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Sony to release Webified Blu-ray
SONY has unveiled a Blu-ray player which can connect to the Internet to download bonus material like trailers and games.
The machine will hit the shops in summer and will be the first release since the format thumped HD-DVD in the format war.
Dubbed the BDP-S350, the player will set you back about $400, and will come with an Ethernet port to allow connection to home networks.
However it seems that the gear will not be 'plug and play'. Sony will release a software upgrade to enable that feature called BD-Live.
In fact it will not be until the BDP-S550 becomes available in autumn "about $500" that BD-Live-capability will come with the shipment.
It is not clear what BD-Live will look like. But we suspect that connecting your machine to the people that made it is probably not going to be a killer application. Indeed there could be some things such as advertising, wiping of 'illegal' codecs and other things that might make such technology totally undesirable. µ
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didn't hd-dvd already have something like this???? nice to see that they are stealing ideas from that format!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like the Bluray spec will finally be catching up to HDDVD.. I was already able to download videos using the _Transformers_ HDDVD, without having to join some grotty Sony Live junk.. 

And why would one buy this garbage for $400 when they could get a PS3? For the IR remote capability? The leather? The Machismo?

I am filled with meh, and I'll wait until the 45nm PS3 plus price drop (or larger disk for equal $$) or until Criterion starts shitting out Bluray Kurosawa stuff..
Get a PS3, much better value for your money, Oblivion looks great on it and don't forget FF XIII coming out soon.
The PS3 automatically upscales any standard DVD playback to full 1080P resolution if you have a TV that can support it.
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