Good News, Bad news !!! (Sony BDP-S1)

[JimPullan]

Greeting Forum Members,

I just got off the phone with the eastern seaboard Sony distributor and I was told the Sony BDP-S1 will be in stores before the Holiday shopping season (Thanksgiving through the end of the year). That's the good news !!

From their perspective, it appears that the Sony BDP-S1 will not achieve its mid to end of October goal, but will reach a realistic introduction date on or before the 15th. of November. That's the bad news !!!

Others in this A/V industry who are members of this Forum may want to affirm this with your supplier and confirm or deny this revelation.

Hmmm, where's my Pioneer Elite Blu-Ray Player ? Any date on it ???

Jim

[bferr1]

I was told 11/15 yesterday by Tweeter.

[hmurchison]

Well there goes Christmas.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by bferr1

I was told 11/15 yesterday by Tweeter.

The PS3 launches on November 17.


Any of you think these dates are just coincidences?

Originally Posted by hmurchison

Well there goes Christmas.

LOL, how do you figure? This is all before Christmas here. Right in time for the holiday crunch that is that final month before Christmas. That's the only time period that truly matters in this whole thing for this year.


I'm not surprised at all by any of this. If anything, it goes more along the lines of what I've been hoping for: A unified BD "launch" that has pretty much all the new BD hardware, including the PS3, come out around the same time, more or less.

Again: No one here wants a rush job done. BD needs to come out strong and right, so if it means nothing comes out until around November, so be it.

[BTBuck1]

Had I not purchased the HD-A1 i'd be totally pissed right now.

as i've been wanting this damn BDP-S1 forever!

Being that I have something (HD-A1) i'm okay with waiting a few more weeks.

I just hope the Sony is everything i've hoped it would be and more!

[ProvenFlipper]

Bestbuy.com has been sending out e-mails to people who pre-ordered that said 11/13. Circuit city also has an available date of early November.

[BTBuck1]

Originally Posted by ProvenFlipper

Bestbuy.com has been sending out e-mails to people who pre-ordered that said 11/13. Circuit city also has an available date of early November.

Looks like your less and less likely to opt out of the samsung eh flipper?

[JTK]

Makes perfect sense.

I know people are getting antsy, but I think this is potentially very good news.

Get it done right. Take your time. Have the unified launch.

[vick vega]

Will it do 1080i over componet? I only have 1 hdmi input that is already being used for my cable, I just wanted to know if there was any advantage to getting a switcher,which I already have,and two more hdmi cables? My 360 does 1080i over componet so will I really need to get the hdmi cables?

[ProvenFlipper]

Originally Posted by vick vega

Will it do 1080i over componet? I only have 1 hdmi input that is already being used for my cable, I just wanted to know if there was any advantage to getting a switcher,which I already have,and two more hdmi cables? My 360 does 1080i over componet so will I really need to get the hdmi cables?

The player will do 1080i over component, just not 1080p. The only problem that will arise is if and when ICT flag is enabled, then component output could be limited to 540p.