htfreak Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 Sony's budget Bluray player will be launched in Japan on 11th Nov, followed by the US, Europe and Australia on the 17th Nov for US$599. This player will be equipped with built in gigabit ethernet network, wifi, bluetooth and USB capability. In addition, it will be equipped with a HDMI output port, Optical Audio output and 60GB HDD. ;D Extracted from IGN May 8, 2006 - Sony's major E3 conference just wrapped up, and the hardware news was quite big. Sony will release the Playstation 3 in America on November 17. $499 will purchase the unit with a 20 GB hard drive, while $599 will buy the system with a 60 GB hard drive. Sony plans to have 2 million units ready to ship at launch, 2 million more before the end of 2006, and an additional 2 million units by the end of March 2007. Oops.. Just noticed that someone else has posted it earlier. Maybe the mods can combine the two threads together since I'm not able to delete this.
Quest88 Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 US$499.. with the flagging US$ rate thats only about S$800. Not too shabby I guess.
Doggie Howser Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 US$499.. with the flagging US$ rate thats only about S$800. Not too shabby I guess. You probably want the 599 version for the HDMI out. Just in case :)
htfreak Posted May 9, 2006 Author Posted May 9, 2006 Unfortunately the $499 version does not come with HDMI output. Thus, no guarantee that Hollywood will not apply ICT for component outputs later in the game. Other than the lower 20GB HDD, other things missing include Wifi and MS/SD reader. Hence, if you intend to use this for Blu-Ray movie playback, getting the $599 version will be a better bet.
Gaolow Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 very attractive price....for US$599...but hope they resolve the heat problem hmmmm..time to save up. any news when will asia launch?
varun1624705824 Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 Everybody, some discipline in the queue please. You are BEHIND me. Line up properly... yes... that's right... well done. :-) Can hardly wait, - V.
Oxygen1624705820 Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Everybody, some discipline in the queue please. You are BEHIND me. Line up properly... yes... that's right... well done. :-) Can hardly wait, - V. Ha Ha... then can i que behind u :) :) Hardly Wait too.....
c7221624705751 Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 in my opinion, the most incredible thing abt this $599 PS3 is: it can play CD. This is not trivial, as all other announced BR players costing US$1k above cannot. If it can also do 480i over HDMI it would be a very gd transport. Hope the SG version has the usual "additional feature" of being region free for DVD, BRs... (and as usualy mod'able in SLS to be region free for games ;D )
varun1624705824 Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 (and as usualy mod'able in SLS to be region free for games ;D ) The latter is now illegal (Singapore-US Free Trade Agreement led to SG adopting large chunks of US copyright law, including making illegal the modification of devices in a way that can lead to copyright infringement) so you're going to have to find some underground bro to do it... when you do, be sure to PM all of us. ;-) - V.
htfreak Posted May 10, 2006 Author Posted May 10, 2006 Well Bluray's region coding has Singapore placed in the same region as the US. At least we won't have to suffer the overly censored movies ala Code 3 versions of DVD's.
karlie Posted May 11, 2006 Posted May 11, 2006 The latter is now illegal (Singapore-US Free Trade Agreement led to SG adopting large chunks of US copyright law, including making illegal the modification of devices in a way that can lead to copyright infringement) so you're going to have to find some underground bro to do it... when you do, be sure to PM all of us. ;-) I still don't think it is true (did we have that argument on another forum?) ;) I still think the Singapore DMCA-like provision that was required to sign the treaty does include a clause allowing to bypass region-coding. On the other hand, with the new techniques of Firwmware updates and key revocation, 3rd party will not be able so easily to produce mod chip: it will have to come from the manufactuerer. I am 80% sure that the HD-DVD and blue-ray players available in Singapore will not be region coded.
varun1624705824 Posted May 11, 2006 Posted May 11, 2006 I still don't think it is true (did we have that argument on another forum?) ;) Not with me, Karlie, perhaps someone else? I still think the Singapore DMCA-like provision that was required to sign the treaty does include a clause allowing to bypass region-coding. I wasn't referring to the region coding per se - I was talking about mod chips... HD-DVD, for instance, is currently not region coded at all. Best, - V.
Audio Posted May 16, 2006 Posted May 16, 2006 No need to wait for this. In July, I will buy this :- Sony BDP-S1 This is one of the reasons why Playstation 3 is moved to Nov this year....how can you launch Playstation 3 which can play Blu-Ray earlier than the DELICATED player for Blu-Ray? (Audio)
Audio Posted May 16, 2006 Posted May 16, 2006 Bro, you are the one ;D Sony Top DVDp,Ruby,stewart,HD-DVD+all softwares and coming First BD player+ all softwares? ;) Just hungry...bought Ruby, Stewart but no HD media to play.......very hungry..... (Audio)
Audio Posted May 16, 2006 Posted May 16, 2006 Eat immediately?? JeffOng, SLKK and me have already waited a month....still hungry...when BDP-S1 launch also same issue...no stock.....Playstation 3 launch...will be worst than PS2.... Sigh..... You better off than me...me cannot afford the video processor you're playing with....hee hee :) (Audio)
htfreak Posted May 16, 2006 Author Posted May 16, 2006 Audio.. since money no object, you should be getting the Pioneer Blu-ray player instead since it supports features like built in Ethernet port providing UPNP connectivity. ;D
Jason Yeo Posted May 16, 2006 Posted May 16, 2006 Eat immediately?? JeffOng, SLKK and me have already waited a month....still hungry...when BDP-S1 launch also same issue...no stock.....Playstation 3 launch...will be worst than PS2.... Sigh..... You better off than me...me cannot afford the video processor you're playing with....hee hee :) (Audio) Video processor is still for backward stuff , nothing special . 1080p,BD,HD is the next generation stuffs and you are going bite a taste of its very soon :-*
kmolth Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Last Sunday I was at Wisma Atria top floor and saw the Sony showroom with the 15k 1080p PJ..... I think the price for 1080p pj should hit below 10k next year I think...... hmmm..... now that I just ordered my VP30.....well it is still good for the Starhub Digital box and my old dvd's software.....hehehe...... Is there any movies on blu-ray yet guys?
htfreak Posted May 17, 2006 Author Posted May 17, 2006 Blu-Ray software will only make their debut in late June, about 1 week before the players start making their appearance. However, their launch titles will outpace HD-DVD ones including 2 Day-and-Date titles like Ultraviolet and Underworld Evolution.
Audio Posted May 18, 2006 Posted May 18, 2006 Anything Blu-Ray not release yet. HD-DVD camp:- Toshba player out this week. About 11 titles now available. Best Buy and Fry's Electronics outlets, - no stock. (Audio)
varun1624705824 Posted May 19, 2006 Posted May 19, 2006 Do not forget: EVD-VMD is the way to go. (Mr Chua, where are you???) ;) - V.
Jag Posted May 21, 2006 Posted May 21, 2006 Aiya, i really hope someone comes out with a universal player soon.......
Phil1624705739 Posted May 21, 2006 Posted May 21, 2006 Aiya, i really hope someone comes out with a universal player soon....... Look Korean... kekekeke... Phil
oliverlim Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 Just note thattheToshiba player is still not outputting 1080p and it is not comfirmed when or if thefirmware upgrade is going to happen. Also it is also using a the wrong colour space conversion which results in mainly wrong greens. Lumagen is issuing a work around today to correct that. So I guess all iscan users should ask DVDO to do the same :p Oliver
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