Men at Work Only issue is a

Men at Work

Only issue is a slow start time for Blu-ray discs. Seemed to be a little bit of a lag there. Also, YouTube videos are available. Sony could have made a better interface on the remote such as a QWERTY keyboard remote for searching YouTube videos. It is awkward to enter search words via the remote. For the price though, I am satisfied with the unit considering what access is available and some of the HD videos that are available via the online channels that come with the unit. Awesome test for a HD TV when one is streaming HD video of the Grand Canyon. You really get the feel of being there. NetFlix on demand available also. You could spend hours just going through all of the online channels that are available. Sweeeeet for the price. I finally jumped on the bandwagon and got a BluRay. I m a Sony guy, and had heard enough less-than-stellar things about Samsung to make me wait until Sony had a model that would stream Netflix. Given that all my other audiovideo gear is Sony, I assumed it would mate well with those items. I was correct; the load time for BluRay is only a minute or so, picture quality is great. Love the ability to stream Netflix etc. The box DOES state as well as most dealers that a separate router is required to go wireless. Those that say otherwise did not read all the way through. No problem, got a good deal on that too. Only gripe: I recently found Pandora and think it s great. The Sony does not stream this yet. I was waiting to purchase a blu-ray player until. I m thinkin when they re cheaper, when the discs themselves are cheaper, when. Well, having Netlix built-in took away all my hesitation. I m a little disappointed that 1 audio isn t yet available on Netflix downloads, but since I m not paying any extra on Netflix anyway for the convenience of streaming movies, I m more than satisfied. Until the sound quality thing is rectified, I ll keep ordering discs directly when sound matters the most in the Men at Work of the movie experience. I m thinking that movies like Close Encounters of the Third Kind deserve the 1 treatment more than movies like Lars and the Single Girl. Set-up was easy enough. I didn t need any calls to tech support at all. Pretty painless if you follow the directions included. Use of the player menu is also pretty intuitive, so if reading directions is your last choice, you should be fine. Internet access is hard-wired for our install. We have wireless, but the Men at Work is also hardwired with an ethernet port right next to the player, so it didn t make sense to get a wireless adapter for the player. We also have consistently good access speeds, so don t suffer video dropouts like some people have reported. I guess what I m saying is that in my experience, if you re having problems, I wouldn t think it would be the player, but your connection. So far, Time Warner Cable has come through. So for me, the tipping point in purchase of the Blu-Ray player was the addition of streaming video access. The price was more than right too! Pros: Super easy to set up, does everything it claims to do, good remote with strong signal, easy intuitive menu navigation, smooth streaming of internet content, broad selection of internet content compared to stable competing consumer devices, flawless firmware update, great picture and sound quality, smart timing of screensaver/power off Cons: Could use a broader internet service selection Pandora, , Blockbuster, Hulu, Fancast would be great additions are you listening, Sony?, wireless isn t included but if you want a reliable connection, you want wired anyway, no preview on fast forward or rewind I don t own any Blu-Ray discs yet, so I can only comment on DVD, SVCD, Audio CD, streaming content, and USB. On all of those, this device has worked flawlessly for me. If you have issues with your streaming, it s probably either your connection or your provider. Try a clean wired connection with an up-to-date router/switch and most likely your issues will disappear, unless your provider has over-provisioned your area or is throttling your bandwidth.