Sony® Blu-ray DiscTM Player BDP-BX2

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 11.6 x 4.6 inches ; 7.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 pounds
• ASIN: B002DMZZQM
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,555 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 16, 2009

Product Description

Enjoy Blu-ray DiscTM movies in Full HD 1080p quality and upscale your existing DVDs to near high definition with the Sony® BDP-BX2 Blu-ray Disc player. Connect to the Internet and access bonus interactive features on BD-LiveTM enabled Blu-ray Disc movies [external memory (sold separately) is required], and experience stunning, high definition audio with support for enhanced audio formats including Dolby® TrueHD and dts®-HD Master Audio. HDMI cable included. Plays Blu-ray DiscTM movies in Full HD 1080p Plays DVDs and upscales them to near high definition via HDMITM BD-LiveTM ready (requires USB flash memory) Dolby® TrueHD and dts®-HD Master Audio decoding Deep color output and x.v.ColorTM support (HDMITMv1.3) Quick start-up mode (appox. 6 seconds) Xross Media BarTM (XMBTM) based menu system Manage compatible home theater devices with one remote HDMI cable included Audio Features: Dolby® : Yes & Dolby® TrueHD bitstream out over HDMITM (V1.3) Dolby® Digital plus Decoding : Yes Dolby® True HD bitstream output : Yes Dolby® TrueHD Decoding : Yes LPCM : Yes (multi channel decoder): Yes (HDMITM bitstream out) MP3 Playback : Yes (BD-R/RE/DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)5 dts® Decoding : Yes dts® HD bitstream output : Yes dts® Output : Yes, & /DTS®-HD bitstream out over HDMITM (V1.3)" Convenience: Menu Options : XMB® inspired media bar A/V Sync : Yes BRAVIA® SyncTM : Yes Bit Rate Indicator (Video) : Yes Child Lock : Yes Easy Setup : Yes FL LED Dimmer Off : Yes Multi Disc Resume : No Parental Control : Yes Quick Start Mode : Yes Startup Screen : Yes General:

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great performance for what it is designed to do..., December 13, 2009

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Fred (Rhode Island, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony® Blu-ray DiscTM Player BDP-BX2 (Electronics)

Outstanding quality. This blu-ray player produces a top quality picture. Setup was painless. However, if you like to add all devices to your cable box remote control, I could not get it to recognize this player. I tried all the Sony codes in the manual and then tried the learn process and the cable remote could not operate this player. Not a deal breaker but an annoyance. This player has BD Live which allows for firmware updates over your network but has to be hard wired. It has no wireless capabilty. It does not have some of the newer network features such as Net Flix, You-Tube, Pandora, etc. But with BD Live, maybe these capabilities will be added in future firmware updates. My unit arrived with .006 firmware version. Web site review indicated that version .007 was the latest firmware available. I called Sony for the .007 firmward disc and they sent it free of charge and it arrived in 4 days. Great service from Sony. There is a Quick Start option that I selected so I find this player to be very fast from disc insert to start of movie.

Bottom line: If you are looking for a top quality Blu-Ray player, you can't go wrong with this one. And the firmware can be updated as newer versions come available. If you want the latest internet features, they are not offered with this model. I would highly recommend this player.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Machine, but Caution is indicated, October 10, 2010

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R. Dixon (Arkansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony® Blu-ray DiscTM Player BDP-BX2 (Electronics)

I have two identical BDP-BX2 machines. One is being used "out of the box" and is an excellent machine. Plays every Blu Ray I have. No problems. On the other one, I downloaded two "firmware" upgrades from the Sony site. After the first "update" it would only play some Blu Ray discs. Now it calls all Blu-Ray discs "Invalid Disc" and plays only DVDs. Bottom line: A really a good machine if you don't update the firmware. If you update the firmware, you could end up turning it into a DVD player.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sony Blue-Ray, January 14, 2010

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VIC - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony® Blu-ray DiscTM Player BDP-BX2 (Electronics)

I received this player for Christmas and have now had time to watch numerous videos on it. This is my first Blu-Ray so I don't have other to compare it to, only what I have read in other reviews.

First I will say this an inexpensive no-frills player. If you want bells and whistles you need to pay more and look elsewhere. On comparing the Blue-Ray format to the progressive scan (upconvert) DVD I find that the picture for most live action films is simply outstanding and an order of magnitude better. On animations such as the recent release of Sleeping Beauty to Blu-Ray the difference is only slight. However, I don't see that as a function of the player but the actual film.

Setup for the machine was breeze and everything worked as advertised on setup. I am beginning to think that that is a rarity anymore. I haven't had the machine long enough to testify to its reliability, but I have found Sony products to be generally reliable in the past.

There are only a few things that I have a problem with, and these are only small nits:

- I would prefer an eject button on the remote.
- I don't like the idea of firmware updates. That implies they will be continually tinkering with this. Get the standard down and leave it alone. I have heard horror stories on these firmware updates. The other thing bad about this is the fact that you have to plug it into a network via a Cat5E cable. What do you do if you have no network?
- All of my other devices which use an HDMI cable allow me to have the sound through the TV or the Stereo amp at the same time. This allows me to choose how I want the audio with little effort. In this device you must set it up to play through one or the other. If you want to change it you must go back to the audio setup menu and reconfigure the device.

One other commenter said he experienced problems getting the cable TV remote programmed for this device. I use a Logitech Harmony 550 programmable remote for all my devices now and I had no problem getting this new unit programmed into that remote.

Update: After roughly 5 months of use I have had zero problems with this unit. Therefore I will conclude that it is most likely very reliable and will not fail until it is worn out.