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Sony BDP-S550 Review
The good: Excellent image quality on Blu-ray Discs; Profile 2.0 compliant; onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, plus bit-stream output; 7.1 analog-audio outputs; 1GB USB drive included in box.
The bad: PlayStation 3 may still offer a better value for some buyers; competing players offer more features or lower prices.
The bottom line: The Sony BDP-S550 offers excellent image quality and a solid feature set, but only consider it if you need the multichannel analog outputs.
Sony BDP-S550 Specs
Manufacturer: Sony
Part number: BDP-S550
- Product Specifications
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