Sony Announces Profile 2.0 Blu-ray Disc Players

The next generation of Blu-ray Disc players cradle of HD DVD feature set.

With Blu-ray Disc on the winning side of the war in high-definition format seems to be finally hitting their step in stabilizing its advanced feature set. Earlier this week, Sony announced two new Blu-ray Disc player models that include new features like BonusView and BD-Live.

Sony is BonusView term picture-in-picture technology that was mandated for all Blu-ray Disc hardware last fall. Picture-in-picture features are commonly used in the remarks in the video films, and is commonly found among throughout the chain of HD DVD. Several of the new Blu-ray Disc versions are beginning to incorporate the technology.

BD-Live incorporates an Ethernet port for connecting to the Internet, both for firmware updates and the bonus features for the Web. HD DVD players have used their support for Ethernet bonus basic functions as the extension of special features, trailers, trivia and surveys. Blu-ray Disc movies with these extras came to market at the end of this year.

Both models coming from Sony, the BDP-S350 and the BDP-550, support and BonusView BD-Live. Both also have an external port of local storage, but only the BDP-S550 includes a storage device for 1 GB. The BDP-S550 also difference with dts-HD High Resolution Audio and dts-HD Master Audio decoding and 7.1 channel analog audio output.

“Based on the exceptional quality picture and sound of the players earlier, Sony’s next-generation Blu-ray Disc models bring exciting interactive features to life and offer consumers a pioneering experience,” said Chris Fawcett, vice president of marketing at Sony Electronics Home Product Division. “These new devices bring home the film beyond the movie experience in a whole new realm of entertainment.”

The new BDP-S350 ship this summer for about $ 400 and BDP-S550 will be available this fall for about $ 500.