Want Blu-ray? Wait for the new Sony S350 and S550 or get a PS3

Feb 27 2008, 1:19am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony announced yesterday the new Blu-ray players BDP-S350 and BDP-S550. These new Blu-ray players support the latest Blu-ray Profile 2.0 giving you interactive features such as BonusView (Picture-in-Picture) and BD-Live.

Currently only the Sony PS3 can give you Blu-ray Profile 2.0 via a firmware upgrade. There is no date yet on when Sony will update the PS3 to support Blu-ray Profile 2.0.
The new Sony BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 will arrive this fall. The BDP-S350 has a list price of $400, I hope dearly that retailers will cut that price down significantly as you would also a PS3 for the same price.
More details about the new Sony Blu-ray players.

Sony will not be the only one who will offer new Blu-ray players this fall supporting the latest Blu-ray features. Blu-ray is now the only HD video disc format, there is no reason for any consumer electronics company to hold back resources.

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Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
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