| The home movie industry was greatly changed with | | | | The Sony BDPS350 is a player that has 1080p high |
| the introduction of the Blu Ray DVD disc and player. | | | | definition picture, a 7.1 surround sound system built in, |
| The Blu Ray technology is an optical disc storage | | | | with 24 p true cinema. It also comes with Dolby |
| medium designed by Sony that provides high | | | | Digital plus. The case colour is standard black. The |
| definition video with a massive 50 GB of storage | | | | Sony BDPS350 Blu-ray player is considered as close |
| capacity. Today there are more than 1500 movies on | | | | to a cinematic experience as one can get making |
| Blu Ray disc and the players are affordable and easily | | | | The Sony BDP-S350 plays the following formats in |
| accessible. | | | | discs, DVD + Video R/RW, CD playback and AVCHD |
| Blu ray disc readers use Blue laser to read and write | | | | playback. It is effortlessly upgraded for firmware by |
| the data to the disc. This is a shorter wavelength and | | | | connecting the player to the internet, this will also |
| allows for substantially more data ( 6 times more) to | | | | allow the owner to download studio specific content |
| be stored on a Blu-ray disc than can be on a DVD | | | | such as trailers, interviews and other extras. |
| disc. There are two types of discs available, the | | | | Watching your Blu-ray movies will be almost instant, |
| standard size which is 12 cm in diameter and holds 25 | | | | taking just 6 seconds to start with the quick start up |
| GB on a single layer or 50 GB on a dual layer; and the | | | | mode. Watching a movie with this player will give the |
| mini disc which is only 8 cm in diameter and holds 7.8 | | | | viewer a cinema like experience not gotten from |
| GB on a single and 15.6 GB on a dual layer. | | | | DVD. |
| There are four Blu-ray disc player options available, | | | | The Sony BDP-S550 Blu-ray player is a player ramped |
| the audio only player that has no video decoding | | | | up to the next level of entertainment. The S550 |
| requirements, and three video player options. It is not | | | | Blue-ray player is a complete home entertainment |
| a compulsory requirement that the players are | | | | system with 1080p, full high definition and 7.1 |
| backwards compatible but most are capable of | | | | surround sound. Besides have the ultimate in sound |
| reading DVD and CD's. Making this a standard means | | | | experience, this blur ray player gives instant access |
| more people will be able to pull in their existing DVD | | | | to studio specific content and the precision cinema |
| library without the additional costs of replacing them | | | | HD technology allows you to convert standard |
| in Blu-ray format. | | | | definition signals to 1080p with the use of a HDMI |
| There are many companies who make Blu-ray | | | | cable. The remote is backlit so surfing in the dark |
| players on the market today, and Sony is the leader | | | | with the remote will be a breeze. |
| of the pack. Sony players are available in many | | | | Sony makes a wide range of Blu-ray players so |
| different structures and you will find a version to fit | | | | choosing one will be the hardest part of your |
| your entertainment system needs. You will need to | | | | shopping experience. The price ranges are easy on |
| decide what you are wanting your cinematic | | | | the wallet so there is a Sony player for everyone. |
| experience to be before deciding on what player to | | | | Blu-ray movies are comparable to DVD in price |
| purchase and also what price range you want to stay | | | | making it fairly easy to switch over from DVD. |
| within. | | | | |