Sony to delay BDP-S1 player until October?

EricRWem · 06-21-2006, 02:54 PM

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...hav_bluraydisc

Note the release date: October 25.

RobertR · 06-21-2006, 02:56 PM

Looks like the Samsung player is it for BD for at least the next 4 months?

Adam Tyner · 06-21-2006, 03:01 PM

It could be that Sony Style was only allotted so many players for pre-order, and that first batch has already been reserved.

EricRWem · 06-21-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner

It could be that Sony Style was only allotted so many players for pre-order, and that first batch has already been reserved.

That's very possible. Is there anyone who can find out for sure on this?

I know they're running to the moon on AVS, for starters, with this and assuming for sure that the product has been fully delayed outright.

DaViD Boulet · 06-21-2006, 04:38 PM

If Sony continues to delay and STILL doesn't provide HDMI 1.3 and/or advanced audio decoding in their player this videophile will be very put-out. I'd go so far as to say vexed.

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Larry Sutliff · 06-21-2006, 05:39 PM

Perhaps Sony is waiting to release their player when 50GB discs are ready. Might be a smart move.

Matt Hetzler · 06-21-2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner

It could be that Sony Style was only allotted so many players for pre-order, and that first batch has already been reserved.

Nope, it's an across the board delay, according to posters over at AVS that have talked to their Sony reps. They said they were just informed this morning about the delay.

Joseph Bolus · 06-21-2006, 09:51 PM

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Nope, it's an across the board delay, according to posters over at AVS that have talked to their Sony reps.

Sheesh!! At the rate Sony is going, Samsung will have their HD-DVD/Blu-ray "combo" deck out before the first Sony Blu-ray is available.

Now that's embarrassing!!

Dave Moritz · 06-21-2006, 10:26 PM

Has anyone heard why the Sony and Pioneer players where delayed?

I saw the Samsung player at BB and while I was glad that Blu-ray was now on retail shelves. And I believe that the fault was with the transfer of House Of Flying Daggers. The picture seems to lack sharpness and depth that I have seen with HD-DVD titles. I blam this on the first Blu-ray titles being MPEG2 transfers. Even if the Samsung is a nice player I can't see myself spending $1k on a Samsung.

I plan on starting to save money for the Sony Blu-ray player starting in August and should have the player by November. It's pretty embarasing when another company beats you to market with your own format. Needless to say that I am not to happy about Sony's player is delayed yet another time. I can only hope that Sony can get there player on store shelves and better MPEG4 discs.

I heard something about Samsung offering a dual format player months ago, but that seemed to have evaporated quickly. Is Samsung really going to offer and put a dual format player (Blu-ray & HD-DVD) on retail shelves? Granted even if Samsung does put a dual format player in local retailers I personally don't think I would purchase one, just not a Samsung fan.

I just don't want to hear that the players have been delayed yet again once the August released date nears!

Rob_HD · 06-22-2006, 01:45 AM

They probably decided that folks might want to play CDs on it

It's possible they have decided to fix some obvious pre-issues like this before releasing for sale.

Ryan-G · 06-22-2006, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Moritz

Has anyone heard why the Sony and Pioneer players where delayed?

The HDMI 1.3 standard may have had a bit to do with it. From what I've read about that whole "Deep color" thing, it's a big enough feature to warrant delaying a few months, especially given the recently announced advances in LCD.

Considering that someone else reported an expected 40% increase in HDTV's and that the first BR Players will likely hang around for awhile, I could see them delaying to add a feature that might be considered critical.

I'm not an expert, but sounds to me like the whole "Deep color" thing could mean a significant difference in image quality between a have and a have not.