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Sony BDP-S1700 Blu-ray Disc player, Full HD review

A Full HD player that decodes the lossless audio formats — Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio — which is the disc's real advantage over streaming.

The bottom line The cheapest way to get lossless film audio into a real system — Full HD picture, and the soundtrack is the point.

The specification that justifies the purchase

Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution — named individually. Those are the lossless formats a disc carries and a stream does not, and on a system with a receiver and real speakers the difference is easier to hear than the picture difference is to see.

What it is not

A UHD player. Full HD 1080p, no HDR. On a 4K display with 4K discs it is the wrong product; on a Full HD system, or with a Full HD collection, it is the right one at a third of the price.

The upscaling

Standard definition content is upscaled, which matters for a DVD collection. TRILUMINOS is Sony’s picture processing name, applied to the output.

Where it sits in a system

Between the discs and the receiver. Its job is to read the disc and hand the bitstream on intact — and for that job, format support matters far more than processing.

What to check on connection

Whether your receiver decodes the lossless formats, or whether the player should decode and send PCM. Either works; getting it wrong is why a system plays compressed audio from a disc that carries better.

Availability

On sale from 90 € to 109 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Listed but with no offer on the British Amazon store — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.

Not found on the American Amazon store, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • Names the lossless audio formats individually — Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio — which is where a disc beats a stream most audibly
  • The cheapest disc player in this catalogue
  • Upscales standard definition content, which matters for an older DVD collection

Compromises

  • Full HD only — no UHD disc support
  • No HDR, which follows from the resolution
  • A basic player: no local media playback stated

Specifications

ResolutionFull HD 1080p — stated
Audio formatsDolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution — all stated
Picture processingTRILUMINOS — stated
UpscalingSD content upscaled — stated
HDRNot applicable — this is a Full HD player
Amazon referenceB0F255TB93 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4548736144194

Questions people actually ask

Why do the audio formats matter more than the resolution?

Because on a system with a receiver and real speakers, the audio gap between a disc and a stream is larger than the picture gap. Discs carry Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio losslessly; streams carry compressed versions of the same mixes.

Should I buy a UHD player instead?

If the display is 4K and the collection will be, yes. If the display is Full HD or the discs are, this player delivers the same audio advantage at a third of the price.