Sony Plans Next Generation Blu-Ray Players
February 26th, 2008 | by Bloddard |Sony has announced that for the first time, it will release Blu-Ray players that will feature an ethernet port so that through a broadband connection, extras such as movie trailers and bonus features can be downloaded. The players will debut this summer and as you probably guessed, they will be pricey. A specific model will be released with an Ethernet port, but its ability to actually connect to the internet will be implemented later on; it will be in the form of a software upgrade called BD-Live. Another, more expensive model will be released at the same time that will feature both, the online connectivity as well as BD-Live.
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This is extremely cool and advanced, but it makes me wonder what will happen to those of us who have home theater PCs. Will we be able to download extras elsewhere? Like a website we can visit or download directly with some kind of application that pops up when a disc is inserted in the disc drive? Why not include these features in the home video release? I would hate to buy a special edition film and find out that half the stuff has to be downloaded. What do you think?
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