13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Newest firmware a revelation,
March 22, 2010 movie mike - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sharp BDHP210U Blu-ray Disc Player (Electronics)
Other reviewers warn to stay away from this player, so I thought I'd balance things out with somewhat more positive comments. The trouble I had in the past with the BD-HP21U consisted of:
1) Inability to play certain discs
2) Slow to very slow loading times
3) Poor performance by the remote control- had to be very close to the unit to operate
Each time that I encountered a disc that wouldn't play I upgraded the firmware (have done so 3 times over 15 months- right after purchase and 2 other times), which took care of the playback glitch. However problems 2 and 3 remained. About 2 weeks ago the movie "Ponyo" wouldn't play, so I upgraded the firmware for a third time and voila! All 3 problems solved! Movie played, loading is now MUCH faster, and the remote works at the same distance as other remotes. I went from being at best lukewarm on the unit to quite pleased.
The most recent firmware is available at [...]. Hopefully that link will...Read more
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
DO NOT PURCHASE SHARP BLU RAY BDHP210U -- OR ANY OTHER SHARP PRODUCT,
March 11, 2010 TheJash (NY, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sharp BDHP210U Blu-ray Disc Player (Electronics)
I received this as a gift...personally I would not have purchase a sharp product. I gave it the benefit of the doubt. Initially compared to my PS3 is was very slow to load...I could let that slide if everything else worked...but it didn't. Right out of the box about 1 out of 5 Blu-Rays did not play "Cannot Read Disc". All of these discs played just fine on my laptop and PS3. I don't know about DVDs. I tried to update the firmware but Sharp had the wrong firmware posted for my equipment. I finally found the correct one under a different model number. That did not help and was definitely not a user friendly process. I am currently in the process of getting help directly from Sharp since the store I purchased from will not let me exchange or return. We will see how it goes, but I am very skeptical.
Bottom line...Stay away...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Horrible,
March 11, 2010 M. Benoit - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharp BDHP210U Blu-ray Disc Player (Electronics)
Thought i was getting a good deal on a bluray player. This product is very bulky and obviously a model several years old.
Right out of the box the player has issues about 50% of the time, displaying a flickering image. Also loads times are exteremly slow, and some discs will not play. I would recommend spending the extra $30 to get a current model player.
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