Will new PS3-120gb play SACD? (1 Viewer)

[The Seventh Taylor]

I can't imagine the licensing fee being the main thing. Several brands offering BD players were among the companies advocating DVD-Audio, notably Panasonic and Pioneer.
With TrueHD and MLP being so closely related, multi-channel high-resolution PCM being required for BD as well as DVD-Audio and all current BD players able to read DVD discs I see no technical complications either.
Above all, the fact that Panasonic's first BD player was DVDA-compatible proves it can be done.

I just don't get it why they miss out on this easy opportunity to add a tickmark to the list of legacy formats supported and make an important group of consumers happy.
It looks like Oppo may have to satisfy this opportunity.

 

[The Seventh Taylor]

Originally Posted by Charlie O.

Are there any other blu-ray players that play SACDs? What about a blu-ray player that plays SACD and DVD-Audio CDs or am I pushing it now?

There's an overview page of such players now; already six brands and eight products in addition to PS3. And apart from the latter, most if not all play DVD-Audio too.