Sony BDP-S550 1080p Blu-ray Player (2008 Model)

Amanda: Hi, I'm Amanda. Julie: And I'm Julie. Amanda: And we're here in the Crutchfied studio today to give you a quick look at Sony's BD-S550 Blu-ray player. Now this has a lot of features that you expect from a good Blu-ray player. Julie: That's right, so it has 1080p picture which will pass to your TV via HDMI, and it has built-in decoding for lossless surround sound formats. Amanda: That's right. It also has an Ethernet port on the back, so you can take advantage of future upgrades as they come on down the road. And it also has a really fast loading and start up time. Now if you saw the first generation of Blu-ray players, you noticed they were kind of sluggish, a little slow. Not a problem here. Julie: Nope. Now, the BDP-S550 has some features that you don't find on all players. One of those is something called BD-Live. And what that lets you do, is download extras like commentarie