This Sony press release announces that the company has started shipping its newest Blu-Ray stand alone player to customers. The BDP-S300 was originally going to be priced at $599 but in a bit of a surprise Sony announced that the new Blu-Ray player will now be priced at $499, making the model the first stand alone Blu-Ray player to be priced cheaper than the former price champion the Playstation 3. The sudden price decrease of the BDP-S300 player has many on the Internet speculating that Sony might be thinking about a price drop for the PS3 later this year.

FEATURES:
The BDP-S300 is expected to broaden the high-definition disc player
Playback.
Currently the highest resolution high-definition signal available through
An HDMI(TM) connection. The player supports various video formats,
The standard
The new BD unit incorporates BRAVIA Theatre Sync utilizing HDMI
Compatible BRAVIA flat-panel LCD television or audio/video receiver. With
Additionally, the player offers multi-channel linear PCM digital audio

It also supports BD-ROM, AVC-HD Media, DVD video and DVD playback from
DVD/DVD+R/+RW encoded discs, CD playback, as well as MP3 audio files and recordable BD media.

So its time… TO GET GOING!!!

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