Sony BDP-S1
This Blu-ray Disc player produced terrific audio and video, but it is slow and awkward to use.
Rated: 80 out of 100 (Feb. 20, 2007)
Sony's BDP-S1 ($1000 as of 2/20/07) excelled on our performance tests. It scored in the top two for image detail, color quality, and brightness and contrast across both our high-definition and our standard-definition tests. In scenes from the Blu-ray Disc version of the movie Rumor Has It, our test jury could virtually count the hairs in the stubble on Kevin Costner's face. The high-definition advantage was also evident in the background's depth and detail--in chapter 3 of The Phantom of the Opera, for example, when we were looking at the background of the stage; and in chapter 10 of Rumor, where we could see the depth in the crowd. In Mission: Impossible III, when the camera pulled back in the Vatican, hallways and staircases looked three-dimensional, and the cobblestones in front of the Vatican rendered clearly. Shadow detail in the black-and-white Good Night and Good Luck was so sharp, we could see the costume details on background characters who were located in the shadows.
Also, the BDP-S1 also produced the best audio in our tests: Its output was clear, ...
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