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Friday, December 30, 2011

Sony BDP-BX58 Blu-ray Disc Player 3D Built-in Wireless

Enjoy Full HD1080p Blu-ray Disc movies plus connect to the internet and stream a wide variety of online entertainment including movies, TV episodes, videos, music, and live sports from Netflix , YouTube , HuluPlus , Pandora , and more with the Sony BDP-BX58 Blu-ray Disc Player. You can also turn your iPhone , iPad or compatible Android phone into a versatile remote control with search functionality when you download the free "Media remote" app.

Amazon Sales Rank: #2347 in Consumer Electronics Color: BLACK Brand: Sony Model: BDP-BX58 High Speed HDMI cable and Night Glow Remote included Enjoy 3D Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD 1080p--also supports standard Blu-ray Disc movies in HD and upscales DVDs to near HD quality Instantly stream a wide variety of movies, TV shows, live sports, videos, and music from Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Hulu Plus and many more Free, downloadable "Media Remote" app for your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone turns it into a versatile remote Connect your digital camera, USB-enabled MP3 player, or USB storage device to enjoy videos, photos, and music on the big screen. Built-in Wi-Fi for an easy connection to your wireless broadband network; media streaming from DLNA Certified devices

Most helpful customer reviews 29 of 29 people found the following review helpful. You need a fast N Router to have flawless streaming content By Souroosh Soheili I see that a number of reviewers here are disappointed with the wireless streaming content (ie Netflix). I had the same issue until I switched my wireless router. You need a good N router that is specifically optimized for streaming video. I replaced my router with a Vizio XRW100 and the bluray player works perfectly. 37 of 39 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic By Jan We tried and returned the preceding model. So we picked this one up with a bit of concern. The sales folk assured us that Sony had fixed it's failings, and they have a good return policy where we bought, so we gave Sony a second chance. It works beautifully, even with Netflix. Video streams properly via wifi, and the unit has remained responsive at all times. On blu-ray the machine responds to commands instantly. The remote is well designed and easy to use. As I recall, one concern we had with this unit was that Amazon streaming video was not advertised on the box. However, the unit does in fact support Amazon. All-in-all, the unit works as designed and desired. 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful. BluRay with WiFI and a newer router By J. C. Danko We have been researching BluRay for a while since my son has built up a large collection of BD disks he plays on his PS3, the original BluRay and still probably the best for playing BD. He wanted to give one to his mom for her birthday so we went halfies on the BX58 with wireless. I also bought a newer wireless router, Buffalo WHR-HP-GN. (See my review of that product.) The BX58 and the new Buffalo work together perfectly with my fairly fast Comcast cable internet. The configuration was relatively painless. I used the WDS PIN registration method and had no problems establishing a working wireless network connection. To wirelessly rout to one of these TV related internet devices I would urge everyone to buy the best new technology router available. The Buffalo WHR-HP-GN is less than $40 on Amazon and a lower power version is less than $25. They have a mixed mode of encryption that eliminates a lot of compatibility problems across a range of devices. One little deficiency in wireless setup: My encryption key uses a "-". The BX58 has no "-" available on the virtual keyboard used for input. The WDS PIN registration does not require an entered key so I dodged that problem. We watched a BD and the load time was about 30 seconds. I went to the BX58 device registration menu where it wanted to do firmware upgrade to rev. 319. Instead of using the internet download method I checked SONY support web site and downloaded the firmware and burned a CD. The instructions recommend using OSX (apple) but not to worry. My Windows 7 notebook and the freeware ImgBurn software created a disk that worked just fine. The BX58 internet section lists a large number of preset websites for video, music and social. I am sure a large number of them, such as Michael Jackson, are somehow related to Sony Corp. We have been sampling to test the device and internet access is seamless and reliable. I can even access the files on other PCs on my network. So far we like it a lot. I am having a bit of difficulty integrating the BX58 into my entertainment system mainly getting it to work the way we want with my Harmony remote. If you need BluRay Wireless internet, IMHO, this is the way to go. See all 27 customer reviews...

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