HD Guru has what I think is the first ever review of Sony’s new BDP-S1 Blu-ray Disc (BD) player.

Note that Sony’s brand-new BD player cannot play CD’s, DVD-Audio discs, or SACD titles, among others. So this player doesn’t have the be-all and end-all of format choices.

Plus, this is a slow player. From the off state, it took 1m23sec to turn it on, put in a disc, and get the movie playing. And after hitting a button on the remote, it took 2 to 3 seconds for the player to respond.

But after all these problems, at least the image quality is excellent. HD Guru could find nothing bad to say about that.

After all this, I have to wonder if a PS3 at half the price would be a better deal…

EXCLUSIVE: First Review Of The Sony BDP-S1 Blu-Ray Player