I bought this low-end, Blu-Ray Disc Player (Sony BPDS1200) for a family that ONLY uses it to play movies or audio CDs 1-2 times per week. No web surfing, no digital connections, etc. For this use it is quite fine. True plug and play...after all these years, it's the first device I could connect and use as intended. That's first EVER.
Ease of use is quite good. Controls are mostly intuitive, even for technologically challenged family members. There is one difficulty, however. Occasionally when you stop using the player and turn off it's controls, it actually returns you to the television use (cable), enabling immediate TV viewing. Most times, it just gives you a blank screen and you must search out the TV's remote, find the input button and select the proper mode for cable viewing. Then you can resume watching TV.
For this low-end use that deliberately avoids employing all the "features" loaded onto the device, it serves quite well and I would indeed recommend it to others. The price point--below $70 and sometimes significantly cheaper is also appealing.
So far this player is doing everything I expected from it. Hookup was simple and I like that it has Coaxial Digital out for my receiver. This player does a nice job of up-converting non Blu-ray movies. I haven't hooked it up to my network yet, maybe I'll get a WiFi adapter (not built-in) and give it a try. Once I use it more I may adjust my rating. Still think it's a great player for the price.
I bought a blu-ray dvd player cause i was thought they would play all kinds of discs...including karaoke discs... i already had a good dvd player but it would not play karaoke discs... when i read the info about this one it sounded like it would...but it doesnt...so i spent $$ i did not need to.... and i still cant play my karaoke discs... :(