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Sony BDP-S5000ES
alaSCORE 95

41 reviews

November, 2009

84 / 100

15 Experts

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Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player

By Richard Stevenson

When I was young and crazy I had a dream about making noodles – and one about Hi-Def movies so crisp, so bold and so natural you could step into the screen and be there. Immersing myself in the rich, oriental landscape of ancient China while watching ...

June, 2009

No rating

homecinemachoice.com
AU

Sony BDP-S5000ES

By Ty Pendlebury

sony bdp-s5000es review: The Sony BDP-S5000ES is a premium Blu-ray player, which features impressive build quality and audio performance, but if video is what you crave there are cheaper options.

Bullet-proof ; Class-leading audio ; Impressive video detail and colour reproduction

Lack of networking or USB playback ; PS3 matches it for video performance

The Sony BDP-S5000ES is a premium Blu-ray player, which features impressive build quality and audio performance, but if video is what you crave there are cheaper options. To this end we definitely heard a difference between the on-board DAC of the...

May, 2009

Rating

80

cnet.com.au
AU

Sony BDP-S5000ES

By David Ramli

Excellent Blu-ray image quality, quiet operation, ready for rack setup, very good DVD upscaling, 7.1-channel analog output

Very expensive, large and heavy

The Sony BDP-S5000ES is a quiet and fully featured Blu-ray player that has excellent picture quality and the ports needed for an A/V rack setup. Unfortunately this isn't enough to justify the very high price tag.

The Sony BDP-S5000ES is a large and expensive Blu-ray player with excellent picture quality and connectivity. We were startled by the Sony BDP-S5000ES's size when we first saw it. The drive tray is rubberised to reduce vibrations, and the Sony...

March, 2009

Rating

75

goodgearguide.com.au
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Sony BDP-S5000ES High-end Blu-ray Disc player

Sony have decided to enter the high end Blu-ray Disc player arena with the S5000ES, to bring users Â"limitless pure video and audio qualityÂ". In true high-end fashion, the playerÂ's big, heavy, and is designed with separate components and vibration ...

Average

March, 2009

No rating

avforums.com
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Sony BDP-S5000ES

Sony's new top-end BDP-S5000ES packs every feature the company can think of in a bid for Blu-ray stardom

Amazing build and spec. Fabulous pictures. Equally formidable sound

It's not cheap. Er, that's it

January, 2009

Rating

100

stuff.tv
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Sony BDP-S5000ES

Wow. The Sony produces one of the finest Blu-ray images money can buy and it sounds fabulous to boot

Serious high-end looks and build quality ; breathtaking Blu-ray images ; awesome DVD upscaling ; hugely entertaining with movie soundtracks

A little heavy-handed with CD playback

Rating

100

whathifi.com
GB

Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player and Specs

This Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player features a DTS-HD bitstream and Dolby TrueHD. The BDP-S5000ES also has 14- bit video processing, 60p and 24p true cinema

No rating

product-reviews.net
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Sony BDP-S5000ES: beste Tonqualität für viel Geld

By Pascal Poschenrieder, Ty Pendlebury

Award: EXZELLENT

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With a price of around 1200 euros is the premium Blu-ray player BDP-S5000ES Sony one of the most expensive devices on the market. But it offers an excellent image quality. Moreover, the model decode all HD sound formats, and provides it via the analog 7.1...

very high production quality, better sound quality than the competition, stunning video quality with a lot of details, excellent color rendition ;

high price, no media playback via network or USB, PS3 offers similar image quality for less Money ;

The Sony BDP-S5000ES is a Blu-ray player of the highest grade. The production quality is extraordinary and his sound is the best that we are now up for a Blu-ray players have experienced. However, there is already much less money for equipment used in the...

June, 2009

Rating

83

cnet.de
FR

Test de Sony BDP-S5000ES

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following the Blu-ray high-end Sony. A big baby with an ultra-rigid chassis and a mechanical Precision Drive HD perfectly supposed offer a sparkling image .

image quality, sound quality, design high-end video processing and upscaling HD excellent, 7.1 analog outputs, backlit remote, HD Reality Enhancer ;

effective high Price , USB 1 GB for the BD-Live, Video equalizer settings basic calibration incomplete internal audio decoder, low opening multimedia ;

May, 2009

Rating

70

zdnet.fr
FR

Sony BDP-S5000ES

By Yohann Moreau

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Sony BDP-S5000ES: Here are the Blu-ray high-end Sony . A big baby with an ultra-rigid chassis and a mechanical Precision Drive HD perfectly supposed offer a sparkling image .. CNETFrance.fr

image quality, sound quality, design high-end video processing and upscaling HD excellent, 7.1 analog outputs, backlit remote, HD Reality Enhancer ;

effective high Price , USB 1 GB for the BD-Live, Video equalizer settings basic calibration incomplete internal audio decoder, low opening multimedia ;

May, 2009

Rating

70

cnetfrance.fr

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