Sherwood BDP-5003

67% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Power-saving Off button ; Highly responsive to commands

Poorly designed remote control ; No Dolby True HD, DTS-HD Master Audio decoding

The moderately priced Sherwood BDP-5003 lacks advanced features, but it puts out adequate Blu-ray images.

Highly responsive to commands ; Power-saving Off button

No Dolby True HD, DTS-HD Master Audio decoding ; Poorly designed remote control

If you're shopping on a tight budget, Sherwood's BDP-5003 is obviously worth serious consideration. But until we get an answer about the image-output glitch we experienced, we'd suggest looking elsewhere

Okay, there is a lot to like about the BDP-5003, but for every upside, it seems to present you with an equal downside. For starters, the image quality is average at best on both DVD and Blu-ray material. If the picture doesn't knock your socks off, it...

At $299 retail, the Sherwood BDP-5003 might have been a no-brainer a year ago, but in today's growing Blu-ray player marketplace, it may be too little, too late. While budget-savvy shoppers are bound to find the BDP-5003 retailing for far less through...

Bitstream Audio, not much else

Very slow loadtimes, Sometimes it takes turning the system on 3 times to get it to read a disc, flimsy remote

Price, performance, responsiveness, features, good remote, solid build quality

I wish it had DVD-Audio playback and USB

Price, performance, responsiveness, features, good remote, solid build quality

I wish it had DVD-Audio playback and USB