Sony's BDP-S300 Blu-ray disc player

Here is a video from the CNET website (http://reviews.cnet.com/video-players-and-recorders/sony-bdp-s300/4505-6463_7-32331243.html), giving information on Sony's BDP-S300. It also contains a review on the website by Matthew Moskovciak.

This image shows the basic setup and layout of Sony's BDP-S300 player.

Product Summary:

When summarised on the CNet website the product came across as having excellent picture quality on Blu-ray and DVD; DVD upconversion up to 1080p; HDMI output and is said to cost from £389.99.

The bad points are that there is no onboard Dolby TrueHD decoding; slow load times and no ethernet port.

Overall though the BDP-S300 is a decent choice if you're limiting yourself to a relatively cheap, standard-design Blu-ray player, but everyone else should consider the competition.

From at servey of 50 users it recieved a rating of 6.4/10 although some people said...

9/10 Spectacular June 22, 2007
by bryankean
"Superb! Great Price for latest technology!"

8/10 Excellent June 24, 2007
by tonyc4s
"WOW - A must have at under $500."

This was just one servey though, on another website (http://www.reevoo.com/reviews/mpn/sony/bdp_s300) it scored a 8.7/10 and 97% of people were said to recommend it.

Showing that the blu-ray disc player is not a total loss.

Sony currently are responsible for the development of this technology and are marketing it in many major electronic stores including curry's and comet. It seems that the BDP-S300 has been development to compete with the ever growing need for something new, viewers want more detail and better quality film and this is providing them with it. This generally new media seems to be taking off with many reviwes and surveys being done on it to compare it to leading DVD players.

Today DVD players can be brought for £20, so this leads me to believe that what the Blu-ray disc player is offering must be a huge increase in performance than the DVD, also with its high price the companies preoducing them (in this case sony) will make huge profits on the desire by the consumers to have something new and the latest technology. From the Cnet website it shows the majority of consumers were highly satisfied with the new gadjet with only a few dissapointed.

It seems the player offers and upgrade on ever aspect of the DVD player showing it would be a great buy for the audiences. When compared though with other prices of similiar products it is by far the cheaper, but many consumers are taking the option of buying a Xbox 360 or a PS3, where they can have the same quality as well as advance gaming for the same of a cheaper price.

Overall it seems for the future much like the DVD this technology will take off increasing the experience for all consumers and have read articles about the product it seems it would be a good choice for audience that want High-defintion film viewing although they can gain more by buying one of the latest consoles.