale during " summer movie rush", normally it retails for about $150). This is the model that needs an ethernet cable not the one that has wifi. But I figured we dont need all that streaming stuff, all i needed was a good box that can play a disc. I took it home and it worked for 1 day. Then i turned it off and didint use it again for about 10 days. When I went to use it again on sat night all of a sudden i couldnt get the tray to open. Every time i pressed the open/close key on the remote or on the box itself i would get a message saying that the child lock is on and the eject key is disabled. When i would press the 3 keys to disable child lock (STOP-HOME-TOP MENU) it would say on the screen that the child lock had been disabled but then when i would hit the key to open the tray i would once again get the "child lock has been enabled" message. In effect, the bluray player was trapped in a vicious loop and what it meant for practical purposes was that i had spent my money a paperweight instead of a bluray player because there was no way to get a disc into the player. I tried re-setting to factory settings several times and it still did not work--the disc tray remained locked. Given the fact that i had barely used the blu-ray player i was very upset. I went online to research the problem and found that many people had experienced the same problem that I had and there was a lot of anger in the sony users forum and other places where the problem was discussed. I had spent over 5 hours trying to fix the problem and had come to the conclusion that the unit was a piece of junk. I had come to the decision to return it to target and buy a samsung blu-ray player instead (they are much more expensive), when i noticed one thing that i had not yet tried. I went to check the firmware update. On user forums online people had said that earlier firmware updates to this unit had not even addressed the problem and that it was a waste of time. When i went to the sony website to check on the firmware update I saw that the latest update was only a few days old. THE LATEST UPDATE WAS DATED JULY 12th, 2016--only a week old!! And among the various notes for the update one of the bullet points said "fixes a recurring issue with the child lock feature." This was vague, but i figured i had nothing to lose since the worst that could happen was that it wouldnt work- in which case i was no worse off than i already was, and i would return the unit to target. I followed the directions for installing the firmware update to the letter. I downloaded the file from the website and then unzipped it on my computer and transferred the unzipped update folder to my usb memory stick. the memory stick was then plugged into the usb socket in the front of the unit and i started the update process via the bluray players menu. You may need to run it more than once. The first time i got a message saying the update had failed and to try again. The second time i tried the update went smoothly, with no problems at all. After checking the firmware version on the blu-ray player to make sure that the new firmware was in place i decided to put the blu-ray player through the wringer. After close to 3 hours of testing, putting in different discs (both dvd and blu-ray), stopping the movies in the middle and ejecting, turning the unit on and off, pressing the open/close key several times in a row with no disc etc. i am glad to say that the tray did not lock even once. I can now open the tray and successfully load and unload discs every single time. The problem now appears to be fixed for good. If the problem recurs, i will update this review. The unit came with the extremely buggy firmware M30.R.0040 out of the box. The firmware must be updated to version M30.R.0306 Important--After you download the new firmware file onto your computer be sure to check and see that it is 147,379,972 bytes before attempting to transfer it to your bluray unit. If the file is not the amount of bytes specified then you have to download it again. In order to get the info on a pc you can right click on the downloaded zip file,or on a mac you can control click and then choose "get info." The unit itself is very compact (anything that saves space is great in my book) and is excellent for what it is--a barebones blu-ray player with excellent resolution and colors. It will also upconvert your dvds. This will not play 3d blu-rays nor will it play 4k material. If you want those functions then you need to get a different model blu-ray player. Also please be reminded this is the ethernet version of the player---this means that if you want to take advantage of the internet capacity on this blu-ray player to access some of the streaming functions you have to run an ethernet broadband cable from your internet router/hub to the back of this unit. This unit DOES NOT have wi-fi capacity. If you want your bluray player to connect to the internet via your home wireless network then you have to buy the next model up in the chain. In my house our internet router for cable tv and internet is in our basement, so we use this bluray player strictly as a box to play discs. Again--it is a very good player for what it does and I feel that it has a lot of punch for such a small device. It does get a star off however because no owner should have to go through as much aggravation as I did in order to get such a basic function as opening the disc tray to work properly. Sony should have these units with the updated firmware right out of the box. The sony firmware website for this model bluray player is [...] I hope this posting has been helpful and happy blu-ray watching to all!!

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