Sony’s BD player, home theatre systems go wireless

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By Team Diginews4u ⋅ March 3, 2009 ⋅

Sony is adding four new Blu-ray Disc devices to its line-up, including a stand-alone player with Wi-fi capability for easy BD-Live access and Blu-ray Disc home theatre systems with S-AIR wireless audio.

The BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 stand-alone players and BDV-E300 and BDV-E500W BD home theatre systems are aimed to deliver full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output, decode the latest advanced audio codecs and are BD-Live capable with the user’s broadband internet connection and purchase of external memory.

Offering built-in Wi-fi wireless network capabilities (802.11N/G/B/A), the BDP-S560 can connect to the internet through existing wireless home network to download and stream BD-Live content including additional scenes, short subjects, trailers, interactive games, and more. It also enables firmware updates to assist in keeping the player up-to-date with the latest Blu-ray Disc media and features.

While compatible with most wireless routers, the BDP-S560 also supports Wi-fi Protected Setup, for a quick connection to enabled wireless routers. Additionally, the player is Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) ready, allowing it to connect to other DLNA compliant devices to share digital photos.

The BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 incorporate Sony’s Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology that converts standard-definition signals (480i) to near HD quality, the company added.

The BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 models support 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding as well as bit-stream output via HDMI.

The models also offer an external port for local storage so users can add their USB flash storage device. The BDP-S560 features a front USB port for viewing photos from USB flash memory device or directly from a digital camera.

Shipping this summer, the BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 will retail for about $300 and $350, respectively.

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