Sharp Aquos BDHP21U 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player
Now you can enjoy the best of 1080P video on your AQUOS LCD TV. Especially designed to work with AQUOS LCD TVs, the BD-HP21U AQUOS Blue-ray Disc Player provides seamless operability via the AQUOS LINK function through the HDMI connection. Performing as if it were all one system, the BD-HP21U’s Quick Start feature lets you enjoy gorgeous Blu-ray Disc video with the touch of a button in less than 10 seconds (Quick Start time may vary depending on movie content, type of video connection and type of monitor being used, Blu-ray Disc must also be preloaded for Quick Start operation). With HDMI outputs and 1080P as well as DVD up-conversion to 1080P, you’ll enjoy full digital high-definition video and high-fidelity audio. JPEG Digital images can be viewed as a slide show from recorded CD-RW/R with digital images.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Stay Away
If you value your sanity, do NOT buy this player. Google “Sharp blu ray” and “incompatible disc” or “firmware update” and you will see the extent of the problem.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sucks
It is a pain to use. It you stop in the middle of a movie or somewhere in the TV series, when you come back to it later if the power has been turn off, the disk starts from the…
The player ships with component cables but no HDMI cable so make sure you have one in your cart if you don’t have a spare laying around the house. The unit doesn’t support blu-ray live and since the network hardware and connections aren’t present you’ll never be able to upgrade this to support that feature, so it’s not future-proof.
The player is also quite large and deep, more at home in a high-end component audio rack. This isn’t really a drawback since the unit is quite sturdy and you won’t feel to worried setting a decent size TV on it.
Setup was a snap, plugin HDMI, plug in power, power up, chose english as the language, put in a disk and you’re watching the movie. Eventually you’ll want to get to the configuration screen (like the sharp TV’s the navigation is clean and easy) and enable quick load which, for some reason, is not enabled by default — it really makes for a better product experience. There’s also a setting to disable all the dashboard lights save for the power indicator which is a really nice touch.
Out of the box, this unit played all my blu-ray disks, not one failed to play and it upconverted my regular DvD’s nicely. As expected the picture was sharp (heh), crisp and played smoothly.
The big selling point for me was the integration with my sharp TV and the unit does not fail to deliver. They work flawlessly together.
Without network support (BD-Live) product upgrades are handled by downloading a file to a usb thumb drive with your computer and connecting the drive to the player. I haven’t had to use this option yet and since this unit adheres to the final spec I don’t expect to need to use it.
You can find much cheaper players these days, but I’m satisfied with the purchase. It works as advertised.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Product has value, but may need to be repaired
I bought this product during the ‘08 “black friday” shopping season. I feel confident enough to leave useful feedback.
Great Blu-Ray Upconvert DVD player. Got the player and it was easy to set up. The picture is GREAT! Very Sharp and crisp. i really dont care about BD Live because i usually watch the movie and only somestimes watch the special features. Back as a usb input so you can update the software easily with a USB storage drive. Watching a regular DVD is also good. The player upconverts a dvd to almost blu-ray quality. If you are looking for a good Blu-ray player and dont really care about BD Live then this is for you.
My only gripe about this is that it may take a while to load.
5.0 out of 5 stars
My First Blu-Ray!
Sharp Aquos BDHP20U 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player
This is our first experience with a “re-conditioned” electronic and we are very pleased so far.
Plays DVDs and CDs (although not ones that have heavy-duty copyright protection on them) and will do slidshows of CDs with JPGs on them.
I bought 3 movies with this and all started up find, played perfectly. Some older players take a long time to start up…this one is great.
If you own an Aquos TV, this model communicates with it directly. Turn it on, the TV goes on…etc. Nice add on. The only thing I’d add on is coax digital output, but it has optical digital out…so that’s OK.
I’d buy it all over again
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hmmmmm…..
I have a Sharp Aquos LCD TV. I bought this blue-ray DVD player to go with it. I read the reviews before I purchased it and was confused by how many people thought it was the…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sharp Aquos BDHP21U 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player
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Regarding this product, my comments are that it is an excellent Blu-Ray and more if you have an LCD…
1.0 out of 5 stars
Piece of crap
This has got to be the slowest blu-ray player out there today. I didn’t even have it for a month and it has tore up.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excelent Buy
The Sharp Aquos is an excelente Blu-ray, easy to use and the imagen are realy nice.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sharp sucks
They do not support Mac when it comes to firmware updates. You will have to bring the unit to a friend with a pc or mail the unit back to sharp for the firmware update.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Will not play BRAND NEW BLURAY TITLES
This player is excellent with every DVD and Bluray I’ve ever put in until now. Quantum of Solace and The Wrestler will simply not play.