Sony BluRay Player with 6 free BluRay Discs and movie rental vouchers €249.99.

TouchingVirus · 20-12-2008 5:01pm

Got mine there, put in the Registration CD, opened up the browser window, filled in my details, signed up for a MySony ID and then it just gives me these menu options on the right (e.g. Survey, FAQ, Terms & Conditions). The terms & conditions is for an offer that expire in August 2008 for the S300 and S500's ....what the hell?

Where's my confirmation of free movies?

dolittle · 20-12-2008 6:04pm

i contacted customer services on monday morning as i had the same problem and they told me that you may not get the screen and when she checked everything was ok with my order

Dman001 · 20-12-2008 7:20pm

It says the closing date is in January on the Play link.

TouchingVirus · 21-12-2008 12:52pm

Thanks dolittle, I'll call them on Monday

Soarer · 21-12-2008 2:19pm

Finally got my discs, two and a half months after registering!:rolleyes:

Probably worth the wait though, as they sent me two of each!

mathie · 22-12-2008 12:24pm

Is the model number of this the BDPS350?
Thanks
M

PIMPHO · 22-12-2008 12:47pm

Lads I'm undecided whether to get this player or a PS3. Not that big into gaming but wouldn't mind getting back into it! Is there much difference in the PS3 and this Sony Blu Ray player; other than the PS3 is a games console and a Blu-Ray player?

Cheers

godtabh · 22-12-2008 1:04pm

mathie wrote: »

Is the model number of this the BDPS350?
Thanks
M

It appears so yes

TouchingVirus · 22-12-2008 1:47pm

Well if you can get a PS3 for €250 (with or without the Blu Ray movies) then I'd say go for it. I've got a 360 and that's all the gaming I need right now

And yes, the model is the BDP-S350

godtabh · 22-12-2008 1:54pm

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Well if you can get a PS3 for €250 (with or without the Blu Ray movies) then I'd say go for it. I've got a 360 and that's all the gaming I need right now

And yes, the model is the BDP-S350

I would agree with that as well.

Rev. Kitchen · 22-12-2008 2:14pm

PIMPHO wrote: »

Lads I'm undecided whether to get this player or a PS3. Not that big into gaming but wouldn't mind getting back into it! Is there much difference in the PS3 and this Sony Blu Ray player; other than the PS3 is a games console and a Blu-Ray player?

Cheers

PS3 without question the blue ray player can only play films the ps3 can do that and games and stream from PCs.

If you have anyone in the uk Play.com have a deal on a ps3 2 games 1 blue ray and a blue ray remote that works out at 310 euro!! ( when you click the euro sign it goes up to 405 euro )

PIMPHO · 22-12-2008 2:29pm

Cheers lads. Will wait for the sales and see if I can get the PS3 around the €300 mark!

Merry Xmas lads and all the best in the NY.

PIMPHO · 22-12-2008 2:41pm

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

PS3 without question the blue ray player can only play films the ps3 can do that and games and stream from PCs.

If you have anyone in the uk Play.com have a deal on a ps3 2 games 1 blue ray and a blue ray remote that works out at 310 euro!! ( when you click the euro sign it goes up to 405 euro )

Might look into this alright and send it to a mate's work address in the UK. Price should go down even more after Xmas.

Nice one

Rev. Kitchen · 22-12-2008 2:43pm

PIMPHO wrote: »

Might look into this alright and send it to a mate's work address in the UK. Price should go down even more after Xmas.

Nice one

You could buy your ps3 its own seat on a ryanair flight then and it would prob still work out cheaper

PIMPHO · 22-12-2008 6:30pm

One last question lads. Does the PS3 auto upscale normal dvds like the BDP-S350?

CyberWaste · 22-12-2008 6:46pm

Any ideas when this deal in xtra vision is over, or is it over yet? as im thinking of maybe getting one after xmas.

TouchingVirus · 22-12-2008 9:25pm

It's not over yet, still on sale in Xtravision in Longford anyways...

Zonda999 · 22-12-2008 10:03pm

PIMPHO wrote: »

One last question lads. Does the PS3 auto upscale normal dvds like the BDP-S350?

It will indeed. The ps3 is an absolutely excellent upscaler too IMO. When i watch a good quality dvd upscaled to 720p on my 720p 32", from sensible viewing distance, i'd nearly swear i was looking at sky HD.

PIMPHO · 22-12-2008 10:36pm

Zonda999 wrote: »

It will indeed. The ps3 is an absolutely excellent upscaler too IMO. When i watch a good quality dvd upscaled to 720p on my 720p 32", from sensible viewing distance, i'd nearly swear i was looking at sky HD.

Good stuff. Made up on getting the PS3 now! Does it only upscale normal dvds to 720p? I've got a HD Ready LCD 1080i so the PS3 should upscale dvds to 1080i, ya?

Zonda999 · 22-12-2008 11:34pm

PIMPHO wrote: »

Good stuff. Made up on getting the PS3 now! Does it only upscale normal dvds to 720p? I've got a HD Ready LCD 1080i so the PS3 should upscale dvds to 1080i, ya?

Ya, it'll upscale dvds all the way up to 1080i/p.

PIMPHO · 23-12-2008 12:52am

Nice one! PS3 it is then! Bring on the Jan sales!

Ya sorry about temporarily hijacking the thread! Feck the Jan sales, going to buy one in HK! PS3 80gb works out around €260!!

TouchingVirus · 23-12-2008 3:29am

Thread hijack is over? Phew!

I tried ringing Sony yesterday but I never got an answer, will try tomorrow and see if they're still having problems with their website & if my order went through

Rev. Kitchen · 23-12-2008 9:31am

PIMPHO wrote: »

Good stuff. Made up on getting the PS3 now! Does it only upscale normal dvds to 720p? I've got a HD Ready LCD 1080i so the PS3 should upscale dvds to 1080i, ya?

It does but ive put mine back down from 1080i to 720p i think on the larger screen (42")it makes a little difference. But its the kind of difference between brilliant and awesome

PIMPHO · 23-12-2008 9:42am

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

It does but ive put mine back down from 1080i to 720p i think on the larger screen (42")it makes a little difference. But its the kind of difference between brilliant and awesome

I've got a 40" so will be watching it in all its glory at 1080i!! Can't wait!

Our man in Havana · 23-12-2008 11:54am

1080p true cinema for the win.

mathie · 23-12-2008 11:59am

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

PS3 without question the blue ray player can only play films the ps3 can do that and games and stream from PCs.

Doesn't the PS3 produce far more noise than this standalone Blu Ray player?

TouchingVirus · 23-12-2008 1:14pm

Another reason I went for the standalone player mathie, I heard it does

godtabh · 23-12-2008 1:46pm

Bond-007 wrote: »

1080p true cinema for the win.

You cant beat it!

PIMPHO · 23-12-2008 2:20pm

mathie wrote: »

Doesn't the PS3 produce far more noise than this standalone Blu Ray player?

Sure I won't hear it as I'll have it hooked up to the surround sound system! BOOM!

Ya I know you can't beat 1080P but don't have a Full HD LCD yet so will have to make do with 1080i. Ah well, beggars can't be choosers,eh?! :P

xbox36016 · 24-12-2008 9:58pm

do you get a email off sony after reg?

Our man in Havana · 24-12-2008 10:57pm

Nope.

Valentia · 25-12-2008 11:04am

Got it!! :P

Fine picture and sound but holy jazus does it drive like a steamroller. What's this " you may have to wait 2 or 3 minutes" lark? Stop play and you are politely told that you will have to start replay from the start of the film?? The network needs another add on to connect wirelessly??

Holy moley but there was a lot about Blu Ray I didn't know. I'm a little beyond the games age but the PS3 ia a million times better value and so much quicker. (My son has one in his appartment)

Just about worth it for the picture but Blu Ray has a bit to go or thr machines a good poke processor wise.

Oh yeah and what's the crack with having to buy a memory stick to get extra fewtures :eek:

sudo911 · 27-12-2008 11:52am

Just updated my BDP-S350 using the region hack, and all works perfectly.

Even plays R1 RCE titles with no problems at all!

Excellente!

Sudo911

godtabh · 27-12-2008 1:24pm

sudo911 wrote: »

Just updated my BDP-S350 using the region hack, and all works perfectly.

Even plays R1 RCE titles with no problems at all!

Excellente!

Sudo911

Was that with a one for all remote? Which one? And its only dvd region hack

Our man in Havana · 27-12-2008 3:00pm

Tbh, it is pointless trying to hack it because it will void your warranty.

You can easily buy a very cheap hacked player for watching region 1 DVDs.

Macer123 · 27-12-2008 3:03pm

Would appreciate a bit of help, bought this blu ray player and have connected it to TV using HDMI cable. Picture is perfect but I'm having to turn the sound up to setting 40 on my tv, were as I watch regular TV (sky SD) on volume setting 10. I expect I'm doing something or set something wrong. Thanks !!

Mizu_Ger · 27-12-2008 3:11pm

Bond-007 wrote: »

Tbh, it is pointless trying to hack it because it will void your warranty.

Making it DVD Region Free doesn't void the warranty. You're not actually modifying it (hardware or firmware).

Our man in Havana · 27-12-2008 3:12pm

That is typical of DVD players in general. Set the audio to Dolby 5.1 and see it that helps.

Our man in Havana · 27-12-2008 3:14pm

Mizu_Ger wrote: »

Making it DVD Region Free doesn't void the warranty. You're not actually modifying it (hardware or firmware).

Sony would disagree with you there.
You are obviously making changes to the player so that you can play disks that were not intended to be played on that player.

Makaveli · 27-12-2008 3:26pm

Have you got a source on Sony voiding warranties based on changing the region of a player where no hardware modifications were made or the player opened?

Standard Toaster · 27-12-2008 3:34pm

sudo911 wrote: »

Just updated my BDP-S350 using the region hack, and all works perfectly.

Even plays R1 RCE titles with no problems at all!

Excellente!

Sudo911

What remote did you use?

sudo911 · 27-12-2008 4:47pm

kearnsr wrote: »

Was that with a one for all remote? Which one? And its only dvd region hack

Used my Logitech Harmony 885 to set the region-free. I was concerned that it would only set it to region 0 - but RCE titles would not work with that setup so was pleasantly surprised when I tested it.

I posted somewhere here on boards about how to do it - but there are two methods.... using a Harmony all-in-one remote control, or those All4one remotes you can get in Argos.

AVJunkie over at AVForums has setup a profile on the Logitech Harmony website that you can log into and then download the codes to your remote control. It's all macro based, so you just power on your player - hit one button on the remote - and hey presto 5 seconds later you are region free!

The profile you download also the hack for the Pioneer and Panasonic players. Once you are finished, you can just log back into your own profile and download your original settings onto the remote.

Sudo911.

sudo911 · 27-12-2008 4:48pm

Mizu_Ger wrote: »

Making it DVD Region Free doesn't void the warranty. You're not actually modifying it (hardware or firmware).

Agreed, the hack I used is soft-based.... they are the same codes from a Sony engineering remote. Perfectly safe

ZygOte · 28-12-2008 2:45pm

the groutch wrote: »

in Peats on Dame Street you can get it with 5 films (including hancock, wall-e & mamma mia) for the same €249 and no pre-ordering

Sale price now €219

Dman001 · 28-12-2008 6:16pm

ZygOte wrote: »

Sale price now €219

Nice price, any other sale prices?

GiftGrub100 · 29-12-2008 10:56am

There is a setting you can change in the menu to adjust the volume, It is in the audio settings and you have to switch the player to output volume for TV I think it is the ATT setttings. (not near the system to check)

This will give a normal volume when watching on a regular TV and not using Surround Sound System.

I have had the problem and this cured it, although I only had the issue with Blu Ray discs not regular DVD's. Had to play Dark Knight at 55% volume rather than 25% to hear the soundtrack, this brought it back to normal.

Macer123 · 29-12-2008 11:31am

GiftGrub100 wrote: »

There is a setting you can change in the menu to adjust the volume, It is in the audio settings and you have to switch the player to output volume for TV I think it is the ATT setttings. (not near the system to check)

This will give a normal volume when watching on a regular TV and not using Surround Sound System.

I have had the problem and this cured it, although I only had the issue with Blu Ray discs not regular DVD's. Had to play Dark Knight at 55% volume rather than 25% to hear the soundtrack, this brought it back to normal.

Thanks GiftGrub I'll give that a try & report back !!

B0X · 29-12-2008 11:47pm

I just bought this player (Its great by the way) and cannot for the life of me get the online registration to work. I really dont want to be swindled out of two free movies here. I've gotten to the part where you must create a "My sony" account with absolutely no luck. i keep getting an "invalid request" Agh sorry for this rant, i can't help it.

Maybe some of you guys have had a similar problem?

Standard Toaster · 30-12-2008 1:27am

See my posts on page 11 & 12 on this thread. Managed to do it eventually!

B0X · 30-12-2008 2:52am

The_Edge wrote: »

See my posts on page 11 & 12 on this thread. Managed to do it eventually!

Had a look at your posts, thanks. Sounds like the same thing alright.

When you tried to do it again did it tell you the disk has already been used to register? If that's the case why didnt i get an email about it?

Sony BluRay Player with 6 free BluRay Discs and movie rental vouchers €249.99.

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