Well, since it looks like I am the only on this forum that owns the new Sony S370, I'll go ahead and open a new thread.
My first impressions:
The player is super slim.
The power cord can no longer be detached.
The remote control HAS an eject button. Kudos to Sony for adding this back.
The main menu background is now black. So it kind of looks "Dim" now.
Performance
I spent some time testing some blu's and sd dvd's and the picture quality on both is fantastic. I also own the Sony N460 and I will say the PQ on the new model is slighty better on both BD's and DVD's.
Booting takes about 15 seconds with quick start off and about 5 seconds with quick start enable. Loading time is the fastest I've ever seen. I have a PS3 and I say it rivals that of the PS3.
POTC 1 and 2 loaded in about 23 seconds.
Spiderman 3 loaded even faster, around 20 seconds.
Terminator 2: Skynet Edition which was painfully slow to load on most players, loaded in about 40 seconds.
Now, keep in mind that I don't have stop watch, so the times are just "ballpark guess"
For those of you that owns Stargate: 15th Anniversary Edition. I have bad news. The new Sony player is still having issues playing this disc. While watching the extended cut, if you hit the pop up menu button during playback, the disc automatically pause and the menu "Hangs". If you hit play, you can hear the audio but it will not go back to the movie. This does not happens while playing the theatrical version. My PS3 plays both cut of the movies flawlessly.
That's all I have for now, please feel free to post any questions or comments
To be honest, I have no idea. I don't have any SACD discs so I won't be able to test it. I can however look at the manual this evening and report back to you if I find anything.
This beauty came directly from Sony Style. I've ordered it back in 2/10/10 and chose expedite shipping and It arrived yesterday to my pleasant surprise. I haven't had much time to play with it, but so far I'm loving it.
Looks like the 370 and 470 should have similar speeds according to the video description - "The Sony BDPS370, BDPS470 and BDPS570 all have amazingly short boot up and disc load times that have to be seen to be believed."
Looking to move my Panny BD35 to the bedroom and put in an online content enabled 2010 model.
Really interested to see how the DLNA streaming works.
Also it sounds like the 2010 models are based on the N460, which is a good thing for DVD upscaling quality. The 360/560 was pretty so-so. Do any of you 2010 owners have the HQV and/or Spears and Munsil discs to test deinterlacing?
I've downloaded the manual, and was surprised to see a comment about selecting "Original Resolution" under Output Video Format for HDMI. Does this mean that Source Direct is back on Sonys?
That was the only thing my S300 had better than x50 and x60 models, and was reluctant to part with - I'm using my XBR upscaling which is pretty good for me.
Which feature ? SACD ? Yes, all Sx70 play SACD. There are 2 options : DSD or PCM to the receiver (selectable on "settings") . If DSD is selected, the receiver must accept DSD feed.
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Which feature ? SACD ? Yes, all Sx70 play SACD. There are 2 options : DSD or PCM to the receiver (selectable on "settings") . If DSD is selected, the receiver must accept DSD feed.
Very interesting - it is not posted on the web site (then again SonyStyle.com is virtually worthless for accurate descriptions). That makes this series a contender for my next player if it/they does/do.
I am looking forward to hearing how well the 370/570 handle SACD via HDMI/DSD and PCM from owners. If source direct and SACD DSD are in their full line then I am sold on my next 3D BD player.
I was looking through the online manuals and it looks like they took the forced 24Hz out of the options... auto and off were the two options according to the PDF.
You have the N460 and don't have any SACDs. What was the reason to purchase this player if you don't mind me asking as I may be missing something on its capabilities versus other players.
I also have the 460 and bought the 570 because I'm interested in the DLNA capability. I want to stream video from my PC.
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