Sharp BD-HP20U

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04 Oct 2008 Great for blu-ray but CD playback doesn't work This review is for the BD-HP20X which is essentially the same as the HP20U (takes the same firmware) but is the localised Australian variant. I took a plunge on this player after seeing it advertised for an irresistibly low price through an internet mail-order vendor.

Here are a few words about my experiences with this player so far (applies to the latest firmware revision which I downloaded and installed via USB memory stick) -

* I'm using the Sharp's analog 5.1 audio outputs (... –Y. Leefrom Amazon.com
10 Sep 2008 Movies, okay. TV shows, sorry. If you only plan to watch movies on Blu-ray then you'll probably be fine, but if you plan to watch TV shows on Blu-ray, like Heroes or Mad Men, forget about it, you'll get so frustrated you'll feel like destroying the player. :( The player is also very finicky, i.e. don't push eject without stopping the disc first. If you do, you'll have to hard reset the machine. Something I've done many dozens of times in the past few months I've owned this. My advise, pony up the extra dough and get a Son... –B. Parkmanfrom Amazon.com
30 Aug 2008 Sometimes slow, stutters, and dies mysteriously I bought my BDHP20U in Feb 2008 and it worked OK, if almost glacially slow (minutes to power on, roughly a minute just to open the [empty] tray) until July when, following one of Sharp's software updates (two previous worked great) the machine would no longer power on. Sharp apparently has quite a bit of experience with this kind of thing (not necessarily comforting) and quickly emailed me a link to a FedEx page with shipping labels -- unfortunately they sent it on Wednesday evening (while I wa... –The Nurblerfrom Amazon.com

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