Sony has launched two new Blu-ray disc players, dubbed BDP-S2000ES and BDP-S500. Panasonic claims that BDP-S2000ES is the company’s first Blu-ray Disc player in ‘Elevated Standard’ line and BDP-S500 is the complement to Sony’s present BDP-S300 BD player.
Both the home theater systems feature full high-definition 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output, 7.1 channel linear PCM and Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus support along with dts-HD High Resolution Audio bitstream output via HDMI (ver1.3).
In addition to the abovementioned features, the players are compatible with the company’s latest STR-DA5300ES and STR-DA4300ES AV receivers.
“Consumer support of Sony’s Blu-ray Disc products has been outstanding and the new models are targeted to satisfy the demand of those who crave an even greater level of entertainment and performance,” said Chris Fawcett, vice president of marketing for Sony Electronics’ Home Product Division. “From the enthusiast level of our ES line down to the entry-level models, our commitment to the finest quality video and sound delivered by the BD format has never been stronger.”
The dual shield construction, aluminum insulator feet and rigid beam chassis in BDP-S2000ES helps to avoid dust from collecting on the BD drive and there’s a rigid drive bracket included to minimize vibration and improve the sound and picture quality separating audio and video boards.
Both the Blu-ray disc players from Sony also sport 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output, 1080p upscaling through HDMI to capable HDTV sets. They also support most standard DVDs, AVCHD discs encoded with x.v.Color (xvYCC) technology and an array of video formats such as BD-R/RE (BDMV mode), DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW (Video Mode), CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format), MP3, and JPEG on DVD recordable media.
You will also find BRAVIA Theatre Sync integrated into the players through HDMI for users to use BRAVIA flat-panel LCD HDTV sets and audio/video receivers. Moreover, they also provide an optical and coaxial digital audio outputs as well as 5.1 channel decoding capability for backward compatibility with existing A/V receivers.
The Sony BDP-S2000ES and BDP-S500 Blu-ray disc players will be available this fall with the suggested retail price of $1,300 (approx. Rs. 4,32,000) and $700 (approx. Rs. 28,000) respectively, through the Sony Style stores.
