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Onkyo BD-SP809
alaTest has collected and analyzed 203 reviews of Onkyo BD-SP809. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the size and reliability. The design and price also get good feedback.
usability, price, design, reliability, size
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Onkyo BD-SP809 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very good quality.
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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)
Amazon.co.uk review summary for Onkyo BD-SP809
alaTest has collected and analyzed 4 user reviews of Onkyo BD-SP809 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the price.
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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
May, 2025
Consumer review (amazon.com)
Amazon.com review summary for Onkyo BD-SP809
alaTest has collected and analyzed 67 user reviews of Onkyo BD-SP809 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the size and design. The reliability and price also get good feedback.
usability, price, reliability, design, size
81% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
May, 2025
Expert review by : Trusted Reviews (trustedreviews.com)
Onkyo BD-SP809
Onkyo's flagship Blu-ray deck delivers knockout performance but lacks a couple of key features
Excellent build quality, Crisp, polished pictures, Some nifty features, THX & DLNA certified
Plasticky remote, Some streaming issues, No Wi-Fi or hi-res audio support, Slow loading of Java-heavy discs
Nov, 2011
Expert review by : Steve May (techradar.com)
Onkyo BD-SP809 review
Top selling AV receiver brand Onkyo puts the case for feature-light Blu-ray players
Low noise ; High quality HD ; Commendable DVD upscaling ; 3D-ready
Poor streaming options ; Ugly user interface ; No IPTV portal ; No Super Audio CD/ DVD-Audio compatibility
You need to have a pretty compelling proposition if you want to buck the trend of releasing ever cheaper Blu-ray players.
Mar, 2012
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Expert review by : What Hi-Fi? (whathifi.com)
Onkyo BD-SP809 review
Top-quality results from top-of-the-range Blu-ray deck
First-rate Blu-ray picture ; good upscaling ; superb, muscular movie sound ; decent stereo
Lacks streaming support ; no multichannel analogue outs
For cinema enthusiasts this is a fine choice. It's narrower of focus than some, though
Feb, 2012
Expert review by (homecinemachoice.com)
Onkyo BD-SP809 review
Onkyo has carved itself a formidable niche in the lower-to-midrange AV receiver market by following a Tesco-like philosophy: piling features high and keeping prices low. But that's not the route it's taken with disc players. Here the company has played...
AV performance; twin HDMI outputs; build quality and design
No SACD or DVD-A playback; mismatched remote control; limited media streaming
Jan, 2012
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Expert review by : Tom Andry (audioholics.com)
Onkyo Audio BD-SP809 THX Blu-ray Player Preview
The Onkyo BD-SP809 sports THX certification, 3D support, dual HDMI outputs, DLNA 1.5, Netflix 3.0, Blockbuster, Film Fresh, and VUDU streaming, Marvell Qdeo upscaling, and 297 MHz/12-Bit DACs.
Jul, 2011
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Expert review by : Karan Gour (tech.firstpost.com)
Onkyo BD-SP809 Review
Reviews at AV MAX are incomplete without an Onkyo addition. They've been sending us their receivers and speakers for as long as we can remember, all the while designing budget-friendly Blu-ray players. Since we are in the times of 3D-everything, they...
Besides the common connectivity options, the one (or rather two) interesting options are the two HDMI outputs. More and more players seem to be coming with this because this is a time where people are switching over to Blu-rays but haven’t quite...
Oct, 2013
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Expert review by : Stephen Dawson (cnet.com.au)
Onkyo BD-SP809 Blu-ray Player
The Onkyo BD-SP809 is a premium Blu-ray player with solid build and good performance but a fairly limited new media feature set.
Excellent build quality ; Very good automatic scan conversion ; Dual HDMI output allows 3D use with older AV receiver ; Region Free DVD
Limited audio streaming formats ; Fairly expensive
This player is the kind that goes best with a high quality system consisting largely of other Onkyo products. You're paying premium price, not so much for a large feature set, as for quality construction and very good quality video output
Dec, 2013
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Onkyo BD-SP809
Excellent sound and picture quality. Latter has amazing depth even in 2D.
Slow to load some discs and not the easiest to set up picture adjustments in memory
Jun, 2012
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Onkyo BD-SP809
Excellent sound and picture quality. Latter has amazing depth even in 2D
Slow to load some discs and not the easiest to set up picture adjustments in memory
Feb, 2012
Consumer review (abt.com)
Good player
great picture quality for a mid-priced player.
Easy Set-Up ; Good Connections ; Good Soundtrack Support
Feb, 2013
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