Sony Intros New Bluray Disc Players
Techtree News Staff, Feb 27, 2008 2251 hrs IST
Both players support 'Bonus View' for viewing picture-in-picture content, and have external ports for users to add optional storage devices.
With Toshiba's public withdrawal of HD DVD having virtually sealed the fate of the format, rival Sony has made some haste in announcing spanking new Blu-ray Disc Player models; namely, the BDP-S350 and the BDP-S500.
Announcing the Blu-ray Disc players at Sony's product showcase in Las Vegas, Chris Fawcett, vice president (Marketing) of Sony Electronics Home Product Division, said "the new devices bring home movie experience beyond cinema".
Both players support 'Bonus View' for viewing picture-in-picture content, and have external ports for users to add optional storage devices.
Meanwhile, the BDP-S350 is BD-Live capable, and has an Ethernet port for firmware upgrade and access to Internet-based interactive content.
The other player, the BDP-S500 does not require any firmware upgrade to enable interactivity features, and will ship with 1GB of storage.
The S350 and S500 can handle 7.1-channel Dolby TrueHD decoding and bitstream output, as well as DTS-HD Master Audio bistream output. Whereas the S550 adds DTS-HD Master Audio decoding to 7.1 channel analog audio output.
Both players feature 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output, and are compatible with a wide array of video formats, including BD-R/RE (BDMV and BDAV modes), DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format), and JPEG on DVD/CD recordable media.
Sony said the BDP-S350 will ship this Summer for about $400, while the BDP-S550 will be available this Autumn for around $500.
In a separate announcement, DreamWorks Animation SKG said that it is locked in an exclusive deal to distribute DVDs on Toshiba's HD DVD format, even though the latter plans to quit HD DVD technology.
Explaining further, DreamWorks Chief Executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg, said, "We have a partnership with Toshiba, and have an obligation to see this through. As you know, we have been well-compensated for our support. It really is in their court at this point to really declare what the next step will be. We're poised either way to jump into the marketplace when the conditions are right to do so."
As such, DreamWorks is waiting for a cue from Toshiba -- more so because they plan to release the DVD version of "Bee Movie" next month, and are waiting to hear from Toshiba on how to proceed...
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My belief is the studios will let the Blu Ray player mfgs. have their moment in the sun after defeating the HiDef format. As long as the consumers hold out for a reasonably priced unit, the sale of Blu Ray movies will be sluggish. Sooner than later, the movie houses are going to put pressure on the mfgs. to lower the prices in order to open up the movie market sales. Blu Ray movie making was a more expensive process than the HiDef movie making which is what was causing the format war to begin with. Now since they have to adapt to the more expensive process the movie houses are going to demand some lower pricing from the Blu Ray makers to stimulate player sales, there by opening up the BluRay movie sales. The movie houses are going to want to see some ROI.
by Babs, Woodridge Il, on Feb 29, 2008 01:30 AM, Report abuse
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$500! Thanks, Blu-Ray may have won the format war, but they aren't going to win my dollars at that price!
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