Sony announces BDP-S350, BDP-S550: first new Blu-ray players since the fall of HD DVD

[Poke]

Well right now by the time the players are is out they should have firmware updates to update them to the current version. But from what I read these two units will be their first 2.0 units which I'm looking at buying maybe sometime this summer so I'm glad more units are coming out..

BDP-S350 and S550: Sony's First Full 2.0 Spec Blu-ray Players

 

[harshness]

Did you want your Car Blu-ray to have to support Live?

Why not? A car HD-DVD player wouldj (via Bluetooth perhaps?). Then again, does an HD player really have any place in a small vehicle? Studios will have to consider very carefully whether or not to implement "optional" features as they may not have sufficient market to justify adding it.

Where these features are available in all players, there aren't any concerns about whether or not everyone can take advantage of them.

 

[Poke]

Here a link for firmware updates for most of the current Blu-Ray players..



Blu-ray.com - Blu-ray Firmware and Downloads

 

[teamerickson]

Because Live(2.0) doesn't replace Bonus view(1.1). They are both meant to be an option. Low end (and for those who do not have a fast internet) players are 1.1. Most portables, with no real ability to be connected to the internet, will be 1.1. Did you want your Car Blu-ray to have to support Live?

I just want the final specs out. They are two years behind HD DVD in that department. I've had to accept Blu as my HDM solution, I 'm just frustrated because I feel like I've taken a step back to what HD DVD was.

 

[tnsprin]

I just want the final specs out. They are two years behind HD DVD in that department. I've had to accept Blu as my HDM solution, I 'm just frustrated because I feel like I've taken a step back to what HD DVD was.

Final specs have been out almost a year.

 

[teamerickson]

Final specs have been out almost a year.

I want a player with the final profile.

 

[allargon]

They have no excuse except incompotence.

It's not incompetence. It's greed--pure and simple. They want you to triple-dip on hardware. Buy a profile 1.0 at $500-1000, buy a profile 1.1 at $300-800 then buy a profile 2.0 at $250-600.

I'll wait until Christmas. The studios are making it easy for me. Rendition is SD DVD only. There Will Be Blood will be SD DVD only, too.