Sony – BDP-S1 Blu-ray gets DVD Benchmarked from Secrets of Home Theater and HiFi

Sony, no doubt because they are the originator Blu-ray, have come out with a solid Blu-ray design. Most of the Blu-ray features are supported including 1080p/24. However, as with most BR players, the lossless HD audio formats are not supported.
Keep in mind the testing that they did in this review was for standard DVD only. Next gen tests are not out quite yet.

From the article:

From an operability standpoint, the BDP-S1 is a very good player. The initial power up sequence is a bit sluggish, but once it is on, the responsiveness of the player is quite good. Menu navigation is average to above-average, even with some of the more difficult Blu-ray Java features. Some of the buttons on the front panel aren’t as responsive as I would like, but using the remote control remedied this issue. The layer change was my biggest complaint. Using our high bit rate test, it clocked in at a sluggish 1.5 seconds, which is definitely enough to be noticeable during DVD playback.

On the de-interlacing side, the Sony did fairly well, but falls short of what most of the other Blu-ray players will provide with their separate video processing chips. The Sigma chip is a flag based design, so as long as the flags are good, you shouldn’t have much of an issue. Unfortunately, that is not always the reality, so combing will probably be evident from time to time.