Ab Work Outs: Sherwood BDP-5004 Blu-ray Disc Player (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)*** The Sherwood 5004 is a reliable Blu-Ray player.It performs excellently and is very similar to the Momitsu 899.I have set up my player to take advantage of all BD-Live 2.0 features.I am pleased to report that the player performs these functions very well indeed.It loads and plays BD-Live content much faster than does my older Panasonic BDP-35.

Using the HD Bitstream setting sent through HDMI cables to my Pioneer VSX-91TXH Receiver, I have found Dolby True HD and DTS Master Sound to sound splendid whether the movie/music is encoded at 7.1, 2.0 or 1.0 channels.Immediately prior to the install of the player, I re-calibrated the room and speakers using Pioneer's built in sound analyzer.

The upconversion of pictures appears to be of a higher quality than my older Panasonic, however, I am not certain I can state the same thing about the Oppo DV-981 and will need to look a while longer.At any rate, the Sherwood certainly loads much faster than the Panasonic.This was examined after I reset the various levels on video display on my Samsung 46" monitor using two separate video programs.

That said, I heartily recommend the Sherwood, especially given that I have repeatedly switched it from Region A to Region B and back again.The machine handles each very well.

*** Since I wrote this review, an update to the firmware came out.Save yourself the trouble and DO NOT UPLOAD THE NEW FIRMWARE!!It removes the ability of the player to play Region B/C Blu-Rays - the reason I purchased the machine - and renders it a Region A player only.Continue to use it with the original firmware which works just fine.

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Product Description:
The BDP-5004 is a Profile 2.0 player that outputs at 1080i, 1080p/60 and 1080p/24. It can also upscale standard DVDs to 720p, 1080i, or 1080p through its HDMI 1.3 output. Both Deep Color and XV Color are supported, as well as onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio high-resolution audio formats.Other features: Component and composite outputs, coaxial digital output and 2-channel analog down mix output.

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