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Sharp Aquos BDHP20U 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player | 
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| Brand: Sharp
Category: CE
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $315.97
You Save: $84.02 (21%)
New (17) Used (4) Refurbished (1) from $275.00
Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 1715
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 16.9 x 13.2 x 2.7
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: BD-HP20U
Model: BD-HP20U
UPC: 074000354791
EAN: 0074000354791
ASIN: B000W8SSXQ
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Full HD 1080p/24 fps video output | | • | HDMI digital Interface | | • | 7.1 Channel digital audio output | | • | Quick Start Mode: enjoy content quickly without delay |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
 Amazing Player! July 8, 2008
K. Saeed (Bolingbrook, IL)
After reading some slightly negative reviews, I think it will be unfair if I don't write mine.
I have owned my Sharp for almost 6 months now. Have run the newest BDs available, just yesterday I watched 'vantage point', awesome picture and sound. Loading is pretty fast too, I would say less than 40 secs. Have never faced a single problem whatsoever. Sharp just posted a new firmware but I won't load it unless I see any probs with my existing one. I did play 'Jumper' and I did not have any problem.
Call me lucky or whatever, I would blindly go for another Sharp BD player if I had to make a decision.
Sharp Aquos trumps Samsung P1500 June 30, 2008
Scuba Sensei (Tucson, AZ USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Returned Samsung P1500 for Sharp Aquos HP20U. OMG - what a difference. Biggest problems with P1500: 1 - No second digital audio source. Already using Optical for TV digital sound and amp only has one, but Sharp had a Coax Digital that matched up perfectly (like my upconvert had done),
2 - Sharp plays DVD+R, +RW -- Samsung does not (I needed this function),
3 - Sharp remote is much better designed, easier to read and use,
4 - Sharp has much better on-screen menus
Output quality is similar, so far. First night out Samsung hung twice and had to be restarted. Load times seem similar, too, but Sharp can be set to make them ever faster.
Great player! Very pleased! June 24, 2008
M. Galbreath (Finger Lakes, NY)
I am very pleased with the performance of this unit. I especially like the ability to download firmware updates from the Sharp website to my thumb drive and upload them directly to the player. Other manufacturers have to send disks out to you with the updates which is time consuming and, as I understand it, you have to request the updates. They are not automatic. Not so with Sharp. No problems whatsoever and I've had the unit 3 months.
 WHAT A JOKE! But it's not funny.......... June 15, 2008
D. Agnone (Wayne, NJ - USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I picked up the BDHP20U just under three months ago from Sixth Ave Elec. I had to hook it up via Component cables since my Mitsu 73 inch TV did not have HDMI. The unit was a bit quirky/glitchy but nonetheless, delivering a pretty nice picture considering the above mentioned.
I just got the Samsung HL67A750 1080p TV and couldn't wait to get the Sharp BD player hooked up to see true 1080p. The first thing was a lock-up on the new "Rambo" but after a reboot and about 2 minutes waiting time to re-load, I was back up and running. The picture quality was nothing less than a religious experience to say the least! The clarity and detail was, at the time, unparalleled. Then came another lock up so I checked the firmware update section at Sharps website.
I installed the firmware update as stated in the instructions and when it successfully installed, it was "BLU-RAY DAY" for me! I watched several Blu-ray dvd's without interruption.
BUT........and this is a BIG BUT.........I had woken the next morning to see the player with the two round lights incessantly blinking. I tried to power down but it wouldn't. I tried to eject "Full Metal Jacket" but with no success. The Sharp BDHP20U was totally locked up this time. I reset the unit by holding down the power button for 10 seconds as recommended in the users manual. I then unplugged the unit for 2 minutes and then tried to eject the DVD and it worked. But there is now NO SIGNAL whatsoever coming from the BDHP20U. I even tried removing the HDMI cable and hooking up via component cables again and still nothing. I cannot access the menu to even set the unit up again.
I brought it back to 6th ave and they were very accommodating. But the problem is I'm going to be without my Blu-ray player for I don't know HOW long.
Perhaps I just got a bad unit (especially after reading some of the reviews here on Amazon). However, I'm going to go with the Samsung BD-P1500 and keep the sharp as a back-up unit. (Yes, I know, that's a very costly "back-up" unit.
If you ask me, Sharp dropped the ball on this one.
 Plays all the DVDs and Blu-ray I have June 2, 2008
Brian S (Ashburn, VA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After spending a lot of time looking around I decided on this player given its price and reviews at that time were good.
Last night I purchased a new release and the player stopped 20 minutes in. Knowing this can happen with any BluRay player I went to the Sharp website, downloaded the updates and installed it on the player. The player breezed through the movie and overall performance across menus seem better as well.
Great player - competes with anything else out there.
Only reason for giving it a 4 vs. 5 star is boot time could be a little faster.
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