The Sony HTP-BD36SS (HTPBD36SSE1FIYG) has a 5.1 speaker system which provides surround sound. The overall performance of the device is around 1000 watt. The station memory of the device is 30 which are more than enough. The Blu-ray player can playback all sorts of Blu-ray discs, CDs and DVDs which include BD-R, BD-RE, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW and CD-DA. On the other hand, the device can play a number of formats that includes MP3, JPEG, MPEG2, MPEG2 HD, H.264, AVC and VC-1. The Sony HTP-BD36SS (HTPBD36SSE1F1YG) also provides a number of video upscale that includes 1080p, 1080i and 720p. The Sony HTP-BD36SS (HTPBD36SSE1FIYG) supports a number of sound systems which includes Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro Logic II and DTS.

It supports VHF and MW frequency range and a number of Blu-ray profiles such as 2.0 BD-Live and 1.1 bonus view. For best results you must carefully read the user manual that is provided with the whole kit.

If Blu-ray is currently the very best of storage technology, then Sony is the master of players that run it. BDP-S550 is not just another Blu-ray player, it’s the Player. I always keep Sony players at the highest pedestal and this one only reinforces that opinion.

To begin with, you have playback options like BD-ROM, DVD, CD and AVCHD. It comes with a built-in BD-Live feature which allows you to access studio-specific online content that might include trailers or interviews or the like. To save some of (a lot actually) the BD-Live content downloaded from internet, it offers 1GB of exchangeable storage. To ensure there is no time gap, the Sony BDP-S550 blu-ray player is enabled with Quick Start-up mode that helps start the Blu-ray movies in as less as time as six seconds. The very latest XrossMediaBarTM technology is the one that simplifies the otherwise complex and sometimes troublesome menu control.

The BraviaSync technology has been used in it to make connecting the player to Bravia TVs and Sony’s Home Theatre Systems an easy and smooth job. It provides 7.1 Channel analogue output and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding capability via HDMI, for awesome audio experience.

As for the viewing experience, that’s where it scores highly. It makes use of Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology that converts SD signals to 1080p and uses HDMI for output to TVs. It also has BonusView functionality and as the name seems to suggest, you can view two separate video streams from same Blu-ray disc at the same time. And to top it all, it also employs x.v. Color and 24p True Cinema technologies that take the whole movie viewing experience to a totally different level.

In case you are a home theatre enthusiast, looking for Blu-ray disc player, your search has ended. My suggestion, this is the one and only player for you.