Sony BDP-S363 Blu-ray Disc™ player



# The new Blu-ray Disc™ player from Sony has been created to get the most out of your High Definition TV. You can experience the superior 1080p High Definition video content giving you sharper pictures, deeper colours and a more dramatic impact.
# With 24p True Cinema, you can enjoy and experience the film precisely as the movie was shot, bringing you the true cinematic experience into the comfort of your own living room.
# The player is backwards compatible with DVDs so connecting via HDMI™ means you can upscale them to the best picture possible via the Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology. So your existing DVD collection will look outstanding on your Full HD TV.
# x.v.Color™ allows the S363 to show images with natural and more vivid colours similar to what the human eye actually sees in the real world.
# The Deep Colour technology gives you smoother images and more colour variation when connecting your S363 to a Deep Colour ready HD TV via HDMI™, bringing you a more colourful movie experience.
# With the PhotoTV HD dedicated still picture display technology you can view your digital photos at their best on your BRAVIA TV.
# The Precision Drive HD technology helps you get the most out of your Blu-ray Disc™s and DVDs, even if they are bent or scratched.
# Full HD Audio Decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding – to get sound quality so rich and powerful it’s like listening to the movie’s original sound track in the studio.
# 7.1 channel High Definition Surround Sound Bitstream via HDMI™ connection for an outstanding sound quality
# Following the same award-winning design as the PLAYSTATION®3 menu, the XrossMediaBar menu system provides simple and intuitive control to give you a smooth user experience
# The Quick Start-up mode allows you to get your Blu-ray Disc™ player started after just six seconds (6 sec), a time unrivalled by other products available today.
# The BRAVIA sync technology enables you synchronise your Blu-ray Disc player to BRAVIA televisions and Home Theatre systems at the touch of a button.
# The latest applications for the S363 can be updated via the Internet through Firmware updates via Ethernet. By running updates your Blu-ray Disc™ player can always deliver optimum performance.
# Featuring BD-Live, the new Blu-ray Disc™ player from Sony gives you access to interactive features. Connected direct to the internet, BD-Live brings you more exclusive extras like Bonus Features, News & Trailers and Games.
# Through the BonusView functionality a separate stream of video will play along with the movie in the form of a ‘picture-in-picture’ format and show interviews with the film’s cast and crew, storyboards and other visual content.
# The stylish design of the S363 perfectly complements your BRAVIA TV to create a harmonised home entertainment system to fit seamlessly into your living room space
# The amber coloured back lit remote enables you to control the S363 in the dark without the need to destroy your cinema experience to switch on the lights.



Technical
specifications



Player Type

Color Black
Region Code DVD 2
Region Code BD-ROM B

System

BD-ROM (BonusView; Profile 1.1) YES
BD-ROM (BD-Live; Profile 2.0) YES
BD-R/RE Playback YES
AVC-HD 8c/12cm DVD Playback YES
DVD Video Playback YES
Audio CD Playback YES
VCD Playback NO
Super VCD Playback NO
DVD-R/RW (Video Format) Playback
YES
DVD-RW (VR Format) Playback
YES
DVD+R/RW Playback
YES
CD-R/RW Playback YES
JPEG Playback YES

Picture Quality

1080p output (via HDMI™)
YES
Precision Cinema HD upscale (DVD upscaling to 1080p)
YES
Video D/A Converter
12bit/148.5MHz
24p True Cinema
YES
x.v. Colour YES
Progressive Scan Output YES
Precision Drive HD
YES
Deep Colour YES
Preset Picture Mode YES

Audio

8ch Linear PCM bitstream out
YES
Dolby TrueHD decoding YES
Dolby TrueHD bitstream out YES
DTS-HD Master Audio decoding
NO
DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream out YES
Audio D/A Converter
192kHz/24bit
Construction
Display on Front Panel YES

Terminal

HDMI™
1
Component Video Output 1
S-Video Output
NO
Composite Video Output 1
SCART Connector NO
Digital Audio Output: Coaxial 1
Digital Audio Output: Optical 1
7.1ch Analogue Output NO
Analogue Stereo Output YES
Ethernet YES

Remote

Backlit remote Amber Light
TV Control YES

Convenience

Quick Start-up 6 seconds
XrossMediaBar™ (GUI)
YES
Easy Set up YES
BRAVIA Sync
YES
PhotoTV HD YES
Frimware update via Ethernet YES
Local Storage for BD-Live NO
Child Lock (Tray Lock) YES
Parental Control YES

Others

Screen Saver YES
Video Bit Rate Indicator YES

Specification

Power Requirements 220-240V
Power Consumption (in Operation) 22W
Power Consumption (in Standby) 0.19 W (in Normal Stand-by Mode)
Autopower off 30 minutes
Dimensions (WxHxD) 430 x 56 x 216 mm
Mass (kg) 2,1



I bought this yesterday and it is fab