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Question: Sony bdp S550 Blue Ray - Stop - Replay - Is there anyway to to hit the stop button and then hit the play button with out the whole movie starting all over from the beginning. Can't it just restart at the point where the movie was stopped?
Document: Want to pay $400 for a blu ray player that works for only a year? Then, buy a Sony blu ray player! Yes, they stop being able to read/play blu ray discs after just a few months! Here is the deal: Sony simply does not provide adequate support to keep the firmware up to date and capable of playing blu ray titles. My BDP-S550 functioned well for the first year I owned it, then quite suddenly stopped being able to operate blu ray discs. Of course by this time, it was out of warranty.
This gets troublesome.One odd quirk which I don't think is very serious, nor that many people would take note of, is a tendency, during a Blu Ray movie, out of literally nowhere, for the movie to pause. Not freeze, not stop, but pause, as in, the movie pauses and there's the II symbol for pause on-screen. This is easily corrected by pressing the "Play" button. This has happened to me quite frequently, but not nearly enough to be of significant nuisance.Another big huge problem which is easily resolved is the volume.
But then you are at a different point in the movie.5) The USB port cannot be used to play music or view pictures off a USB flash drive. To my knowledge, the USB port only serves as a place to insert the external memory for BD-Live functionality. At least Sony provided a 1-GB USB flash card for that purpose.6) Fast-forward and rewind are quite sluggish.7) The display button only reports the video resolution that the player is outputting, such as 1080/24p or 1080/60p.
Press the button multiple times to increase the time jump. It's very useful when you want to catch a mumbled piece of dialog again, or to see an instant replay of an action sequence.3) The player will resume where you last stopped a non-BD-Java enhanced disc if you power down the unit, as long as you don't eject the disc.4) The display button puts on-screen the time elapsed or remaining in a movie, audio codec (such as DTS HD Master) with sampling rate and number of active speakers, and video codec with instantaneous bit rate.
If an Xbox 360 can play the movie, why can't this comparably high priced specific blu-ray player do the same when its made FOR THAT ONE JOB.
I used a PS3 as my blu-ray player for the past year because of it's compatability the with most BD titles. I was waiting for Profile 2.0 players to hit the market. The BDP-S550 setup was simple and smooth. I have not found a title that it will not play. The price is still too high, as with all BD players. Loading is no faster than previous players. Menus and operation are straight-forward and intuitive. I feel the BDP-S550 represents a good value in todays market and would recommend it to my friends.
We have always had trouble with this since we bought it. It takes about 10 minutes to play a movie because it takes forever to run the movie. Sometimes it does not play the movie at all so then I bo and play the movie on my computer where it works just fine. I am looking to purchase a new blue ray but this time it will not be SONY. We spent way to much money on this piece of junk.
This is my second Blu-Ray player, upgrading from the Samsung 1200. DID I SAY UPGRADING?!!! Wow! Gone are the freeze-ups, the long delays, and the non-existant firmware updates. This Sony BD-S550 does it all, and with a picture that is un-surpassed. Quick to load, Quick to play, Quick to set you deep into your recliner. Great up-converting to 1080p, and out of the box to playing a movie in less that 10 minutes.
Therefore you have to make changes in the S550 menu under Audio Output Priority (Multi-out vs. Optical). You can always play the DVDs using analog out and therefore not need to make these setting changes, but some people prefer the digital cables for their DVDs.This problem is nonexistent in the Panasonic DMP-BD55K. However, the Sony apparently has better picture quality, especially for up-converting DVDs. Our family had a preference for the Sony brand and the attractive blue front.If you already have an HDMI receiver, I would recommend the less expensive Sony BDP-S350 or Panasonic DMP-BD35K.
I received my Sony Blue-Ray player as a gift from Amazon/Sony when I purchased my Sony 46XBR6 HDTV. I have it connected through my Sony Home Theatre receiver and use Bravia sync with HDMI cables. The operation requires a minimum number of button changes to view Blu Ray content and produces great super clear movies and theatre quality sound.the Amazon/Sony deal was much better than I could get at Best Buy or Sony Style.
Answer: Try using the PAUSE button instead of STOP.  Also, if the screen saver starts up after pausing, press the center SELECT button in the menu circle on the remote.  I found the PLAY button does not clear the screen saver.