topic Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player in Home Cinema, Projectors & Players

Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:36:24 GMT

Hi all,

I'm going to buy the Yamaha YHT-199 home cinema system very soon, Speakers with AV Receiver. I will be needing a BluRay player to go with this system, and I prefer to have one matching brands so either one of Sony or Yamaha is what I'll be buying as a BluRay player.

I've seen the Sony BDP-S490, which looks decent to me. I will mainly be using it for YouTube so it must be able to play the 'HD' videos, and also for playing big 1080p MKV files from an External USB hard drive.

So, does this player (Sony BDP-S490) play all/every MKV you have thrown at it? 1080p MKV in 2D and 3D without any problems such as lag/stutter? Will it play YouTube videos in HD? How about subtitle/chapter compatibility in MKV, does it allow you to skip chapters? Does it play subtitles if you drop it into the folder named as the MKV, must it be muxed into the MKV container?

Lastly, what is the model after this one, if this one isn't any good?

Please advise, appreciate your feedback, thanks in advance.

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:53:49 GMT

HI there

The BDP-S490 is a 2012 model 3D bluray player and supports the following video files:

Currently it is retailing on Amazon for £113.99

Opinion:

Its my opinion that you might be better off on one of this years model such as the BDP-S5200 which is a Smart 3D Bluray player with Wifi which is retailing for £106.33 (Amazon).

The BDP-S5200 supports the following video files:

Manual located : HERE

Hope that assists.

Cheers

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:58:59 GMT

It helps a lot mate!

Can you list this years models that support 3D? I'll pick the cheapest one, but be nice to know all of this years models.

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:10:27 GMT

Thats alright

Funnily enough, I created this a little while ago - and never posted it - Comes in handy now;

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:44:21 GMT

How come I can see other model numbers like BDP-S5100? And difference between that and 5200?

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:53:03 GMT

Not sure which site your on, but the S5100 model is the 2013 model. In reality, I dont think that there is too many major difference between the two, except that the S5200 supports Screen Mirroring

BDP-S5200

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/bdp-s5200

BDP-S5100

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/bdp-s5100

The S5100 is also no longer available via the Online Sony Store.

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:00:42 GMT

The BDP-S5100 is a 2013 model. I dont think there is much difference between that and the S5200 model except for Screen Mirroring.

Im not sure which site your on, but:

BDP-S5200:

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/bdp-s5200

BDP-S5100

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/bdp-s5100

However the BDP-S5100 is no longer available on the Online Sony Store.

Cheers

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:03:34 GMT

Anyway let me know the differences between the 5100/5200 also I don't need Wi-Fi so I might go for the 4100/4200 instead.

Are there any big significant differences between the two such as dual core playback ect..?

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:05:16 GMT

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Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:11:59 GMT

There is not too much difference between the S5100 and the S5200 models. The S5100 is the 2013 model (which is no longer available via the Online Sony Store). The major difference is that the S5200 supports Screen Mirroring.

If you do not require Wifi, the S4200 would be just as good (which also doesnt support Screen Mirroring either, due to the lack of Wifi).

Hope this helps

BDP-S5200

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/bdp-s5200

BDP-S5100

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/bdp-s5100

BDP-S4200

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/bdp-s4200

Hope this helps

Cheers

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:24:26 GMT

I don't mind if you PM the answer.

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:38:46 GMT

Done - PM Send !

Unless this post and PM disappears too !

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Simon-H — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:05:06 GMT

Hi guys

There may be some posts that are disappearing here as something odd seems to be going on. I will flag this to the rest of the Community Team to see what is happening.

Thanks,

Simon H - Community Manager

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:33:23 GMT

I just realized how in the screenshot of playable formats it doesn't have DTS for MKV, weird right?

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:07:05 GMT

Hi again,

Thanks for the specs on 5100, 5200 and 4200.

Lastly, as I can see many for sale what is the difference between the 4100 and 4200?

I initally thought maybe they dont this so one has WiFi and other doesn't but you might be able to say.

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:18:28 GMT

Hi there

BDP-S4100 Specs

https://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-specs/BDP-S4100/list

BDP-S4200 Specs

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-specs/BDP-S4200/list

Comparing the two, the S4200 has more file codec support than the S4100. The S4100 you can add a USB Wifi Dongle, but the S4200 you cannot. The S4100 has 2 USB ports, S4200 has 1.

So basically there are very little differences other than what you wish to use it for.

Hope that helps.

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

Damon91 — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:37:37 GMT

After careful consideration, I might go for one of the S4100/S5100 models if you confirm one thing for me.

The back USB port, can I connect my External HDD to it and play movies, or is it just for Wi-Fi Dongles?

Reason being, I don't like cables hanging out the front, these two have x2 USB ports, would be useful.

Also, last comparison, do you see many/any differences between these two models? Is one just newer, or?

Re: Sony BDP-S490 BluRay Player

rooobb — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:58:38 GMT

The back USB port has the same functionalities of the front one, no problem reading external HDD. regarding the difference between S5100 and S4100 is that the last doesn't have the wifi integrated (only ready via dongle). Both are the 2013 lineup.