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has punched its way back into the AV mainstream, with a raft of exceptional AV amplifiers.Now, it hopes to repeat that success with the BD-S2900 Blu-ray player.Initial impressions of this machine are extremely promising, if not quite overwhelming. The...
Good picture quality, capable sonic delivery...
Only Profile 1.1, can’t decode HD audio formats, price can’t match performance...
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The Yamaha BD-S2900 is a Profile 1.1 Bonus View player designed to match the brands wide range of AV amps and receivers; it sports the companys distinctive orange LED display and a curved, metal fascia. In many ways, its probably the best built Blu-r...
Excellent Blu-ray picture, Build quality, CD performance, Fast loading times, Profile 1.1...
DVD playback only average, Operationally noisy, Not Profile 2.0...
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In football parlance, Yamaha has hit a hot streak of form judging by its recent performances in multichannel receivers. And now it’s looking to repeat that success with its first Blu-ray player, the BD-S2900 Blu-ray player. Solid unitInitial impre...
Full HD audio output support. Fine picture quality, particularly with Blu-ray. Capable sonic delivery...
Pioneer’s BDP-LX71 bests it in terms of audio and HD pictures. Not Profile 2.0. Can’t decode all HD formats on-board...
An extremely solid player from Yamaha, but stronger rivals and a big price tag stop it getting five stars...
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about.com Updated:
2011-09-25 01:29:29
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The BD-S2900 is Yamaha's first entry into the Blu-ray Disc player market. This player features 1080p/60 or 1080p/24 resolution playback for Blu-ray Discs, provides bitstream output for both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD via its HDMI 1.3a output, and is fully...
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For close to $1200 MSRP, the Yamaha BD-S2900 Blu-ray player is not a good first choice or even a good second choice for a Blu-ray player. You will find more features offered in less expensive Blu-ray players, including an Ethernet port, Profile 2.0 sta...
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In football parlance, Yamaha has hit a hot streak of form judging by its recent performances in multichannel receivers. And now it’s looking to repeat that success with its first Blu-ray player, the BD-S2900 Blu-ray player. Solid unitInitial impre...
Full HD audio output support. Fine picture quality, particularly with Blu-ray. Capable sonic delivery...
Pioneer’s BDP-LX71 bests it in terms of audio and HD pictures. Not Profile 2.0. Can’t decode all HD formats on-board...
An extremely solid player from Yamaha, but stronger rivals and a big price tag stop it getting five stars...
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The BD-S2900 is Yamaha's first entry into the Blu-ray marketplace; interestingly, while many big-name manufacturers are scrambling to cut prices in the Blu-ray realm, Yamaha has chosen a $1,199 price point for the BD-S2900, landing it squarely in the h...
The BDS2900 supports 1080p/24 playback of Bluray discs, It passes Dolby TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio in bitstream form over HDMI, so it's best mated with a receiver that has its own highresolution audio decoders, It can play pictureinpicture bonus content, The SD card slot allows for easy playback of digital photos and movies, RS232 and IR in/out ports allow for integration into an advance...
The BDS2900 is not Profile 2.0 and lacks an Ethernet port, It lacks internal highresolution audio decoders, and it only offers 5.1channel analog audio outputs; so, it's got a good choice for someone who owns an older A/V receiver.
We're really not sure how Yamaha can justify the $1,199 MSRP for a player that does not offer internal high-resolution audio decoding, 7.1-channel analog audio outputs, or Profile 2.0 support. Needless to say, you can get a lot more functionality for a...
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hometheaterhifi.com Updated:
2011-09-25 01:29:59
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It has been some time since Yamaha manufactured a hi-def disc player, either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. Instead Yamaha has been offering upscaling DVD players such as the S1700 and the S2700. Now that the format war is over and Blu-ray is the declared winne...
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