SonyBDPS3200 Blu-ray Disc Player with Wi-Fi (2014 Model)

I am using this player as a BD/DVD player and Music/Video content streamer in my office. With the features and ease of use, I would easily give this four stars plus a one star bonus because it does all this for less than $100. So far this player has met all of my expectations. Plays Blu Ray, DVD, DVD-A, and CD flawlessly. Loads quickly and Gracenote populates the file names. I have accessed Amazon Prime and Netflix with no problems but I have not signed up for Sony Entertainment Network yet but there is a fair amount of content there as well. Additionally this unit instantly recognized my Iomega ix2 Network Attached Storage and has had no problem streaming mp4, m4v, wmv, and VOB (SD DVD rip) video files as well as mp3 and FLAC audio files. I am currently using only stereo out (via HDMI) and sound quality is very good, there is an option in the menu to transcode all surround sound content to stereo whereas my other older player would just send front-left and front-right which doesn't give good results.Complaints:Initial default settings have HDMI Control set to on. Apparently this is not supported with my older HDTV so initially there was no picture. I connected to a 2014 TV and it worked perfectly. While viewing on my newer TV, I changed the settings to be compatible with my older set and then it worked fine.FF/REW works fine with all media types that I tried however there is no time slider to show current position vs length of movies so fast forwarding to where I left off is limited to watching for the scene.When playing music from server, sorting choices are not very good - this is fairly typical from what I have seen. When selecting Album view it will play in track order but Artist View will only play all files by a specific artist in alphabetical order (not particularly useful). Likewise there is no shuffle play so selecting All Files will play all of the music on the server in alphabetical order. Work around would be creating playlists and playing from the Playlist view.All menus are functional but not very elegant. There are no shortcuts (to first letter of alpha list for example) so there are many situations where you may end up scrolling through hundreds of lines to find what you are looking for.

This is a small, very "plastic-y," possibly fragile and breakable Blu-Ray player PLUS Roku, Amazon videos and up to 100 additional streaming sites. And last Christmas it was going on Amazon for under $50 (occasionally on sale for $40). My Roku is giving me so much trouble, I planned to replace it with this "smart," all-purpose player (which includes a remote that does everything--if your fingers are tiny enough to push the right buttons). The materials of the machine may signify a $40 product; the performance of the machine is equal to similar products costing hundreds of dollars.Despite its unimposing (i.e. "cheap") appearance, the performance and versatility of this player make it a winner. In 2009 I purchased from Amazon a Sony BluRay player (BDP-S350) that was going for $360. It's a big and heavy, durable and dependable machine, but it's also a boat anchor--not only 6 times the price of the pictured BDPS3200 but 5 times slower (and without the wi-fi / internet connectivity). My only use for the S350 now is the large, well-made, big button Sony remote control, which will still operate a Sony TV and player made in 2015.(I've since purchased the latest version (S3500) for another TV. It's essentially identical with this one, with less emphasis on "style" and more on practicality and security settings. Still, the 3200 saw my wi-fi and connected with it faster than the S3500--until I applied Sony's upgrade, released in July'15 for the new, S3500 model, which appears to have added additional "security" features. During the frustrating set-up of the newer machine, I almost wished I'd picked up another S3200 instead. Now that it appears to be locked in with my wi-fi, I'd lean toward the purchase of the S3500, unless it's priced $30 higher. Currently, however, it's showing a lower price than the pictured S3200!)