After a double delay, finally Sony announces the BDP-S1 Blu-ray disc player release and availability on major retailers nationwide.
Sony's BDP-S1 model outputs 1920 x 1080p (progressive) high-definition video. It is the highest resolution HD signal currently available through a HDMI connection. The player supports various high quality video codecs, including MPEG2, MPEG4-AVC and VC1. For those consumers who own an HDTV set without HDMI, an analog component output for 1080i (interlaced) has been included.
Sony will be offering firmware updates in 2007 to allow the BDP-S1 model to play back BD-R/RE recorded media and enhanced BD-Java functionality
Prices are still around $1000 (about €760), not really cheap, isn't it?
As usual, feel free to discuss about this player on our HDTV forum 🙂
Source: ecoustics
