The talk of the town has been how the electronics industry is embracing
3D as the way forward for home entertainment. Sony, not to be outdone
at CES 2010,
has released a number of televisions and Blu-ray players that support
new-fangled 3D.
The BDP-S770, pictured above, is to be made available in summer 2010.
It supports Multiview Video Encoding for 3D video, built-in WiFi, DLNA
support, and an application that can be downloaded for free from
Apple's App store that enables the iPhone and touch to be used as
remote
controls.
At the cheaper end of the market, sandwiched by the WiFi-supporting
BDP-S570, the BDP-S370, successor to the
popular S350 (2008) and S360 (2009) players, also supports the funky
Apple app but does without 3D or a built-in WiFi adapter (available
separately). We expect to see it for around £150 this spring.
Let's hope it speeds up the loading of discs, as the '360 and '350 are
notoriously slow in this regard.