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Sony BDP-S550

Sony has made standalone Blu-ray players since the format's inception, but they've always been overshadowed by the company's game console, the PlayStation 3. In many ways, the Sony BDP-S550 is the company's first standalone that might be a smarter buy than the PS3 for nongamers. The BDP-S550 is Profile 2.0...

Tags: Home entertainment, Games, Game players, TV & Home Theater, Sony BDP-S550, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2008-11-17

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Full Wal-Mart Black Friday ad hits Internet, complete with Samsung, Sony HDTV deals

If you read yesterday's post, you already know about a few of Wal-Mart's Black Friday home theater deals, including a $78 Blu-ray player. At long last, Wal-Mart's full Black Friday ad has hit the Web, and it includes some of those brand names that the earlier deals lacked. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Advertisement, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Internet, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Sony to charge $24.95 for Bravia owners to rent "Chance of Meatballs" before DVD release

Leveraging some synergy between its electronics arm and its movie studio, Sony announced today that it's going to offer its hit kiddies flick "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" to owners of select Bravia home theater gear a full month before it's released on DVD. The price for this privilege—and...

Tags: Sony Corp., Movie, Pricing Strategy, DVD, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Blu-ray Players/Home Theater Systems

With prices for both players and discs plunging, this may be the holiday season for Blu-ray. Already online movie streaming is making inroads—even on Blu-ray players themselves. Some of these picks are integrating on-demand video services into their feature sets, hoping to keep themselves relevant in...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Disc, Blu-ray, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Sony wises up, unveils new networked Blu-ray player with Netflix, Slacker support

It was just a couple of days ago I was complaining about Sony's decision to introduce a Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi into the marketplace without offering any of the Internet services that other connected home theater devices are already offering. Now Sony appears to be...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., Blu-ray, BDP-N460, Wireless LANs, Home Entertainment, Wi-Fi, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Sony's Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, no interesting Internet services available this week

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to buying an Internet-ready HDTV, and don't need all of the widgets the sets will be rolling out, a networked Blu-ray player could be a viable option. Most importantly, these units are offering the same Netflix and Amazon On Demand video-streaming...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., built-In, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Blu-ray, Internet Service, Wireless LANs, Internet, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-07

Oppo BDP-83

Photo gallery:Oppo BDP-83Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent upconverting DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect it was a smart move; almost...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Home entertainment, Blu-ray, DVD, Oppo BDP-83

Product reviews 2009-09-02

The Internet's migration to the TV

Or use Windows Media Centerand do pretty much everything you talked about now. Or a few years ago.And no, Apple won't do a DVR. Why let you record for free (well, what you are paying already) when they can try to sell it to you from iTunes?RE: The...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, Internet, interactivity

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Gadget Gal's daily deals: 80GB iPod, Sony Blu-ray player, 50-inch LG HDTV

A refurbished 80GB Apple iPod, a Sony Blu-ray player, and an LG 50-inch HDTV. Here are your daily deals for Tuesday, July 28, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the refurbished Apple 5th Generation 80GB iPod Video for $140, including free shipping, at Buy.com. The iPod...

Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Player, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Blu-ray, Digital Music, Digital Media, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Home Entertainment, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Sony introduces massive Blu-ray disc changers for the one guy with 400 Blu-ray discs

Having made disc-changer units for CDs and traditional DVDs in the past, Sony inevitably had to make them for Blu-ray discs, which it's apparently finally ready to do. The company has announced two new "megachangers" that can hold and play up to 400 Blu-ray titles. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Blu-ray Disc, Disc, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Sony BDV-E500W

Now that Blu-ray players are officially a $100 commodity, it's no surprise that manufacturers are trying to cram the technology into home theater systems at the lowest price possible. Sony's BDV-E500W ($800) takes a decidedly more high-end approach, offering Blu-ray playback in a 5.1 home-theater-in-a-box HTIB system, with step-ups like...

Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, surround speaker, Sony BDV-E500W, Sony Corp., speaker, home theater

Product reviews 2009-07-20

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Pure Digital Mino camcorder, Sony Bravia HDTV, Canon Vixia HG10 camcorder

A 40-inch Sony Bravia LCD HDTV, a Pure Digital Mino camcorder, and a Canon Vixia HG10 camcorder. Here are your daily deals for Wednesday, May 27, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Save $300 off of the Sony Bravia KDL-40V4100 40-inch 1080p LCD...

Tags: Sony Corp., Camcorder, HDTV, Blu-ray, Canon Inc., Woot, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Sony HT-SS360

Photo gallery:Sony HT-SS360Home-theater-in-a-box systems have been around forever, but the latest marketing angle is the "Blu-ray ready HTIB." The new phrase simply means that the system consists of a surround-sound-speaker system and an AV receiver, so you only need to add a Blu-ray player to complete your home theater. The...

Tags: subwoofer, Sony HT-SS360, speaker, HTIB, Sony Corp., center channel

Product reviews 2009-05-21

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Skype sale, Dell Outlet clearance, Sony Blu-ray player, HP Officejet printer

A sale on Skype memberships, an HP All-in-1 printer, a Sony Blu-ray player, and a sale on Dell laptops, desktops, and printers. Here are your deals for Tuesday, April 28, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. From now until May 6, save 25...

Tags: Sony Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Sale, Skype Technologies S.A., Blu-ray, Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray Player, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Sony BDP-S360

Photo gallery:Sony BDP-S360Blu-ray may have started out as a mess, with confusing "profiles" and painfully slow load times, but beginning this year standalone players have finally gotten their acts together. Sony's entry-level BDP-S360 is typical of the new breed of Blu-ray players. It has the basics covered, with Profile 2.0...

Tags: Sony BDP-S360, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-14

Sony BDP-S360 photos

The Sony BDP-S360 handles all the Blu-ray basics with ease, but it lacks the streaming internet content found on competing models. by CNET News.com

Tags: Sony Corp., Photograph, Sony BDP-S360, Internet, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-04-14

Sony debuts Blu-ray player with built-in wireless networking support

I know I'm not alone in not being able to figure out Sony's strategy from one product offering to the next, and once again I'm scratching my head a bit. At the same time the company is unveiling new networked TVs with Ethernet connections (providing faster...

Tags: Sony Corp., Network, Player, built-In, Wireless Networking, Blu-ray, Wireless, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Top-selling products on Black Friday 2008

PriceGrabber.com published the list of top products sold on Black Friday 2008. Nintendo Wii Console Ugg Australia ‘Classic Short’ Boot Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player Samsung LN52A650 52″ LCD TV Nintendo Wii Fit Panasonic TH-42PX80U 42″ Plasma TV Sennheiser HD 555 Headphones Canon EOS Rebel XSi Black SLR...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Canon Inc., Nintendo Wii, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Notebooks & Tablets, AM

Blog posts 2008-11-30

First Black Friday ads show up online: 50-inch Samsung plasma for $899.99

Try as they might, big retailers can't stop their ads for Black Friday otherwise known as the day after Thanksgiving and unofficial start of the holiday shopping season from leaking online often weeks in advance. This year, Sears has the dubious distinction of being the first major retailer of HDTV...

Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, Advertisement, Sears Roebuck & Co., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Retail Company, Home Entertainment, Retail, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Sherwood America introduces $300 Blu-ray player

The Sherwood name has been attached to electronics for more than 50 years, but it may get some new visibility with its announcement that it's releasing the $299.95 BDP-5003 Blu-ray player next month. By hitting that price point, it will match low-priced competitors like the Samsung...

Tags: Player, Blu-ray, Sherwood America, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-14