The back of the player provides what is “standard” today, being a single HDMI output for the Full HD 1080p video (2D or 3D), along with multichannel audio.

A thumb drive or other type of USB storage device can be inserted and then accessed through the menu in a normal fashion to play video, see photos and listen to music through the display the player is connected to. At the bottom right corner, the USB socket is now covered by a plug that hides it when not being used. Accompanying this very “coffee table-ish” look are top mounted Play/Pause/Stop buttons at the upper right corner (and as in the previous model, you can perform a “Child Lock” to keep little fingers from mucking around with the disc tray eject). One expects that vibrations from the spinning disc mechanism will be less egregious as a result of there being no fan, thank a good heat-sink for that I imagine, and as a result the only sound heard from the player is the brief ‘thunk” of the disc mechanism when the unit is first turned on (there’s also a very dim-lit LCD panel on front).īut different to the eye is the now Euro-shape curves. The shape emulates the BDP-S590 in being low and long and the “feel” is not that of electronics wrapped in a thin and easily breakable shell. So we start with the obvious before going to the less-obvious: the construction of the BDP-S590 continues Sony’s “build” quality - one that is all out of proportion to the low price of the player (set at $149 retail but available on the “street” at just a dozen dollars or so above $100). So in encountering the Sony BDP-S590 Blu-ray player - as a replacement for their solid performing S580 - I need to look for the differences as well as the similarities that can make this the new Blu-ray player to get. Sony led the way to affordable Blu-ray players early in the cycle with their PlayStation 3 - the combo of a Blu-ray player and game console being less costly than that of the competition’s Blu-ray players all by their lonesome.

Blu-ray players have decreased in price to where getting a second one (or replacing one just a year or two old) is no longer a luxury. Even the best Blu Ray Player is cheaper now.

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