Sony BDP-S390 Blu-ray Disc Player with Wi-Fi (Black)

I really am in love with my new Sony Blu-ray Player :) It was the one electronic item at Christmas that didn't disappoint... everything else (including electronic baby toys) was painfully difficult to set up, but everything worked just right out of the box with this little player. I connected to my protected Wireless network just fine, the quick update worked out perfectly, I was able to see Amazon Prime instant videos instantly, and my new BBC Planet Earth Blu-ray played beautifully! I think some people said this player looks cheap, but I'd have to disagree... it's a brushed dark plastic that's really close to looking like a brushed dark metal, and the little hints of Chrome at the buttons are a nice touch, not gaudy at all, and a little glowing white light illuminates over them when active. I don't miss having a front display on the player either... that actually always bugged me on my previous player, the light took away from viewing movies! And I just tried playing a normal DVD last night, and the upsampling was far superior to my previous Samsung player. I'm using this Blu-ray player with a fairly old Samsung HD CRT circa 2004 (1080i capable, not 1080p unfortunately... but it's a small one, only 30", so not really an issue for me). I did use the HDMI cable that I was previously using with my old non-Blu-ray player, as this player doesn't come with one (and it should, but hey, that's the way of things these days I guess!) I also briefly tried the iPhone Sony apps but those aren't worth the trouble (yet). I actually like the remote that comes with this too, there aren't too many buttons, and that's a good thing in my book! It's nice and small and black, and really I have no complaints whatsoever on any front (even the on-screen menu system seems perfectly intuitive, to be honest... I mean, it's no Apple device, but for what it is, it's great!) For the price I'm so impressed too! I'd highly recommend this player to anyone looking for an affordable and attractive Blu-ray player that does exactly what it says, without fuss and without the need to read the manual prior to operation (the simple setup it walks you through is perfect for that). It's my new little friend in the living room, and my favorite Christmas present of all :)

Ok, where to begin. This item is described as a blu-ray player with wi-fi. Those two items seem to work very well. Set up was easy. Found my Linksys router and configured it by clicking on the wi-fi protected setup button on my router after the tv told me to. You can do it manually by adding the router pass phrase but this was so much simpler. After going through the setup and finishing it, it told me an update was available, so I clicked on update and it started and showed a progress line and said don't shut off power. Progress bar seem to be going really slow so I left the room and when I came back tv and blu-ray player were off. Don't know if that's normal for an update and was a little concerned but when I turned it back on every thing seemed to be fine and it said I had the latest update. First thing I did is to play a blu-ray disc, since this is the main reason of this purchase. Would have to give this function 5 stars. Plays flawlessly. Great picture. I choose the option during setup to always leave the machine in standby mode to start playback faster. The second reason I purchased this player was for the ability to stream Amazon prime movies. Setup was simple and straightforward. Player gives you a code to register the device on the computer at Amazon's site. Have watched 4 or 5 movies now and they run perfectly even though the network settings in the option menu says I'm only getting a 20 to 40% connection rate. That had me a bit worried because I didn't want to see a lot of buffering while trying to watch a streaming video from Amazon. It doesn't appear to be a problem but if it becomes one I'm sending this back because my router's signal is more than powerful to reach the player. I can set my laptop and kindle right next to the player and get a signal from the router with full bars. Hopefully this will not become an issue. As of now the only pay service I have is Amazon Prime so I didn't try any of the other services like Hulu. I would hope and assume they would be as easy to set up as amazon was. I did use the YouTube app and was able to view videos just fine. Navigation is a bit rough because of the onscreen text input program you have to use to input url's or search requests. I'm not planning on using this app much so wasn't to annoyed. I also tried the Web Browser app and the Facebook app. If this is a big selling point for you I think you are going to be disappointed. Pages seem to take a long time to load. Navigation within the pages by using the remote is really time consuming. Trying to input any text on a page, like a search query or a password will likely drive you mad over time. Someone mentioned something about adding a wireless keyboard in another review but I don't know if they had success with that. Others have mentioned you can control it with an app on your iphone or android phone and then use the keyboard on your phone to type in text. If I was going to use the web function on this player much, I would definitely look into that, but I'm not. Another selling point of this player that swayed me into purchasing it was the ability to use a DLNA server to see and play music and video files from your computer. The easiest way to do this if you are using a Windows computer is by using Windows Media Player which comes bundled with most windows computers. I think version 11 and 12 both have the ability to act as a DLNA server. I won't go into how to set it up, but it's very easy. You can google "How do I set up WMP to be a DLNA server" and you find all you need. If you set it up correctly you'll see a new icon under the Video and Music settings on the onscreen list of the blu-ray menu. Found and played my music. Most are in mp3 format. All seemed to play fine. Now playing my videos off the computer had issues. I can see all my videos but getting them all to play is a work in progress. All my vids are in .avi format. It can see all of them, but the player will only play some of them and I can't figure out why it will play some and not others. I can play everyone of my avi movies in Windows Media Player on my computer but once I stream it to the Blu-ray player some will get a message saying "can not play file. may not be a supported file type or may be corrupt" So this is obviously an issue with the player. I chose avi's to convert my videos to because it gives decent quality and can be seen and recognized by almost every player I've ever used. So I'm a bit disappointed with this feature. My LG HDTV has a usb port that has played every avi file that I've plugged in and more. So I can still play movies this way but I was hoping to get them all in one place and save transferring back and forth to a usb stick. I'll keep playing with this and if I find an answer I'll post it here. Ok, to sum up I'd say this is a very good purchase. The price point is excellent, especially if what you want is a blu-ray player with wireless capability to stream pay per movie and tv services. Really that alone should get 5 stars. At this price that would be more than fair. But,,, what I think they did was try to make this a swiss army knife of blu-ray players and add every darn capability from every player on the market. Unfortunately most of the capabilities it adds on are frustrating to use, to be kind. That being said, would I recommend this to a friend, YES. If they wanted the main functions, but not if they wanted a web browser and dlna capable device that could handle multiple video formats. Update 6-5-12 Found what file types that the sony supplies native support for through DLNA. For picutes it's JPEG , for music it support file types, MP3 & LPCM and for video it support MPEG-2 PS & MPEG-2 TS. I'll provide the link below and also their instruction on how to set up the DLNA server. Update 9-16-12 Just thought I'd give a 3 month update. Still very happy with the player. All disks I have tried have worked in the player, including non retail ones. Have also subscribed to Hulu and set up was as easy as the Amazon Prime set-up. Still highly recommend this blu ray player. Update 12-14-12 Thought I'd give a 6 month update because I know I always appreciate people that update their reviews as opposed to the folks that review an item the day they get it and say it's the worst thing they ever saw or it's the best thing since sliced bread,<g> and then you never hear from them again. Still super happy with this purchase. It's nice to get an electronic item that works like it should and doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how to set it up. Should really give this 5 stars but I guess I'm a tough reviewer. One of the only things that's stopping me is the dlna aspect of the player, only being able to support a select few movie formats that can be streamed from your computer. Mainly mpeg is supported. I can play other movie formats occasionally, but it's hit and miss. The player has updated twice over the internet since I got it. I don't know what the updates did specifically but I do know I have more apps now than I did initially. I saw Crackle on it the other day and didn't know much about it, but I tried it out and watched a movie for free with no sign ups. They insert an add in the movie about every 10 minutes or so. Not very bothersome or annoying. I'm sure they don't have the library of a Netflix but a nice way to see a movie that's been out a while. I'll use that app again I'm sure. Starting to wonder why I still need Dish! Blu-ray disks and regular dvd's play as well today as when I got it. Have never lost my internet connection either, like some other blu-ray players on Amazon that I read the reviews about. I still say get it, don't think you'll find anything better for the price out there. Happy Holidays! Update 12-28-12 This is important information regarding the DLNA aspect of this player. Leonardo left a comment letting us know that Sony does have it's own DLNA server software called Homestream. I installed it and all my media is now playing on the blu-ray player. If you have avi's, mp4's, mkv's, vobs that you haven't been able to play, this should work. Google 'Sony Homestream' to find the software. Thanks again Leaonardo for that information! Update 8-27-13 Still have it. Still working. Still completely happy with it!

Very compact, doesn't take a lot of room, light. Many features e.g. Netflix, movie channels, etc. Very good video quality. Con: remote is very small. Not like the ones for the TV & receiver (both Sony).

よく調べずに買ったのでしょうがないですが。日本語表記もあるものと思ってました。 ＷｉＦｉ機能も今一つ使えない。ｙｏｕＴｕｂｅやアクトビラが使えるといいんだけど。

Great performance, image, sound and resolution. Best issue is the USB port, ideal for PC movies and music. Wi-fi works fine, even when surfing the internet it's not the best function. External appearance is beatiful and elegant. 1000% recomended!!!