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Sharp Aquos BDHP20U 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player | 
| Brand: Sharp
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $339.99
You Save: $60.00 (15%)
New (9) Used (1) from $369.08
Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 1995
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 16.9 x 13.2 x 2.7
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: BD-HP20U
Model: BD-HP20U
UPC: 074000354791
EAN: 0074000354791
ASIN: B000W8SSXQ
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Full HD 1080p/24 fps video output | | • | HDMI digital Interface | | • | 7.1 Channel digital audio output | | • | Quick Start Mode: enjoy content quickly without delay |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
 For the money, this player definitely delivers quality and speed. December 7, 2007
CPR (Oklahoma United States)
245 out of 247 found this review helpful
I recently reviewed my Sony BDP-S300 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player, which gave me an insurmountable amount of quirkiness. In that review I commented at length about firmware updates (and more updates and more updates) to which finally spelled doom for my player. I also commented on replacing my Sony S300 with my newly purchased Sharp Aquos BDHP20U 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player. At this point I must say that this Blu-Ray player is exceptional - Dolby True HD Sound, HDMI output to 1080p video, etc - all the extras without the cost (without a HDMI cord included of course, but most players come without it).
Out of the box, this needed no firmware updates to play even the newest movie I owned (i.e. Superbad [Blu-ray]- released the same week as this review) - which my Sony BDP-S300 tried to load for 15 minutes before locking up (and this was with firmware 2.6 installed already - firmware 3.30 was needed but it couldn't load due to a system error - now my old player sits in Pennsylvania at a Sony service center). The load time on the Sharp BDHP20U for SuperBad was about 1-2 minutes, not too bad as you might know some players take much longer. The boot up time from off to on was only about a minute also.
The entire system seemed quick, and not to mention quiet. From the beginning I was completely happy. The system startup was simple enough - I connected my HDMI and opened the setup menu to finalize my preferences. In less than 10 minutes of opening the box I was watching a movie that my previous Sony BDP-S300 died attempting to do.
For the money, this is a great player with fairly speedy load time. Compare that to the $440 I paid for the Sony BDP-S300 which I bought and now loathe.
12-29-07 update - Player finally needed an update to play The Simpsons Movie [Blu-ray] - not a problem though! Unlike the Sony S300 I mentioned before, the Sharp Aquos BDHP20U uses a USB port via any ordinary thumb/flash drive loaded to the back of the player to deliver the update files. No more senselessly throwing away DVD-R's and waiting 30+ minutes for updates, my Sharp Blu-Ray player updated in about 8 minutes. That little USB plug on the back and the 8 minutes are two good reasons I'm glad I purchased the Sharp Blu-Ray player. Honestly that's the real reason I like this player... it's design (inside and outside) is well thought out.
02-03-2008 update - Encountered my first glitch problem. While watching Damages: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] my player froze up. I stopped the disc and checked it for scratching or debris - nothing, looked great. So, I instead checked the Sharp website for a player update since this Blu-Ray disc set was so new. The website showed that I had the most recent update already. I then decided to restart the disc. The player froze up again at a different point on a different episode. This time I knew something was wrong. I attempted to eject the disc and the player would not respond, it just powered down. But, it had no response to re-power on or anything else for that matter - only thing that was happening was that the Standby light was flashing - no other lights or responses. I checked the SharpUSAdotcom website, but it had no real error response information. So I checked the handy dandy manual that my player came with. There was information on the very last page of the English section which described power / static electricity / lightning strikes / other interference scenarios. I followed the steps by holding the power button down until RESET appeared on the front LED section. It then re-powered on perfectly - another simple solution that was unavailable on my Sony S300 Blu-Ray player when it froze up.
Sure I might truly be comparing apples to oranges with this problem and my Sony problem, but when I originally asked the Sony customer service rep for help on my S300 - she replied with this for resetting my system. She told me to unplug the AC chord and wait 2 minutes. When that didn't work, she said we could try it a few more times or possibly leave it off for a longer amount of time. She also mentioned that this system reset could cause my latest firmware updates to reset also (as well as my player preferences). With my Sharp Blu-Ray player, the reset only rebooted the system (within 20-30 seconds) - all of my preferences and my latest firmware update were still intact. I must say this was much easier than I would ever guessed. Maybe Sharp needs a newer update for playing Damages: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] and it plans to release it soon, who knows? Well not me. But I DO know this, the reset feature on my Sharp Blu-Ray player was better than sending my Sony S300 to Pennsylvania for over a month.
For those of you who have asked and those of you who are wondering, yes I did finish the entire season of Damages: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] without any other problems. I am still not sure what caused the freeze up, but believe me - I tolerated much worse from my Sony S300. I use this player usually three to five times a week and this has been my first "hiccup" since buying it. So all and all, I am still very pleased with my Sharp player and consider it among my smartest purchases of 2007.
04-14-2008 - New problem that as of now is unfixable. When playing 30 Days Of Night [Blu-ray] there is no dialog in either English or Spanish, all of the background sound works and the other languages work as well. Apparently this model has had some trouble with the True HD sound on some of the newer discs - and the only language tracks on this particular movie in True HD were English and Spanish, so in other words - turning to any other non-True HD audio language fixed the problem... if you listened in Korean or French or whatever then you would have no problems. I went to the website to get any updates, which the latest firmware update claimed to address True HD problems (so Sharp is aware that something is wrong). But, the newest update still didn't fix the problem. I tried the disc on my Sony BDP-S500 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player and on my Playstation 3 40GB - both of which played the audio perfectly. After contacting the Sharp customer service via email they emailed me 3 days later with no answers. So, maybe there is a new fix coming and maybe not, either way this makes the Sharp BDHP20U closer to a 3 1/2 star or 4 star until new firmware fixing the True HD audio problem is released. Personally I didn't mind watching the movie in another room, but not everyone has that option.
04-30-2008 - There was another update listed on the Sharp website, this update again addressed the True HD problem. Fortunately this time was the trick to finally fixing the problem I had with 30 Days of Night. This movie now plays perfectly, so now everything seems perfectly once again. Back to 5 Stars!
More updates to come...
Great Blu-ray player from SHARP November 17, 2007
Ravindra Gogate
68 out of 72 found this review helpful
I ordered this player because it is well integrated with AQUOS TV product line. There are not too many differentiating factors among Blu-ray players from various manufacturers. This one is made in Malaysia, but SHARP says that all critical components are made by SHARP.
BD-HP20U is very sleek. Very easy setup menu. HD picture quality and sound quality is stunning!
The level of each 5.1 speaker can be adjusted via menu. It offers full 1080P output. The sound, even in 2 channel stereo mode, is great.
You can also setup the video output manually to 480i, 720P 1080i or 1080P.
There are mixed opinions about LCD TVs not accepting 1080P input signals (unless you have the very latest one).
When video output was set to AUTO, it selected 1080i for my LC45GD7U AQUOS TV. But when I manually set the output to 1080P there were no error messages.
Frankly speaking I could not tell the difference in picture quality between the two output modes. Regardless of the input mode the LCD TV will convert the signal to 1080P for display (because it does not draw alternate lines even of the siganl input is interlaced signal). So, do not worry over 1080i or 1080p signal output.
I hardly could tell the difference in picture quality between Component Video (Analog)and HDMI (Digital) connections.(The common remote feature will not work in case of analog connection).
In my opinion there is no need to buy expensive HDMI cables. The cheap ones sold for $10 also work great. Check amazon.com for good deals.
One good feature of this player is that it allows firmware upgrades using USB memory device. Instructions are to download files from internet site.
No upgrades are yet needed but I wish that SHARP offers something like this for 2005/2006 AQUOS TVs.
I highly recommend this player to anyone and particularly to those who have AQUOS TV sets.
 Stunning Blu Ray picture and sound, some CD play back issues. November 30, 2007
Joe NY
51 out of 57 found this review helpful
Like other reviewers, I purchased this player, my first Blu Ray, to intergrate with my Sharp Aquos TV. I set it up with HDMI cables in less than 5 minutes. The Blu Ray play back is excellent. Beautiful picture and sound. Standard DVDs look great also. Only dissapointment I have is audio CD playback. EVERY audio CD I play has slight, but annoying, hesitations and click sounds. I called Sharp and was informed my player does not need servicing. Also the player locked up on occasion during CD playback for no apparent reason. I had to hold down the power button to reset the unit. Other than these issues I would recommend this player. Sharp recently posted a firmware update for this unit on thier website which I installed in my unit. I have had no lock up issues since installing the firm ware.However, I am still disappointed at how my CDs play. I will keep updating my expierence with this player. Future Sharp models should only become better.
 OK for DVDs buy DOES NOT PLAY CDs! January 1, 2008
A. Abernathy (Santa Fe)
22 out of 30 found this review helpful
This is my first Blu-ray player, so I have nothing else to compare it to, but I can see why my local a/v dealer warned me that Blu-ray (and HD DVD) players are still not quite ready for primetime....
I'm tempted to give this product 1 star for deceptive advertising - I have not found an audio CD that will properly play in the BDHP20U. The first couple I tried simply locked the player up requiring a reset; others finally get to a track that won't play, and in the best case a CD will play all the way through, but with little glitches in the sound. Of course I bought this unit to play DVDs, but I thought I also would be able to ditch my old CD player. How can Sharp get away with claiming this unit plays CDs?
The first unit I bought stopped repeatedly during DVDs, especially Blu-ray - momentary pauses and then play would resume, but chunks of video would be skipped. This would happen with new, pristine discs, and the latest firmware. I now have a replacement unit, but I can still count on 1 or 2 or 3 slight pauses during a DVD - not a huge deal, but the kind of thing that takes you out of the movie, and then you start wondering when the next pause will be.
Despite these issues I am enjoying the beautiful picture I get from the BDHP20U. I'm pleasantly surprised by how amazing some regular DVDs look with the upsampling. But I'm really looking forward to replacing this unit with a future model that works as advertised.
 Doesn't work January 22, 2008
B. Fleming
20 out of 27 found this review helpful
The player I received was faulty. Some BD discs work, the vast majority don't. The online distributer I got it from through Amazon (Beach Camera) doesn't take returns on items such as this and left me to figure it out. Wisely so I guess, as customer support at Sharp is severely lacking. They've finally admitted there's a problem and that I need to ship it directly to them for repair and only they can do it. It's been about two weeks and they still haven't emailed or faxed me the RMA info.
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