So did anyone else notice that the newly announced Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray player was now available at places like BestBuy online? The stores themselves were not stocked with the unit ( I checked the West LA location on Sunday afternoon) but the online site had the new player listed at $499.99 which is the MSRP for the player. In fact, SonyStyle.com now has the player listed for sale also here. (It’s listed as in-stock now).

Features of the new BSP-S300 include:

  • BD-ROM playback support
  • Supports DVD-Video, DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW, CD playback
  • AVC-HD Media playback with x.v.Color output
  • Supports MPEG-2/MPEG4-AVC/VC-1
  • Full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema Video Output
  • DVD upscaling to 1080p via HDMI
  • BRAVIA Theater Sync
  • Cinema Tuned Picture Presets
  • Dolby Digital Plus decoding capability
  • Dolby Digital and dts 5.1 channel output
  • Multi channel 192KHz/24 bit Audio D/A converters
  • BD-Java Interactive capability
  • Popup Menu
  • Quick Setup
  • Screen Saver
  • MP3 and JPEG playback

I’m waiting for additional reviews of the unit but I’m considering getting the player – especially since I really would like a new 1080p capable DVD player for the home (I’ve been using the Xbox 360 for DVD playback and I’m just not happy with DVD quality on the Xbox 360).

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