While Sharp's first Blu-ray effort is far from perfect, the pros certainly outweigh the cons. On the positive side, Blu-ray picture quality is phenomenal, delivering the sort of razor-sharp images that hi-def home cinephiles crave. It's also equipped with a decent array of features, such as HDMI 1.3 with 1080/24p and 7.1 bitstream support, while Quick Start and a well-designed operating system make it easy to use.
But on the downside, the lack of support for digital media files, DTS HD soundtracks and Profile 1.1 features is a real shame - though we guess at this sort of price sacrifices were inevitable. Less forgivable is the lacklustre DVD upscaling, which prevents this deck achieving that ‘must-buy' status.
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