Another good news related to Blu-ray realm, Yamaha’s BD-S2900 Blu-ray player is in stock and ready to ship next monday, August 25th. This exciting new player features 1080p/24fps-compatible HDMI video output with 12-bit Deep Color support that allows a whopping total of 68.7 billion possible colors. You also get to have 1080p playback for regular DVDs, photos and personal video data. Apparently Audioholics is the first Authorized Yamaha Internet Dealer to have the new Yamaha BD-S2900 Blu-Ray Player In Stock. The previous news had it the player will hit store as early as November. This time the player will also be available for $1000 or a couple of hundred dollars cheaper than we had expected. [AudioHolics]
The rumor has it that Sony will be cutting the price of its budget Blu-ray player (BDP-S350) down to $299 on sometime in September. This will give larger segment of the market to consider the standalone Blu-ray player over PS3. Even before the intended cut, BDP-S350 which also feature very good regular DVD upscaling, was already relatively inexpensive compared with other standalone units. Sony’s Competitors are ready to cut their prices late September as well. Funai and its labeled brands (includes Philips/Magnavox, Sylvania and Insignia) is planning to cut the price of their players by $50 to $249. [HDGuru]
Pioneer’s Latest Blu-ray player specs have been leaked on the internet. The rumor has it that Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD will be the best Blu-ray player available in the market, surpassing even PS3 performance. The BDP-09FD is the first Pioneer unit to support Profile 2.0 and BD-Live with 4GB of internal storage. It will also cater for more conventional media, like CDs and DVDs, making it one single box for all. Each one of the units 7.1 analog outputs is equipped with their own digital to analog converters. Video comes by the way of one of the industry’s leading image processors and is fed over two HDMI 1.3a jacks. Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD will be available soon enough with price on the upper ante of $2200. [CrunchGear]
Mitsubishi has unveiled a two parts wireless HDTV system. The system will comprise of a very thin LCD screen (approx.1.5 inch), and then a separate Blu-ray optical drive box that also sends out the wireless signals to the TV. The Mitsubishi HDTV will incorporate AMIMON’s wireless technology, capable of delivering uncompressed HD video streams wirelessly. The wireless HDTV will enable flexible placement of HD source devices such as AVRs, DVRs, DVD players, set-top boxes (STBs) and game consoles anywhere within the room and throughout the home. The product is planned to release in the Japanese market this fall, expect to see it in the U.S. by next year. [Wired]
Funai (Sylvania, Symphonic, Emerson) is planning to sell LCD TVs with integrated Blu-ray Disc players in the US next summer. Currently 20% of all Funai TV sales in the US are based on TV/DVD player combos. Funai is likely to offer midsize and large screens with integrated Blu-ray players, both at Wal-Mart and electronics stores. Details are scarce at this point but a planned 42-inch LCD TV/Blu-ray combo, for example, is said to be priced between $1,100 and $1,300, which may not be too competitive considering it is another year from now. [CrunchGear]
The highly anticipated Yamaha’s new BD2900 Blu-ray player has been unveiled. The new Blu-ray player offers “BonusView” and supports for 1080p/24fps-compatible HDMI, and 12-bit Deep Color. You should have at least $1,200 if you want to buy the Yamaha BD2900 Blu-ray player. The player will be released in November 2008. [EngadgetHD]
I-O Data today released a new and sleek external Blu-Ray burner. Known as the BRD-UXP8, the device offers a burning speed of 8x. The burner also provides USB and eSATA interface and costs for €279. [Press Release]
Panasonic will release a new SATA Blu-Ray burner (LF-PB371JD) on September 13th, 2008. The burner offers burning speed up to 8x with an 8MB buffer. It will be able to burn all recordable optical media formats including DVD-RAM (5x), DVD-R (16x), DVD-R DL (8x), DVD-RW (6x), CD-R (48x), and CD-RW(24x). It will retail for approx. €250. [Panasonic]
LG Electronics and NEtFlix today unveiled the new Blu-Ray disc player that is able to stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly to the TV. The player plays high definition Blu-ray discs and able to upscale DVDs to 1080p resolution. In addition, the new LG BD300 also adopts LG’s SimpLink technology, which allows users to control similarly equipped LG TV and AV products via on-screen menus. It will be available in the next fall season. [Akihabara]
Here’s good news to every Blu Ray mania. I-O Data releases two new burners with 8x speed with dual layer BR-R disk. Available in 2 colors, black BRD-SP8B and white BRD-SP8, they will be available in Japan for estimated price of $358. [Akihabara] Read more
