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Blu-ray players in the same way as DVD players before them is becoming something you may almost buy at the store around the corner. This in heavy contrast to those early generations, where the bplayes hung high. And were sour...
Sony is one of the producers who are heavily involved in this market, but perhaps not necessarily in the heavy end of the market. In last year's collection of Blu-ray players, all count in below a kilogram, and the review sample being the smallest in the collection weighs 0.8 kg. We are, in other words in the light end. But is it any good?
The new series is obviously different from previous generations by having a much cleaner design. Outgoing models have received some pepper because of some of its slightly quirky design, with a little gratuitous almost flat pyramidal top. Maybe okay, but not very pleasing in my eyes. The new series is far more pure in design - not something that stands out, but it's really a brilliant design concept. In all its ease and simplicity there is something a bit chic with the Cubist and clean design.
And while we're at with weight - fair enough that 0.8 kg is not a lot of steel. But when it is combined with a compact design that these new players hold, it is not really saying wrong anyway. For a body that is half the width of a regular full-size HiFi component, it becomes a sensible relationship between size and weight. It has a pretty decent bulk density, and therefore feels straightforward to touch.
Physical noise from the drive is a very relevant parameter for both Blu-ray and DVD players. And BDP-S1500 is not complete silent during the entire process. But the good news is that the noise is very limited, and also has a pleasant character. It is also largely limited to startup and manouvering of Blu-ray playback. I am in possession of a Blu-ray player from Denon at 10 times the price of the BDP-S1500, which has much larger powerful noise problems. From Sony BDP-S1500 noise never is apearant others thatn when the sound is muted, and even then it is only faintly audible at a distance of two meters. Not flawless in other words, but very good for the price. Only wormwood is that it is a tad weaker in this exercise than an even more affordable player from Samsung, which I also have in my collection.
Sony was always top of the class in the exercise quickness in Blu-ray players' childhood and youth. And even though the terrain has largely been leveled eventually, Sony is still among the leaders in terms of speed.
The review sample of BDP-S1500 uses 20 to 25 seconds from standby to load the menu of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , one of the very few movies in the Norwegian market currently available with Dolby Atmos. This is certainly more than approved.
The remote control is an important part of AV components, especially Blu-ray players. BDP-S1500's remote control is odefinitively in the compact class, but it scores well on many parameters. One of the most important one is that it is a logical and easy to navigate. Equally important is that it has good transmission power of the control signals, and the player has good sensitivity for the orders given from the listening position. Here the remote for BDP-S1500 scores very good. Even commands given from a position behind a sofa cushion is promptly executed.
A direct button for Netflix means that you don`t have to scroll through menus to activate this streaming service for movies. Netflix has in quite a short time conquered the market, and is actually starting to get a very dominant position in relation to "linear TV." The fact that the remote has received a direct button for activating the streaming service is to my knowledge unique. And I like it - a HiFi and AV enthusiast is using too much time and frustration deep inside silly menus.
Sony BDP-S1500 is thus a smart player that offers services like Netflix via the player. It depends on wired network connection, or at least a solution with receiver for wireless bridge if you don`t have access to wired network near the player. This is a limitation that it is possible to grumble over, if you have talent for that excersise. But to me it makes sense as an intelligent solution for the most affordable player in a series, to politely refer to the more expensive models if you need WiFi. It is more than equally relevant to be impressed that the player has wired network and Netflix available.
And if for some inexplicable reason vote that surfing the internet is a mandatory exercise for a Blu-ray player, you also need to put some more money into the pot. Here we talk BDP-S4500 and upwards ...
On the audio side, the player holds only digital outputs, in terms of HDMI and Coax. A very common development, and also a choice that makes sense for a player in this price category. This limits costs, as DACs are totally absent. The only parameter for sound quality in the player remains to be jitter characteristics. Since the test has been performed in a budget setup with an AV receiver costing 6.000, - (NOK) I have not had the ambition to dvelve into the sound properties via the digital outputs. I just note that it works pretty much the same with other players in the same general price segment. And BDP-S1500 is on par as a sound transmitter in the digital domain.
I think that Sony has done very much appropriate here. This is a player that has a suggested retail price of 799, NOK, but which in practice are available in major brands of 599, - (NOK). When you in addition to a highly competent player of Blu-ray get a thoroughbred Netflix machine that runs more bluntly into film streaming than any other instrument I have been in contact with, there is no battle left.
On top of all, it has a design that in its simplicity may go under the umbrella "gently elegant". I am pretty sure Mies would nod approvingly here. Less is more, even if it does not cost your shirt ...
If you miss WiFi and UPnP you can scroll up a few hundreds (NOK) extra - this is available in the more expensive models. Can you cope without , you get an incredible amount of bang for the money in this base model from Sony. Right now Sony BDP-S1500 a real bargain!
Detaching the show from the nostalgia of ABC version is probably wise, though I find it to be impossible, considering my undying love for that original series, which is the only reality TV show I ever applied to.
(This review does not contain spoilers, so there is no mention of who is eliminated nor the outcome of tests, but it does mention some of those tests and locations. I will publish a separate recap of the first five episodes that does contain spoilers.)
But after a night of camping, and then another night in a spectacular house in the rainforest, the players go on to Brisbane, where their next task is at a historic jail, and any sense of a theme vaporizes.
The Mole has been cast with a group of hot young people; eight of the 12 players are in their 20s, and the oldest is 40. In far too many ways, they seem like people who applied for Love is Blind and were shuffled over to this show instead.
At least the episodes get a lot better. The first episode made me want to fast forward through most of it. The remaining cast members seem to understand the show they are on, but they need to stop being fed confessional lines. I similarly miss meals, and wish they had an actual prize pot of money that a treasurer had to keep.
the additional exposition by the host in post editing versus allowing the players in real time game recording not just for the mole but in other popular reality tv shows, i think has been done to dumb down the shows for its audience.
I think I preferred the screen/tv opposed to the phone in terms of how they did the eliminations. For some reason it really annoyed me when you could see what the color of the screen was as it shone on the players face, yet they would still turn the phone around and show it to everyone like we didnt already know.
My biggest complaint really is the episode structure. I get it is netflix and you can just go on to the next one, but hey what if I cant sit down and bang out all 5 episodes, it is just super deflating to end on cliffhangers opposed to elims.
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When you describe it with only those words, it doesn't sound too bad: What major media company wouldn't want to extend its most popular brand? But then you remember what the 2021 South Korean horror drama was about: 456 impoverished people forced to play lethal children's games for a potentially life-changing cash prize, all for the enjoyment of super-wealthy voyeurs.
So why not get 456 real people to do the same thing, but only pretend to die when they're eliminated, for a potential $4.56 million payout and the entertainment of millions of Netflix subscribers around the world?
Someone had the bright idea, and someone else gave it a green light, and once upon a time I decided I liked television enough to spend my professional life watching and reviewing it, so here we all are. After eight episodes of fake death, real tears and more green tracksuits than anyone could keep track of, I must beg you not to watch "Challenge." Don't hate-watch it. Don't watch it out of curiosity. Don't give validation to this exploitative, unentertaining drivel that showcases real human suffering more than anything remotely amusing.
"Challenge" offers its players small portions of bad food, hides the time of day and isolates them in one large facility (the design of which mimics the nightmarish pastels of the drama series, where the game's complex was created and run by an insane corporate villain). Coupled with the haphazard format, these disorienting conditions create an emotional powder keg. Relationships are formed quickly and with intensity, and broken with ferocity.
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