Sharp AQUOS BD-HP21U

15 reviews

Apr, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 15 reviews of Sharp AQUOS BD-HP21U. The average rating for this product is 3.1/5, compared to an average rating of 3.8/5 for other DVD Players for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other DVD Players the Sharp AQUOS BD-HP21U is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 75/100 = Good quality.

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Expert review by : Lincoln Spector (pcworld.com)

Sharp Aquos BD-HP21U Blu-Ray Review

Comfortable yet small remote ; Reasonably low price

Very slow at loading discs ; Soft and flat images

Its low price and on-board high-resolution audio decoding make it tempting, but the Sharp BD-HP21U fails to deliver a consistently great picture.

Feb, 2009

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Expert review by (electronicsme.com)

Sharp BD-HP21U

If you're looking for your first Blu-ray disc player, the BD-HP21U makes an excellent choice. It has all the basic features you need, and the 1080p upconversion of existing DVDs is an added bonus. It's available at a street price that won't break the...

Full HD 1920x1080p output7.1 channel surround soundSupport for Dolby True HD format1080p upscaling of existing DVDsSharp AQUOS Link function

The AQUOS Link function allows you to control the Blu-ray player using...

Sep, 2009

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Expert review by : Adrienne Maxwell (hometheaterreview.com)

Sharp BD-HP21U Blu-ray Player Reviewed

The BD-HP21U ($300) is the follow-up to Sharp's BD-HP20U, a Profile 1.0 player released in 2007. This is a Profile 1.1/BonusView player, which means it contains the necessary audio and video decoders for picture-in-picture content, but it lacks the...

Dec, 2008

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Expert review by : Lincoln Spector (techadvisor.co.uk)

Sharp BD-HP21U review

The Sharp BD-HP21U carries a moderate price, but that gets you only a Blu-ray player with hit-and-miss image quality.

Sharp's second-generation Blu-ray Disc player just doesn't impress. The Sharp BD-HP21U does the job without frills, and without oomph.

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Look elsewhere

Off to Sharp for warranty work. Purchased at other than newegg

It is Blu-Ray

High percentage of Blu-Ray discs stop playing 1:18 minutes into the movie. Took two titles to the store where I purchased the unit and they played fine on 3 other Blu-Ray players. This unit has very large numbers of negative reviews on multiple sites....

Sep, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Almost Perfect

Once you update the firmware, it works perfectly. btw, updating the firmware is very easy. Download it to usb drive > plug usb drive into player > select "update firmware". All in all, it's a very good BD player for it's price. The bad reviews...

Plays Blu-Rays, DVD's, and looks good doin it. I also think that it's relatively inexpensive for what you get. Looks great through HDMI. I have no idea why the included cable is not even component

Takes forever to load a disc. I had read some other reviews (not just from Newegg) about the disc never loading. I thought that to be true, until I found that it popped up a loading screen 5 minutes later. Also, there's not a lot of features and it...

Aug, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Junk

Pretty

Placed a BluRay in player and it "Read Disc" forever finally saying it was incompatible, spitting it out. I cleaned the disc and tried again. It did this several times. I turned it off and tried again. I unplugged it and tried again. Finally it decided...

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Sharp AQUOS 1080p HD Blu-Ray Disc Player BD-HP21U

It's beautiful! I'm pairing it up with my 42" Aquos (42D65U)

If I waited 2 more days, I could have gotten it for free!!!! So upset ARGH

May, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Blue ray play

I am not sure if its just me but are all Blue ray players really slow ?

Was easy to setup and use since I have AQUOS LCD. Sleek looking and not too heavy when compared to the Sony. I can now use just one remote for both blue ray and TV

Loads slowly

Feb, 2009

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