Sony BDV-E880

usability, price, design

reliability

97% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Stylish looks ; Excellent picture performance ; Generous connections

Boomy subwoofer ; Fatiguing high frequencies ; No built-in Wi-Fi ; Plasticky build quality in places

The subwoofer is much better. It’s a squat cuboid shape, with four short legs giving the downward-firing driver and port underneath a bit of airspace. It’s a helpfully compact size and the neutral styling helps it blend discreetly into the room.

Good picture ; excellent streaming services, including HD films ; easy to set-up

Disorganised sound is a considerable disappointment ; no wi-fi as standard

A fair effort, but the smaller BDV-E380 is the superior Sony, while the Panasonic SC-BTT775 is considerably better balanced

Stylish design ; Solid video performance ; Packed with features

Audio performance lacks weight ; Not the easiest system to get to grips with

Stylish design; solid video performance; packed with features

Audio performance lacks weight; not the easiest system to get to grips with

Superb looks, picture and online services are let down by confused sound

The sound is extremely good and clear

Iplayer breaks Al the time needing the user to do a full system factory reset and it gets quite annoying having to setup the audio mic each time the Internet tv messed up

Brilliant sound, picture quality excellent. BBC iplayer works great

Does not have ITV player or 4 on demand, which is on playstation.

lots of options to suit your own preferences auto setup or manual internet content good lots of choice love it.

none so far.

lots of options to suit your own preferences auto setup or manual internet content good lots of choice love it

none so far

I liked the feature of iPOD dock and ability to play music/ videos recorded in various formats

I don't like the CD loading mechanism. And even to play a music CD I need to turn on my TV. The display on the home theatre could have been better.