New Blu-ray Players Info

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I just received the Feb 2007 electronic newsletter from Widescreen Review. Here is what appears to be new information. LG might be able to do a firmware update on the $1200 BH100 Super BLUE player so that it is a fully functional HD-DVD player with HDI. Quote “…they hinted that it might be a firmware updateable addition in the future-maybe.” I sure would not buy the LG BH100 until the firmware is updated. I will have to see it to believe it. This is more like a rumor since LG is not sure this can be done.

Sony plans on coming out with two new BLU-RAY standalone players this year. Both will support 1080P/24 with a HDMI 1.3. Both players will have Sony’s X.V.Color system which is really a form of XvYCC. These two BLU-RAY players can provide 1.8 times the amount of colors of sRGB. Right now the prototype players are called Sapphire 1 and Sapphire 2. Some time in 2007 these two Sony players are planned to be released with an official model name.