Sony Blu-ray Disc Player BDP-S350 Now Available
Sony introduced its next-generation BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 Blu-ray disc players in February, and they have now finally released the BDP-S350 model at retail stores for about $400. The BD-Live ready BDP-S350 Blu-ray disc player supports BonusView (picture-in-picture) and features Sony's new Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology that converts standard-definition signals (480i) to 1080p, and outputs a full HD equivalent resolution signal to 1080p TVs via HDMI. Sony's new Precision Drive HD is also incorporated to help detect and correct wobbling discs from three directions, stabilizing playback of bent or scratched Blu-ray Discs and DVDs.
The BDP-S350 supports AVCHD discs encoded with x.v.Color (xvYCC)
technology, and is compatible with video formats including BD-R/RE
(BDMV and BDAV modes), DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format),
and JPEG on DVD/CD recordable media. The BDP-S350 model also offers 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus
decoding and bit-stream output, as well as DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
and Master Audio bit-stream output.
The BDP-S300 Blu-ray
Disc player is also said to be a bit more environmentally friendly than
Sony's previous Blu-ray disc players. By reducing the overall unit size
by 55
percent, reducing packing material by 52 percent, and reducing the
total weight by 38 percent, Sony was able to reduce the C02 emissions
related to shipping by about 43
percent. Power consumption was also lowered in both
playback mode and stand-by mode.
