[Lee Stewart]

SONY LAUNCHES ITS FIRST BLU-RAY 3D-READY PLAYER

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Continuing to drive innovation, Sony® today launched the new BDP-S470 stand-alone Blu-ray 3D™-ready player. The model can be upgraded to play Blu-ray 3D content with a firmware update available this summer.


The company also announced that the previously introduced BDP-S570 Blu-ray Disc™ model and the BDV-E770W and BDV-E570 Blu-ray Disc home theater systems will be Blu-ray 3D capable with firmware updates available this summer.

http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_ro...ase/56400.html

See link for pricing, specs and photos

 

[davehancock]

In stores now (was at the Sony Styule Store I was at today.

 

[deepstang]

Not sure if there is another thread on this, but are we going to need a specific "3D" blu ray player to support all these new 3D movies??


Yeah Sony developed "Blu-Ray"; however, IMHO, they are behind on keeping up with the technology and there products have a lot of bugs when they first come out. I still remember a couple of years ago where I had to get a Samsung BD-P1400 blu ray player because none of the Sony BDPs could stream all the audio codecs. Not to be a pessimist, but scared to see what problems this new line will carry.


Do these "3d" players just have more processing power? Will the PS3 also be able to have a firmware like the 470 and 570 to make it 3D capable??

 

[davehancock]



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Originally Posted by deepstang /forum/post/18240691


Not sure if there is another thread on this, but are we going to need a specific "3D" blu ray player to support all these new 3D movies??

No and Yes.

• No, you won't need a new player to play a 3D movie in 2D (3D Blu-ray discs are compatible)
• Yes, you will need a new player to play a 3D movie in 3D. (You need a Blu-ray player with the circuitry to decode the Left and Right images and send them to a 3D display over HDMI.

 

[Lee Stewart]



Quote:
Originally Posted by deepstang /forum/post/18240691


Do these "3d" players just have more processing power? Will the PS3 also be able to have a firmware like the 470 and 570 to make it 3D capable??

Yes - the PS3 is scheduled to get a FW UP for 3D BD