Sony BDP-S2000ES Blu-ray Player
Sony - BDPS2000ESRelease Date: Sep 2007
Be part of the "Elevated Standard" when you experience your high-definition movies on this amazing Blu-ray Disc player. Unlike our other players, this model features all the impressive features of the BDP-S500, but with a rigid, dual-shield construction that reduces the amount of dust collected on t... Read Moree drive. The high-end, quality construction also employs solid beam chassis that contributes to minimized vibration and drastically improved playback. What's more, the unit's aluminum insulator feet help isolate the player from external vibrations, while separate audio and video boards deliver better sound and picture quality. Of course, the BDP-S2000ES also offers 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio bitstream output. Minimize
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Reviewed by: VideoHound on 05-Apr-08
Strengths: Picture detail and clarity.Sound detail, clarity, and impact.
Weaknesses: Drop down glass front.
Summary: Now that the HiDef format war is over, I thought it was time to invest in a good player. Even though the lower priced BDP-S500 ($700) is virtually identical to the BDP-S2000ES ($1300), I opted for the BDP-S2000ES because of the better build quality and better circuits, which past experience with ES components has shown to be worth the extra money. Plus, the 5 year warranty is nice to have, especially for a complex computing device such as this. The player was very easy to set up and did not have excessively long load times (for a Blu-Ray player), although the load times for Blu-Ray discs varied from disc to disc. Load times for Blu-Ray discs ranged from 16 to 55 seconds. Load times for standard DVD's ranged from 10 to 35 seconds. I upgraded to the BDP-S2000ES from a Sony DVP-S9000ES DVD player. I compared the S-DVD and Blu-Ray versions of three movies and switched back and forth between them. The BDP-S2000ES beat down the DVP-S9000ES in every performance aspect. Even the standard DVD playback of the BDP-S2000ES was clearly superior with more fine details and less noise in dark scenes. While I expected the picture quality to be excellent, I was very pleasantly surprised by the substantial improvement in sound quality. The overall sound of the BDP-S2000ES was crystal clear and dynamic and the bass had much more impact than with the DVP-S9000ES. Dialog was particularly more clear. At first, I thought it might just be the difference between the encoding for the S-DVD and Blu-Ray discs, but playing S-DVD's in the BDP-S2000ES breathed new life into them. My player came with ver. 3.0 firmware and ver. 3.6 is the current version. I played movies before and after the firmware upgrade and did not notice any performance improvements. I used Nero Burning Rom to burn the ISO firmware image file to a CD-R. The firmware update took 10.5 minutes. There are also free ISO writing programs available, an example of which is "ISO Recorder". I don't particularly care for the blue tinted glass front panel, which is on a motorized slide. I would have preferred just a plain black front. The glass panel is just one more thing to potentially go wrong.