The Best Source of High Definition is via a Blu Ray Player
With the introduction of the Blue Ray player and discs we saw the home entertainment industry changed for the better. Blue ray technology is a optical disc storage device that is a Sony technology. It gives the viewer high definition video and provides immense storage availability with the disc having 50 GB in capacity. Movie titles in the blue ray technology now number over 1500 and the blue ray players themselves are very affordable and easily located in most stores.
Blue ray disc readers use blue laser to read and write the data to the disc. This is a shorter wavelength and allows for substantially more data ( 6 times more) to be stored on a blue ray disc than can be on a DVD disc. There are two types of discs available, the standard size which is 12 cm in diameter and holds 25 GB on a single layer or 50 GB on a dual layer; and the mini disc which is only 8 cm in diameter and holds 7.8 GB on a single and 15.6 GB on a dual layer.
There are four Blue ray disc player options available, the audio only player that has no video decoding requirements, and three video player options. It is not a compulsory requirement that blue ray players be backwards compatible but most are capable of reading DVD and CDs. Making this a standard means more people will be able to pull in their existing DVD library without the additional costs of replacing them in blue ray format.
There are many companies who make blue ray players on the market today, and Sony is the leader of the pack when it comes to blue ray technology. Sony players are available in many different structures and you will find a version to fit your entertainment system needs. You will need to decide what you are wanting your cinematic experience to be before deciding on what player to purchase and also what price range you want to stay within.
The Sony BDP- S350 blue ray player gives the viewer 1080p high definition picture with 7.1 surround sound and 24p true cinema quality video. The consumer will also note that this player from Sony has Dolby Digital Plus. The player has high marks in reviews for being as much like cinematic experiences while watching as really being in a cinema. The case is in standard black which is the norm for almost all AV equipment.
The Sony BDP-S350 plays the following formats in discs, DVD + Video R/RW, CD playback and AVCHD playback. It is effortlessly upgraded for firmware by connecting the player to the internet, this will also allow the owner to download studio specific content such as trailers, interviews and other extras. Watching your blue ray movies will be almost instant, taking just 6 seconds to start with the quick start up mode. Watching a movie with this player will give the viewer a cinema like experience not gotten from DVD.
The Sony BDP-S550 blue ray player is a player that brings the consumer a higher level of blue ray technology. The S550 blue ray player is a total home entertainment system providing the consumer with 1080p high definition like the S350 does but it also provides precision cinema DH technology that lets the consumer convert the standard definition video signals up to the 1080p signals by means of an HDMI video cable. This model of Sony blue ray disc player also has a remote that is back lit for use in darker rooms adding to the cinema like experience.
Sony makes a wide range of blue ray players so choosing one will be the hardest part of your shopping experience. The price ranges are easy on the wallet so there is a Sony player for everyone. And blue ray movies are comparable to DVD in price making it fairly easy to switch over to the blue ray format.
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