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09-09-09, 05:44 PM
Sony will launch its first Netflix-streaming Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-N460, this October.
Announced today at consumer electronics installers’ conference Custom Electronic Design & Installation Assn., the model also will offer online content from the company’s Bravia Internet Video platform, as well as access to YouTube and Slacker programming. The BDP-N460 is tagged at $250.
Sony earlier announced that its Bravia HDTV line would carry Netflix streaming starting this fall.
Web-based movie streaming is becoming a standard feature for a number of latest generation Blu-ray players. Samsung and LG have long offered Netflix streaming on its Blu-ray players. Samsung is additionally set to offer Blockbuster on-demand movies through its Blu-ray players this fall. Panasonic launched Amazon Video On Demand for its Web-enabled Blu-ray players earlier this year.
For much of last year, Sony was considered the top seller of Blu-ray stand-alone players. But Samsung edged into the lead in 2009, and its momentum is partly credited to its decision to support Netflix streaming on most of its models.
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Announced today at consumer electronics installers’ conference Custom Electronic Design & Installation Assn., the model also will offer online content from the company’s Bravia Internet Video platform, as well as access to YouTube and Slacker programming. The BDP-N460 is tagged at $250.
Sony earlier announced that its Bravia HDTV line would carry Netflix streaming starting this fall.
Web-based movie streaming is becoming a standard feature for a number of latest generation Blu-ray players. Samsung and LG have long offered Netflix streaming on its Blu-ray players. Samsung is additionally set to offer Blockbuster on-demand movies through its Blu-ray players this fall. Panasonic launched Amazon Video On Demand for its Web-enabled Blu-ray players earlier this year.
For much of last year, Sony was considered the top seller of Blu-ray stand-alone players. But Samsung edged into the lead in 2009, and its momentum is partly credited to its decision to support Netflix streaming on most of its models.
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6695609.html