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Sony has finally launched its BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 Blu-ray Disc players in the UK. It says the machines, which were first announced in February, “provide movie fans with the ultimate full HD home cinema experience” thanks to a range of innovative new features... “An advanced Blu-ray Disc player like the BDP-S350 or BDP-S550 is a must for every HDTV owner because it delivers the best possible 1080p high-definition video and incredible sound quality, while unlocking next-generation features that you just won’t get from DVD, downloads or video-on-demand,” said David Walstra, director of home video marketing at Sony Europe.
“We called upon our expertise in Hollywood movie production and digital technology to build a machine that movie fans would truly love.”
The BDP-S350 includes 24p True Cinema, BonusView, Sony’s Precision Cinema HD Upscale and Precision Drive HD.
The player is also BD-Live Ready and connecting it to the internet allows it to download the latest firmware, with the BD live qualities available by October 2008.
The BD-Live and BD-Java will connect the player via an Ethernet cable to the internet to join on-line blogs whilst watching the movie, enter online competitions, draws and online games.
It will also allow access to special content not loaded onto the disc, such as exclusive movie trailers and latest artist or producer interviews.
The BonusView functionality allows you to view a secondary video stream simultaneously from the same BD disc, offering Picture-in-Picture Blu-ray content at the same time as the the main movie.
Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology converts standard-definition signals (480i) to 1080p, while the Precision Drive HD detects and corrects wobbling discs from three directions, stabilizing playback of Blu-ray Discs and DVDs.
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Meanwhile, the BDP-S550 has all the same capabilities as the BDP-S350, but has BD-Live and BD-Java firmware already built in.
A quick start up mode sees the player start up in approximately six seconds.
It also includes 1GB of exchangeable USB storage to save downloaded BD-Live content from the internet.
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Also unique to the BDP-S550 is support for DTS-HD Master Audio Decoder and 7.1 channel analogue audio output, which means it can be connected directly to a legacy home-theatre receiver without HDMI.
Both players offer Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus decoding and bit-stream output, as well as DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output.
There’s no official UK pricing but the US version of the BDP-S350 sells online for about $399 and below, while the BDP-S550 costs around the $500 mark.
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