Product Description
The VIZIO VBR210 Blu-Ray Player with Wireless Internet Apps delivers full 1080p high-definition video, 7.1 surround sound and connects wirelessly to the Internet to stream movies, TV shows, music and more.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #41841 in Home Theater
- Color: Black
- Brand: Vizio
- Model: VBR210
- Released on: 2010-09-08
- Dimensions: 1.97" h x 16.92" w x 1.93" l, 6.50 pounds
Features
- 1. Full 1080p high-definition video playback
- 1. Integrated 802.11n wireless networking
- 1. Optimized with 7.1 digital audio output via HDMI with Dolby True HD and DTS HD
- 1. Access thousands of HD titles, TV episodes and more with VUDU, Netflix, and Pandora Internet Radio
- 1. Plays Blu-ray discs, DVD discs, audio CDs and MP3 files
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
31 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
By sandawana56
I purchased this Blue-Ray player from Target 2 weeks ago and love it. I read the reviews on the 220 model after my in store purchase and was really concerned at first but have not experienced any of the issues mentioned in those reviews. I am glad though I purchased the Target 2-year $19.99 replacement warranty just in case.
The Blue-Ray player comes with a set of composite cables included in the box which I used while I was waiting for my HDMI cables. The picture even with just composite cables was great. The Vizio 210 has one HDMI port, one composite video/audio port or one component video/audio port (cannot use composite if using component), one digital coaxial, one usb and one ethernet port.
Wireless setup was a snap and I was connected in 30 seconds. The only annoying thing is that the wireless adapter on the back of the Vizio unit has a red light which flashes continuously. No dropped wireless connections like reported with the 220 model. Vizio recommends using their router but this is no doubt a marketing ploy as any wireless router will work.
The upconverting works really well. We got the new Bruce Springsteen dvd/cd set which includes some really old video concert footage. It looked really dark and hard to see on the regular dvd player but looks much, much better on the Blue-Ray player.
Had no issues playing Blue-Ray movies and while it does take about 10-15 seconds to load the Blue-Ray disc I did not find this unexpected as the Blue-Ray disc contains a lot more data than a regular dvd. Also had no issues stopping and restarting a movie as it remembered where I stopped the disc. This was reported as an issue on the 220 model. It also gave the option to continue from the stopping point in the movie or restart from the beginning of the movie which I like.
There is a usb port on the Blue-Ray. It will play video and audio files contained on an inserted usb thumb drive and will also upconvert those videos files. I have not tried hooking up my laptop via usb yet but will provide an update. I use a 16GB usb thumb drive and the Blue-Ray player displays the usb drive folder structures and file names on the tv so it is easy to find stored media.
I have only used Pandora so far and that has worked really well. I will update this review after I have tried Netflix and BD-Live.
The only odd thing I noticed when I tested this player with hdmi, component and composite cables was that when I use component video/audio cables the zoom settings on my tv did not work correctly even though they worked fine with hdmi and composite cable. In all fairness this could be a tv issue and be unrelated to the Vizio.
UPDATE 1/19/11: Netflix works great and streams very quickly. However there have been a few incidents where the VBR210 froze either during streaming or at movie commencement and had to be powered down and restarted. There were also two incidents where there was severe pixelation and both incidents were resolved by powering down the VBR210 and restarting it after a few minutes. Overall in relation to the number of movies streamed these have not been significant issues and were quickly resolved. Still no issues playing either Blu-Ray or regular DVDs. It does appear though that because this unit does not have internal memory that the USB drive is critical for streaming to work properly. I use a 16GB thumb drive which is approximately 50% full. Also my Cisco-Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster has worked flawlessly with this VBR210.
UPDATE 4/24/12
My Blu-Ray player is still working really well. The only thing that really bugs me is that even though the manufacturer has a firmware update for this model, the update is only for specific serial numbers. All they could tell me was that my serial number does not qualify for the firmware.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
By jwilcoxino
I was looking to purchase a Roku XDS to stream Netflix to my bedroom. For just a few more bucks I realized I could get a decent blu ray player which gives me the added advantage of watching my blu ray rentals as well so I went ahead and purchased this.
Let me just begin by saying that I have a PS3 and XBox 360 in my living room and I get all of the streaming and blu ray content I could want between those two. The PS3 does have the best Netflix implementation so if you want the best, get a PS3. If you want to save some money and don't play games on your small bedroom tv, this is perfect. The Netflix interface is actually the old PS3 interface so it's OK. The quality is fine.
I must say that the negative reviews on this thing perplex me. In fact, most negative reviews regarding wifi ready blu ray players always talk about network issues. I set this up in under a minute by selecting my wifi network and punching in my password. No connectivity issues whatsoever since then.
Yeah the remote buttons are not as easy to press as other remotes but you would have to be extremely weak to not be able to push the buttons.
All in all this is a great way to bring a little bit of the internet to your bedroom TV. Viewing Flickr photos is great. I wouldn't personally recommend this player for your living room. Like I said, the PS3 Netflix is far superior and the Pandora implementation is even better on that (higher audio quality).
The only drawback for this versus other players is lack of DLNA support but I really don't need that. I just wanted blu ray, Netflix and Pandora really. The rest is pudding.
So if all you are looking for is all that I was looking for, then this is a great player.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Michael
Well- bought the first vizio vbr210 at target- brought it home, set it all up with netflix and all- put a blu ray dvd in and started to watch it... 20 minutes into the movie the screen went black! then the unit kept rebooting! Brought the unit bact to target and got another one thinking maybe I had the "bad apple" of the bunch... nope! The second one STB one day later!!! This time just a blue screen and the movie kept freezing! I called customer service, they opened a claim then put me on hold for 20 minutes- I just hung up because I was tired of holding...
Never again will I buy a POS VIZIO (which is made by sony corp in the USA by the way....) so much for supporting the domestic market- went out and bought a samsung- and love it!!!
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