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Sony to open up Blu-ray as a "social network"

Sounds a bit like someone is mixing up their internet buzzwords. The head of Sony Electronics' US division, Stan Glasgow, has some interesting ideas for the future of Blu-ray, revealing that "We're going to have to open [Blu-ray] up as a social network--not just contributions of Sony and other Blu-ray partners."

Sony's Next-Generation Blu-ray Disc Player Now Available at Sony Style Stores and Retailers Across the Country

NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony's next-generation Blu-ray Disc player, model BDP-S350, is now available across the country at Sony Style retail outlets, sonystyle.com and other authorized Sony retailers. The BDP-S350 supports BonusView (picture-in-picture), which is featured on select new Blu-ray Disc home video releases, and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for easy firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. A firmware update enabling BD-Live is planned later this year. It also features quick start-up mode improving the player's boot-up time to approximately a few seconds and offers an external port for local storage for BD-Live, allowing users to add an optional flash storage device (sold separately).

Sony Blu-ray player is no PS3

(CNET) -- Sony has been the public face of Blu-ray since the format's inception, and while most of the focus during the bitter Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war was on the company's PlayStation 3, Sony has been making stand-alone Blu-ray players from the start, beginning with the $1,000 BDP-S1.

Sony?€™s web-friendly Blu-Ray player hits

Sony BDP-S350Now Blu-Ray’s firmly in the driving seat for HD discs, Sony’s pulling no punches and piling next-gen features into its players. The new BDP-S350 is the first deck from Sony to support full BD-Live features. That means Blu-Ray discs are about to go interactive like never before.

Sony Intros Slim BonusView & BD-Live Blu-ray Player

Sony’s BDP-S350 Blu-ray Disc player supports BonusView (featured on select new Blu-ray discs), and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. Sony vows that a firmware update enabling BD-Live is planned for later this year.

The Criterion Collection's Reference Blu-ray Player: The Playstation 3

ps3120-3.jpgThe folks at the Criterion Collection know a thing or two about movies. They restore classic films for release on DVD and, starting later this year, Blu-ray. So when they set up their screening rooms, you'd expect them to have some crazy $1,000 Blu-ray player, right? Nope. The Criterion Collection people rock a PlayStation 3 for use as their reference Blu-ray player. If you needed further proof that the PS3 is the best Blu-ray player out there, now you have it. [CNET]

Sony's Next-Generation Blu-ray Disc Player Now Available at Sony Style Stores and Retailers Across the Country

Sony's Next-Generation Blu-ray Disc Player Now Available at Sony Style Stores and Retailers Across the Country

Sony's New BD Live Enabled Blu-ray Players

Sony last night introduced its latest standalone Blu-ray Disc players, both incorporating the latest Blu-ray interactivity features.

Sony's Stan Glasgow: Blu-ray to be a Social Network

Sony Electronics CEO, Stan Glasgow, has been chatting away about how the company is doing under Sir Howard Stringer's new 'Total Sony' strategy.

Sony Wants to Make Blu-Ray More Interactive.

Just in case customers were sure that Blu-ray disc (BD) profile 2.0 was the final one for the format, Sony Corp. said that it would be glad to add further features would add features that will further differentiate Blu-ray from DVD, but which may potentially involve a new profile and hardware changes.

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Sony's Stan Glasgow Talks TVs, Blu-ray

Stan Glasgow is either the most down to earth PR person Sony has or the company is taking a new direction with its marketing. This interview has some really interesting nuggets in it for Blu-ray fans and, as mentioned above, it is a surprisingly realistic assessment of where Blu-ray is at today:

IFA 2008 ? Sony Unveils Blu-ray Player Line-Up

If prices are any indication, Blu-ray is beginning to reach the mass market. Even players from big brands are becoming more affordable, reaching the €250 mark. Sony is no exception and is unveiling its new Blu-ray players BDP-S350 and BDP-S550, which will cost €330 and €440 respectively. These models are updated versions of the current BDP models S300 and S500.

Spanish Broadcasting System Goes on Air in HD With Sony's XDCAM System

PARK RIDGE, N.J., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- When Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) went on the air recently from its new studio, the Miami-based radio, TV and internet network did more than unveil a new look. It became one of the first Hispanic networks to implement full HD production, the network said. SBS' Mega TV network is broadcasting out of a newly redesigned, integrated studio. The heart of SBS' new HD production capabilities is the Sony XDCAM(R) HD system. The network has standardized its production and program delivery on the newest version of the Sony optical technology: the 2/3 inch PDW-700 camcorder and the PDW-HD1500 deck, as well as several PDW-U1 drives which will be used at editing stations throughout the facility. The new studio also features eight Sony HDC-1400 studio cameras and two MVS-8000G switchers, with Sony's BRC-H70

Open source social networking app thrives in China

The popular social networking site Facebook just announced a Chinese version, but similar Chinese-based Web sites such as Xiaonei and Hainei have been struggling there. However, since April, UCenter Home, an open source social network service based on PHP and MySQL, is pushing open social networking in China.

Sony Launches Next-Gen Blu-ray Player

Sony says its next-generation Blu-ray player is now available at Sony Style retail outlets and at the company's web site, SonyStyle.com.

Sony BDP-350 finally set to arrive in Canada

Sony's next gen Blu-ray player now shippingA month ago, Digital Home reported that Sony had released its next-generation standalone Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-S350 in North America. Later we learned that for Sony, North America only meant the United States and not Canada.

Sony Ships BDP-S350 BD-Live Ready Blu-ray Player

Sony announced this week that its next-generation Blu-ray Disc player is now available at retailers across the country. The BDP-S350 supports BonusView (picture-in-picture) and is BD-Live ready. Sony plans to release a firmware update that will enable BD-Live later this year.

Zenoss Core Recognized as Best Open Source Network Monitoring Solution

Annapolis, MD (August 21, 2008) - Zenoss Core has been awarded the InfoWorld Best of Open Source Software Award in the Network Monitoring category. The InfoWorld judges cited Zenoss Core's "unified, object-based repository of infrastructure monitoring," and "tightly integrated tools and reports," as reasons for selecting Zenoss Core as the leading open source solution for network monitoring. The Zenoss Core project is sponsored and developed by Zenoss, Inc. a leading provider of open source network, systems and application management software.

Toshiba Forgets HD-DVD. Remembers DVD

Toshiba got its clock cleaned by Sony by supporting the HD DVD format over Sony's Blu-ray discs. But the next-generation video war really didn't have any winners. Even with HD DVDs out of the running, Sony can't seem to sell enough Blu-ray players to afford enough red ink to print a chart of how bad they're doing with the format; if it wasn't for the Blu-ray player in the Playstation 3, next to no one would have one. And now Toshiba's back, and angling towards fighting the next-gen hi-def wars one more time: Let's go back to watching standard DVDs, played back in Toshiba's Extended Detail Enhancement players (XDE).

New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray

PHPNerd writes "A new consumer survey recently released chronicles the woes of the winner of the hi-definition format war: nobody wants it. While consumers were very happy to embrace the DVD standard when it came about because it brought a huge jump in quality over VHS, the pros of switching to Blu-ray are not as obvious. From the article: 'In contrast, while half of the respondents to our survey rated Blu-ray's quality as 'much better' than standard DVD, another 40% termed it only 'somewhat better,' and most are very satisfied with the performance of their current DVD players." Another reason cited was that a Blu-ray investment also dictates an HDTV purchase, something consumers are reluctant to do.'" Maybe it's also that line-doubling DVD players can be had for less than a hundred dollars.

Entries Invited for the 2009 Open Source Business Award

NUREMBERG, Germany, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Headquartered in Nuremberg, Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (http://www.osbf.de), the European network of the open source sector, is now inviting entries for the 2009 Open Source Business Award. The OSBA is the largest European business plan competition, and is open to all companies, consortia, public authorities and private individuals concerned with innovative solutions that are based on open source software. Participants have until November 30, 2008 to submit their business plans and concepts to win prize money totaling EUR 78,000, coaching offerings by established experts and venture capital financing. The awards ceremony will be held on January 28, 2009, during the "Open Source Meets Business" congress, which publishers Heise Verlag are staging in cooperation with OSBF in Nuremberg.

Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims

schliz writes "Samsung expects Sony's Blu-ray technology to be superseded within five years, despite winning the high-definition format war in February." Maybe that means five years from now will be the perfect time to stock up on cheap Blu-ray disks and equipment.

Sony's New Blu-Ray Players Land

Sony has launched two new Blu-ray Disc players. The latest next-generation BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 promise the ‘ultimate’ full HD home cinema experience and incorporate an impressive range of innovative new features.

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