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SONY BDP-S5000ES
75 reviews
Apr, 2025
alaTest has collected and analyzed 75 reviews of SONY BDP-S5000ES. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, 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 SONY BDP-S5000ES is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 94/100 = Excellent quality.
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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)
Amazon.co.uk review summary for SONY BDP-S5000ES
alaTest has collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of SONY BDP-S5000ES from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.co.uk.
100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
Apr, 2025
Consumer review (amazon.com)
Amazon.com review summary for SONY BDP-S5000ES
alaTest has collected and analyzed 14 user reviews of SONY BDP-S5000ES from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.6/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.com.
93% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Apr, 2025
Expert review by : Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity (hometheaterhifi.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player - Benchmark
Overall, the Sony BDP-S5000ES is a solid Blu-ray player. The picture and audio quality are excellent. The player is responsive and supports BD-Live with a smooth experience. It's an excellent CD player and generally does do a fine job upscaling...
Sep, 2009
Expert review by : Robert Kozel and Adrian Wittenberg (hometheaterhifi.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player – Benchmark
The Sony ES line has always represented the very best of what Sony has to offer. The ES stands for Sony's Elevated Standard and the BDP-S5000ES is Sony's premier Blu-ray/DVD player, offering a host of features targeted at the audiophile and videophile...
Overall, the Sony BDP-S5000ES is a solid Blu-ray player. The picture and audio quality are excellent. The player is responsive and supports BD-Live with a smooth experience. It’s an excellent CD player and generally does do a fine job upscaling your...
Sep, 2009
Expert review by (electronicsme.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES
Great audio and video playback for your Blu-ray movies and the 5 year parts and labor warranty make the S5000ES an attractive player for the home theater, though the value for money is somewhat lacking given you can achieve relatively identical...
Enhanced 1080p HD Video Playback7.1 Channel OutputBraviaSync Capability5 Year Parts & Labor Warranty
No Wi-Fi
This Extended Standard (ES) version of Blu-ray player is its super bit...
Nov, 2009
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Expert review by : Televisions.com (televisions.com)
Sony BDP-S 5000 ES
Excellent HDTV, with 24p support and video controls., HD audio as a bitstream., BD-Live support., HD decoder for analog 7.1-channel audio.
Imperfections in DVD de-interlacing., No decoding of DTS-HD into PCM via HDMI., No MP3 playback.
The BDP-S 5000 ES is an impressive, high-end device - only the DVD playback leaves room for improvement. The Blu-ray picture quality nears perfection, and the analog CD sound falls nothing short of superb. Versatile image-enhancement options tease an...
Mar, 2012
Expert review by : Kris Deering (soundandvision.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player
Among Sony's vast array of audio/video products, a select few carry the Elevated Standard (ES) designation, which indicates the company's top-flight—and top-price—models. There are two Blu-ray player in this elite club, including the flagship...
Aug, 2009
Expert review by : Jerry Del Colliano (hometheaterreview.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player Reviewed
Sony fans who want a step up in quality look for the Elevated Standard (ES) logo. The new BDP-S5000ES ($1,999) is a beefy, well-built Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player that supports BD-Live and BonusView. It has internal high-resolution audio decoding and...
The idea that a cheapie Blu-ray player can be the source of your top-performing theater is a flawed concept. The same factors that make your audiophile CD player sound better than the $200 store-bought one apply to Blu-ray as much as they did to...
Jun, 2009
Expert review by : Kris Deering (hometheater.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player
Elevating the Blu-ray Standard?
Mar, 2009
Expert review by : Kris Deering (hometheatermag.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player
Sony's Elevated Standard (ES) products have long been at the respected upper end of the company's product line. I remember Sony's early ES DVD players were the cat's meow in terms of solid video performance and features. If you wanted reference-quality...
The BDP-S5000ES's HD decoder also did a great job resolving full 1080p resolution (luma and chroma) from the Blu-ray format. Sony claims that this player upsamples the chroma information, but I didn't see any significant effect from the enhancement. I...
Mar, 2009
Expert review by : David Ramli (goodgearguide.com.au)
Sony BDP-S5000ES
The Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player is large and feature-packed. Unfortunately it is very expensive.
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.
Mar, 2009
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Expert review by : What Hi-Fi? (whathifi.com)
Sony BDP-S5000ES review
The Sony BDP-S5000ES produces one of the finest Blu-ray images money can buy and it sounds fabulous to boot
A joy to use ; comprehensive spec ; stunning Blu-ray images ; fine DVD upscaling ; produces a solid, detailed dynamic sound
The far pricier Pioneer just pips it for picture quality
Here’s a player that’s easy to live with, priced favourably and a real stunner with movies and music
Feb, 2009
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