Remember when you thought your new Sony Blu-ray player was the bees’ knees? Well now Sony has a 3D Blu-ray player (and accompanying 5.1 channel speaker system). Don’t worry, though, there’s a 3D firmware upgrade for your old BDP.
There may be few 3D Blu-rays available now, but come June/August when both the DBP-1611UD and DBP-2011UDCI are released, the situation should be looking up. Both players can handle 3D Blu-rays, as well as CD/DVD, SACD and DVD-Audio formats.
A mystery 3DTV has turned up on Amazon, sans picture but with a retail price of $US6000. Who’d have the nerve to charge that much, Sony? Samsung? No – it’s StreamTV. Whoever they are.
We’ve seen more exciting leaked roadmaps, but it’s rather comical that LG’s leak came about by accidentally sharing a Google Document. A 3D TV, 3D Blu-ray player and TV webcam for 720p Skype chat are all due to launch soon.
We’ve long been fans of Oppo, makers of high-quality, universal Blu-ray players, but that quality always came at a price. Their new BDP-80, announced today, plays Blu-ray discs, DVDs, SACDs, MKVs, MP3s and more for only $US289.
We’re only into the second week of the year, but already we’ve seen thousands of gadgets and gizmos announced, thanks to CES. But what to splurge on? Hopefully our choices this year will help you out in your buying quandaries.
