CeBIT '07: Sony BDP-S300
It's a step up from the enormous BDP-S1--it's cheaper, smaller and amazingly will now play audio CDs (an amazing technological leap forward). The BDP-S300 also features built-in decoding of Dolby Digital Plus and support for Sony's wide color gamut, which should produce better high-definition pictures. The player will also control other Sony kit via the HDMI port.
Sony is currently committing to only a US launch for the player, but as the gargantuan BDP-S1 is available only in the US, that's not exactly a huge surprise. Come on, Sony, stop ignoring the rest of the world. We need our hi-def fix too. So is this a sign that the largest single advantage HD-DVD has--price--is about come to an end? HD-DVD has already seen its disc sales lead eroded this year, so a price cut bringing Blu-ray hardware closer to HD-DVD players is surely going to be bad news. Especially when Blu-ray has slightly more studio support--and James Bond on his way. This story appeared originally in Crave UK.
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