We tested the image quality with a number of titles.  Using "Wall-e" was excellent to see how crisp and detailed the image could be, while "Speed Racer" showed off the colour capabilities.  An action film like "Iron Man" showed off how well motion was handled, while "The Dark Knight" displayed how well the player handled contrast during its darker scenes.  We were impressed with the image quality that the player was capable of.  The colour, detail and contrast were exquisite and the motion tests showed no problems.  We also ran the Spears and Munsill and Digital Video Essentials professional test discs and the player passed with flying colours.

The player can upscale DVDs to 1080p as well.  There were a few more artefacts compared to some upscaling players we have seen but, on the whole, it was quite good.

The audio support is robust with the HD audio codecs Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio both supported. No matter which receiver you hook it up to, you are guaranteed the to get the best audio possible.

While you can't do anything too fancy like stream from a PC, you can play files via USB.  It supports H.264 and WMV video files as well as audio and image files too.  You can also hook up a AVCHD video camera and display directly from it as well.
The player is profile 2.0 compliant and as such can play BD-live content over the Internet.  To accomplish this you will need to hook it up to your network using a LAN cable.  There is a WiFi dongle that can be purchased separately if you wish.

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