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This Sony Blu-ray player is easy to hook-up to almost any HD-TV,it takes about 5-10 minutes tops. Use is not very different from your standard DVD player,except, loading my take a minute or two and there is no ejection button on the remote. There are also multi-color buttons for Sony's special BD-Live function which allow Internet access to additional content related to the movie in Blu-ray. The picture quality of the Sony BDP-S350 is excellent in HD and standard DVD; a very sharp and clear picture especially if you have a Sony HD-TV (everything is in Sync.) A good buy for anyone looking for the best HD entertainment out there.

Guys, even if I were an American guy I would not knew how to exactly say this, but let's go: Each DVD or Blu-Ray Player has its own timing, its own fastness and agility to go back and forth, to rewind and fastfoward a disc since you press the RW << or the FF >> button. Take my DVD player, for instance: I barely press the RW or FF button and the disc goes back or forth, the player response is immediate, the rewind or the ff is fast, quick, and is seems to goes frame by frame of the movie, I can watch almost every frame and scene during the rewind for example. I got total control over the RW or FF timing, points and scene, to get to the exactly time I want to, and it's really fast. On the other hand, I got no control, no precision doing that in my Blu-Ray PLayer, a Sony S350. I press the RW button, it seems to take a whole second to just start to go back, the rewind skips lots of frames, I only can see pieces, flashes from the movie, and always stops beyond, further than I wanted to. This must be stupid, meanigless and maybe nonsense for you. However, since I live in Brazil and I use every movie and series to develop and improve my English, I go back and forth several times, watch some scenes over and over again, so, this feature is extremly important to me.
My question: Do you know what is it I talking about? What it takes for a Player to do this, how can I know if it has this feature, before I buy it, and, finally, is there anyway I can update or "fix" my BD PLayer so it can do this? Has this feature an specific name?

I already had an HD-DVD player, so I was familiar with the "next-gen" DVDs and their 1080p/24fps qualities.

After the death of the HD-DVD format, I was in the market for a simple BD player. I looked at the Sony PS3, but as I had already invested heavily in my Xbox 360, I could not justify spending even more money on a game console that did not have too much in the way of games that I enjoyed playing.

So, I went ahead and got a BDP-S350. It works as advertised. Great sound, picture and interface (just like the PS3's). The first movie I viewed on it was "Dark Knight" and it was everything I expected.

If you can find this player for under $200 (which is what it seems to be going at nowadays), get it. DVD players used to cost this much, and the improvement is significant over the older media.

As an aside, it is a great upconverter for older discs, so you can still hang on to those...:)

The player works great but I expected more out of Sony. The does does not have the option for slow motion or frame advancing. Other than that I quite pleased with the picture quality. Sony BDP-S350 1080p

Generally I'm very happy with this player. I got it at a good price at Best Buy a few months ago. I don't even have a hi-def TV yet, and I can already see a difference in the picture with Blu-Ray discs on a regular TV.

I purchased the Blu-Ray of "Amadeus", and even when viewed on a regular TV through the BD player it looks FABULOUS!

The remote is easy to navigate with, and the menu screens on the TV (via the player) are neither too complex nor overly-elaborate.

I don't have the player hooked up to an Internet cable yet for all the firmware updates, Blu-Ray Live features, etc, but that's not really my thing anyway. I just want the movies I watch to look cool!

The only drawback I see is that there is no frame-by-frame advance feature. I didn't see anything about that feature on any published or online literature for this model, so I just crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. No luck in that department, I guess.

If you've read a lot of reviews of BD players, you've no doubt heard about various "start-up times", or how long it takes the player to read and start playing a Blu-Ray disc. Yes, it can often be slower than a standard DVD, but it isn't so long as to be a deal-breaker.

Overall, I'm very happy with this player's performance -- even if it doesn't have frame advance. You can REALLY tell the difference between standard DVD and Blu-Ray discs even if you don't have a hi-def TV yet.

Christmas is just around the corner. Think I'll buy me a plasma TV to go along with my S350. Bring some beer and you can come over and we'll watch some Blu-Ray movies! First up -- "Blade Runner" and "The Fall". And when and if "Jaws" ever comes out on Blu-Ray, be advised that I'm taking the phone off the hook when I watch it.