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Is this player a piece of crap or is it me? It doesn't have "resume" functionality. It's constantly having "network errors" when accessing internet content. These are "errors" that my laptop that is 10' feet away from it isn't experiencing. It loads so @$#%ing slow that I have actually dozed off waiting for it to connect. And, when I access "Pandora" radio, the thing only plays one song at a time. I have to physically tell it to play each selection. If this is common behavior for Blu-Ray players, I think I'll wait 5 more years until they are as functional as DVD players were 12 years ago.
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I'm not having any problems with the 570. Blu-Ray playback is very good, can pause for several minutes and resume play with no problems. Netflix streaming using the wireless connection has also been very good; the player is about 15 feet from the router, every time I check it is showing 100% signal strength. So far, quite pleased.
I bought an S470 to use as a CD/SACD player with a headphone amp. The sound quality was adequate. However, the drive mechanism was really noisy. Every few seconds, there was a noise as the laser head moved. And there was a constant high-pitched hum that was audible from ten feet away, even while I was wearing headphones. I subsequently discovered that all of the Sony Sx70 machines had this flaw. I returned it and got something else.
The inability to resume playback on Blu-Ray discs is caused by the design of Blu=Ray discs and not the player itself. My BD player (Pioneer 320, discontinued) only gained that feature with the latest firmware update, and I haven't heard of other players that have that feature.
On the other hand, if the Sony player doesn't "resume" with DVD's--that would be very unusual for a DVD player.
I'm pretty darn sure it can resume a movie. Hit pause to pause, and again to resume maybe, or hit play? It's also pretty slow loading a movie, but not enough to bother me any.
I've never hooked it up to the Internet, and have no idea what Pandora radio is, so can't offer anything on that, sorry.
I'm guessing in 5 years blue-ray players will be almost obsolete.
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