Features:
• 200 BD/DVD/CD Changer with BD Burner
• 500GB HDD=137 hrs of video/40k songs or 20k dgtl photos
• Contents Mgmt by Xcross Media Bar w/Meta Data
• BRAVIA- Theatre Sync (HDMI-CEC)
• XMB (Xross Media Bar) user interface

Product Description
It is Provided endless home entertainment with this unique multimedia server. This equipped with a 200-disc Blu-ray Disc changer and a 500GB hard-drive, it is the ultimate media organization solution for your digital movies, music and photos in one attractive, stand-alone device. Witness the amazing versatility of Sony’s advanced home entertainment multimedia server. Then, The unit features a Full HD 1080p 200-disc Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD changer and 500GB hard disc drive that can store up to 137 hours of video, 40,000 songs or 20,000 digital photos. You can also quickly and easily create unique multimedia digital scrapbooks to enjoy with family and friends using x-Pict Story HD and x-ScrapBook photo slide show applications. Additionally, thanks to a built-in Blu-ray Disc burner, you can burn your personal content to Blu-ray Disc or DVD to share with others and ensure your memories last forever.

Customer Reviews:

OMG …This awesome unit with a few hangups
Hi folks, this product is truly awesome. It is asthetically gorgeous and is an incredible piece of engineering. However, it has some shortcomings which really stand out:

1. The unit is very slow to start up
2. UNBELIEVABLY slow to load a DVD
3. Even MORE unbelievable slow to start playing a DVD, even non-BluRay
4. Doesn’t seem to support fast forwarding through BluRay discs

By the way, however the pros far outweigh the issues above.

But, the menuing system is easy to use and understand. Ripping music, photos and video is a breeze, including non protected DVDs.

And the quality of the picture is stunning - even non Bluray discs (connected to a Bravia XBR4)

In this case, I was specifically looking for a jukebox DVD changer for Bluray discs and this appears to be the only game in town.

So, Overall I’m very happy with the unit, although I look forward to firmware updates that will increase performance.

• plays Blu-ray high-definition discs (selectable output resolution: 720p/1080i/1080p signals available through HDMI output; 720p/1080i signals available through HDMI or component video)
• selectable 720p/1080i/1080p video upconversion for DVD (upconverted video available through HDMI output only)
• bitstream audio output via HDMI for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, and DTS-HD Master Audio
• rigid construction with dual-layered top shields and triple-layered bottom shields
• newly designed disc mechanism protects against magnetic influences, dust, and external vibration

Accessories:

• Monster Cable IDL100-2M Interlink Datalink 100 6.56-Foot Low-Loss S/PDIF Style Digital Coaxial Cable

• Monster Cable MV2CV-2M Monster Video 2 2-Meter Component Video Cable

• Monster Cable MV3CV-2M Monster Video 3 2-meter High-Resolution Component Video Cable

• Monster Cable MV2R-8M Monster Video 2 High Resolution Video Cable with RCA Connectors 8 m. (26.24 ft.

• Monster Cable ULT I1000DCX-8 Coaxial Digital Interconnect

Product Description

plays Blu-ray high-definition discs (selectable output resolution: 720p/1080i/1080p signals available through HDMI output; 720p/1080i signals available through HDMI or component video)* selectable 720p/1080i/1080p video upconversion for DVD (upconverted video available through HDMI output only)* bitstream audio output via HDMI for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, and DTS-HD Master Audio* rigid construction with dual-layered top shields and triple-layered bottom shields* newly designed disc mechanism protects against magnetic influences, dust, and external vibration*

• Full HD 1080p/24 fps video output
• HDMI digital Interface
• 7.1 Channel digital audio output
• Quick Start Mode: enjoy content quickly without delay

Guess I got lucky
After reading some of the negative reviews of this player, I was a bit leery about purchasing it and withheld comment until I’d put a good 50 hours on it. But the Sharp Blu-Ray Disc Player works just dandy. It arrived in basically plug-and-play configuration. It plays DVDs and my audio CDs flawlessly, even tracking a few abused discs that kicked themselves out of my old machine.

I am not using the HDMI output as my Olevia TV supports only the Y Pb Pr connectors, but darn, that’s a pretty picture!!! I have watched a couple of Blu-Ray discs on it without a single hang. The machine has a solid feel to it, and so far has been a pleasure.

There’s a firmware update out there; I downloaded it to a stick as instructed but was unable to install. Any ideas? Something about reformatting the stick first in FAT format; I presume this is a Microsoft/Windows thing which my Mac is not interested in doing.

I’m listening to an Iris Dement audio CD as I type this. The Sharp has brought a new brilliance to my CD collection, and the Blu-Ray version of Letters from Iwo Jima has a remarkable clarity.

So maybe I got lucky, and in a month I’ll hate this thing, but so far so good. I’d recommend this Blu-Ray Disc Player machine to anyone.

  The Super Blu Player offers increased HDTV entertainment choices, because it can play 50 to 60 percent more high-def movie titles than either single-format player. With full networked interactivity available from selected HD DVDs, and the capability to handle networked “BD-Live” interactivity in forthcoming Blu-ray discs, it is the latest available technology that plays both disc formats.The LG Super Blu Player, which can output up to 1080p video resolution at 24-, 30- and 60-frames-per-second, supports various A/V formats, including MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264 video, MPEG1/2 audio, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, DTS and DTS-HD audio. The unit also includes multiple inputs/outputs such as HDMI 1.3 out, component/composite video outputs, digital optical and analog audio outputs as well as a LAN Ethernet port for network interactivity.LG Super Blu Player customers will enjoy superior quality video output with HDMI 1.3 Deep Color output to improve color tones and achieve finer color gradations to deliver the smoothest and most brilliant video output available. The player also features QDEO advanced video processing for superior up-scaling accuracy up to 1080p, improved noise reduction and consistent color precision. The new Super Blu Player incorporates LG’s SimpLink connectivity solution, enabling easier control of other LG SimpLink compatible equipment. The units are connected with an HDMI cable and use the HDMI-CEC communication standard. This allows the user to control other components on-screen or directly from each component. The BH200 also is equipped with a USB Media Host for easy access to digital music and photo libraries.

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Blu-ray means incredible full-HD images, breathtaking sound and 5x the data capacity of DVDs. Now Blu-ray means something else too: an entirely new movie-viewing experience, made possible by Final Standard Profile, which adds features never seen before, like four Picture-in-Picture modes including Enhanced Commentary (from directors and actors), Backstage Pass, Peek Behind the Animation and Audio Mixing.

Images So Real, You Feel Like You’re in the Picture
Combining a PHL Reference Chroma Processor with advanced P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing) imaging technology, UniPhier — the Precise Digital Video processor — reproduces crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. It does this by up-sampling the color information in decoded video signals, while the super high-speed P4HD up-converts content recorded in 480i/p, 720p or 1080i format to 1080p by correctly generating each pixel according to information drawn from up to 60 surrounding pixels. The image motion of each pixel is then categorized into one of 16 levels, from stationary to super fast. Image quality is further enhanced by Diagonal Processing, which creates smooth, sharp diagonal lines, and 3:2 Pull-Down, which optimizes the processing accordingly for film or video making the images look natural and lifelike. In addition, the DMP-BD30’s HDMI output is Deep Color compatible, with 4,096 steps of gradation for even smoother, finer-quality images that meet Hollywood’s stringent demands, so you can experience movies just the way they were meant to be experienced.

Incredible Sound Completes the Hi-Def Experience
With Precise Digital Audio, Blu-ray’s beautiful images are complemented by exceptionally pure, accurate sound thanks to Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. UniPhier’s advanced processing capability decodes these audio signals with high precision and outputs them in bitstream form with no degradation. It also brings re-mastering to Blu-ray for the first time, which compensates for data lost during the compression process creating a fuller, richer sound.

HD Networking with SD Card
The convenient SD card slot on the DMP-BD30 allows easy viewing of hi-def videos and photos on your HDTV. Videos shot with a Panasonic HD camcorder are output in their original 1920×1080 resolution, while still images taken with a Panasonic Lumix digital camera are up-converted and output in 1920×1080 resolution1.

One-Touch Control from Your TV’s Remote
With EZ Sync HDAVI Control, you can control your Blu-ray Disc player — and all your home theater components — with your TV’s remote2. Simply press the EZ Sync button and select “BD Player” on the menu screen; the BD player’s menu will be displayed and you can begin playback.   ]]> http://blueraydvd.tbgstore.com/2008/05/panasonic-dmp-bd30k-1080p-blu-ray-disc-player/feed/ http://blueraydvd.tbgstore.com/2008/05/sony-bdp-s300-1080p-blu-ray-disc-player/ http://blueraydvd.tbgstore.com/2008/05/sony-bdp-s300-1080p-blu-ray-disc-player/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 02:59:27 +0000 blueray http://blueraydvd.tbgstore.com/?p=4

Sony BDP-S300 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player

See and hear a whole new world of high definition with the incredible BDP-S300 Blu-ray Disc Player. The crystalline clarity of 1080p Blu-ray Disc movies1 and DVD upscaling2 has to be seen to be believed. Amazing 24p True Cinema3 2 output and cinema-tuned picture presets allow you to see movies exactly how the director intended. And with BRAVIA Theatre Sync, you can now you can control your compatible BRAVIA TV and AV systems3 from just one remote. x.v.ColorThanks to the adoption of a newly approved international color standard called xvYCC (an option in the HDMI v1.3 spec and which Sony participated in helping to create), the color space has been greatly expanded. 1.8 times as many natural colors as existing HDTV signals will now be faithfully reproduced. (x.v.Color capability is available on select BRAVIA televisions, Blu-ray Disc players and the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system.)

24p True Cinema Video Output
Many movies are filmed at 24 frames per second (fps) and prime time TV programs are videotaped at 24p. Seizing an opportunity, some studios are taking a purist approach and encoding high definition video content such as Blu-ray Disc in 24p. The BDP-S300 wisely takes advantage of this by including 24p output capability. The benefits are smoother and more natural-looking images that make watching television an experience to remember. (24p video input capability is available on select BRAVIA televisions.)

BRAVIA Theater Sync
Go beyond simple audio and video transmission with the “one-touch play” remote control feature that allows you to easily manage select BRAVIA televisions and Sony HDMI audio and video components with a single remote. (Available on select BRAVIA theater home A/V systems and components.)

Blu-ray’sHD resolution offers a vastly better picture than SD resolution availabel from regular DVD

More About Blu-ray
The format provides five times larger capacity than today’s DVDs, with unprecedented storage capacity of 25 GB (single-layer) and 50 GB (dual-layer). Blu-ray Disc players will be fully backward compatible with current DVD formats, delivering entertainment content in full high-definition (HD) quality, under a secure environment made possible through the most advanced copyright protection technology.

Blu-ray Disc provides picture quality beyond anything available, with full capability 1080p/24 resolution in Blu-ray and Up to 40Mbps bit encoding - 5X current DVD. The theater quality “uncompressed” audio supports 8 channels of Liner PCM, Up to 32 streams of audio, interactive capability, seamless menus, integrated games, hi-def bonus and educational features. Java will allow for more dynamic, more sophisticated interactivity.

Expand your workd with Sony products using Blu-ray Disc technology. It;s the heart of an outstanding line of Sony products with Blu-ray Disc technology that extends beyond the boundaries of high-definition and opens the new vistas for creativity, enjoyment, and interaction.

Discover unsurpassed picture quality and uncompressed audio on supporting media that goes beyond any other format you’ve seen. Immerse yourself in the unrivaled detail that lets you experiencemore in every movie, every game.

Movies

Find a huge selection of great movies available now on Blu-ray Disc

The best names in entertainment suppor Blu-ray Disc technology. Seven of Hollywood’s major studios — with 90% of home entertainment sales — ensure the most extensive library of high definition titles, with hits from SOny pictures, Walt Disney, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and Lions Gate. You’ll find more titles coming every month.

Blu-ray Disc was created to match the accelerating growth in digital consumer electronics and computer technology. The platform supports the convergence of film, music, gaming and other computer entertainment in a single standard. Sony Computer Entertainment’s adoption of Blu-ray Disc ROM technology in the next-generation PlayStation 3 system was announced at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Capacity Without Compromise
Everything that DVD can do, Blu-ray Disc does and more. Blue laser technology enables up to 50 GB of storage — five times the capacity of DVD. That’s room for nine hours of HD. Or 23 hours of SD. Or tens of thousands of songs. Unbelievable data storage.

Versatiltiy Beyond the Ordinary
From movies to music to games to PC software and file backup, Blu-ray Disc is your solution! The system embraces pre-recorded titles (BD-ROM), discs that you can record yourself (BD-R) and discs you can re-record over and over again (BD-RE). So we can anticipate not only BD players for your living room, but also BD recorders, BD-based game consoles, BD drives for your personal computer and even BD camcorders using compact 8 cm (3″) discs!

Samsung’s BD-P1400 is a perfect centerpiece to your media environment, providing the features you need for a fulfilling entertainment experience. Advanced Blu-ray playback technology gives you crisp, clear images, while added picture quality adjustment lets you set sharpness and noise reduction to your liking. HDMI v1.3 lets you experience richer colors. Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD compatibility completes the HD experience.

Samsung’s BD-P1400 is a perfect centerpiece to your media environment, providing the features you need for a fulfilling entertainment experience. Advanced Blu-ray playback technology gives you crisp, clear images, while added picture quality adjustment lets you set sharpness and noise reduction to your liking. HDMI v1.3 lets you experience richer colors. Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD compatibility completes the HD experience.

CD and DVD Compatible Samsung’s Blu-ray Disc Player offers state of the art viewing with CD and DVD playback compatibility. Even as you take advantage of the latest video and audio advances, you can still enjoy all your existing media content. 1080p with 24Hz Output View scenes as they were meant to be seen. The Blu-ray movie title’s original source (1080p/24Hz) output means you’ll enjoy the film picture quality. Seamlessly Connect Your Digital Devices With High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™ version 1.3), a single cable transfers the full power of the Blu-ray Disc Player’s high-definition video and audio signal to your HDTV and other digital devices. Version 1.3, standard in the BD-P1400, transfers deeper color and higher resolution, and handles the new, compressed audio formats. Another plus: Your room is freed from the unsightly tangle of multiple cords and cables.

Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby True HDImmerse yourself in sound. The BD-P1400 supports the new Dolby Digital Plus Audio format — the next generation in sound. It also supports uncompressed PCM Audio and Legacy dts 5.1 Dolby Digital. Dolby TrueHD is Dolby’s next-generation lossless technology developed for high-definition disc-based media. Dolby TrueHD delivers tantalizing sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master,* unlocking the true high-definition entertainment experience on next-generation discs. Anynet + Ready TV You’re in full command with the BD-P1400. Anynet+ delivers streamlined, one-touch control over all your Anynet compatible connected devices such as the TV, AV Receiver, and Home Theater. You can operate all of them with a single remote control that enables commands to be passed among devices within the system. A true “plug and play” product, it comes with a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) feature that lets you operate Samsung HDMI products with a single remote control. One Remote Trust Samsung to make home entertainment a seamless and exhilarating experience. Thanks to High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) with Consumer Electronic Control (CEC), just a click of a single remote control accesses any digital device in your SAMSUNG home entertainment system., and laptops. HDMI is the best performing interface for displaying an HD source on an HDTV.