Tema: Pionner BDP-HD1, leerá Blu-Ray y HD-DVD

He leido este articulo en una pagina y me pareció interesante debido a la incertidumbre que hay con la consolidación de uno de los dos formatos. Cito textualmente:

"Esta vez le toca a Pionner, que lanzará el modelo BDP-HD1 que será el primero que lea tanto los discos Blu-Ray de doble capa (hasta 50 GB de capacidad) como varios tipos de DVD y lector de video WMA, así como la compatibilidad con sonido Dolby Digital, WMA y MP3. Casi con toda seguridad incorporara el nuevo chip BCM7411D para permitirle reproducir ambos formatos.

Este modelo de reproductor también tendrá la opción de conectarlo al ordenador a través de red para poder cargar su contenido sin necesidad de ningún disco óptico y tendrá una entrada HDMI con la que la calidad del video, sonido e imágenes será superior. Este reproductor, Pionner BDP-HD1 estará a la venta a partir de mayo de este año por un precio que realmente es excesivo: 1600 dólares, aunque la verdad, ya habrá tiempo para que ese dato descienda.
Este chip soporta los estándares de grabación H.264 y VC-1, que son los mismos que usa Blu-Ray y HD-DVD respectivamente, además soporta video grabado en el formato de alta definición MPEG-2 haciendolo totalmente compatible con los DVDs actuales. Según un responsable de Bradcom, su chip es capaz de reproducir el 100% de los discos Blu-Ray y HD-DVD además de los contenidos extras de los mismos.

Si estos días en el CES de Las Vegas una de las novedades está siendo los contínuos reproductores para HD-DVD y Blu-Ray que mucha compañías están presentando en exclusiva, ahora va y llega la compañia Broadcom y en la misma feria ofrece a los fabricantes un chip de nombre BCM7411D que permite decodificar las señales de ambos formatos que compiten por el mercado del video de alta definición.

El chip de Broadcom permitirá a los PCs y reproductores DVD que usen este chip reproducir video en cualquier formato, tanto HD-DVD y Blue-Ray como DVD. Esto es una gran noticia para los usuarios que ya no tendran porque tener dos reproductores para cada formato, y representa además una gran oportunidad de negocio para la compañia Broadcom."

Viendo el precio de estos reproductores, creo que utilizare la próxima PS3 (primavera 2006) como reproductor de DVD, ya que saldrá por unos 400€ y dispone de salida HDMI y escalador hasta 1080i, ademas de venir preparada para el famoso BLU-RAY.



Estas son las especificaciones técnicas:

CPU
Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU
RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)

Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth
Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS

Storage
Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)

AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE


Lee hasta SACD , vamos por este precio, pocos DVDs ofrecen tanto. Ademas de funcionar como un HTPC:
Otras características son que soportará funciones multimedia (es Sony, tenía que ser), tales como video chat, acceso a internet, audio y video digitales y fotografía digital. El jefe de Sony Computer Entertainment calificó a la PS3 como “Super computer for computer entertainment” (osea, super computadora para el entretenimiento computarizado)."
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estoy de acuerdo contigo raidenx,ya que en primavera sale la ps3,y es la mejor opcion de conpra dado el precio de salida que esta tendra,alrededor de unos 400 o 500 euros mas o menos y el intecibo de que trae blue-ray,y las caracteristicas de esta ps3 son alucinantes,superiores a la xbox,veremos haber como se conporta

Unsaludo

¿En primavera?¿Sera en japon y luego en europa?
Que yo sepa no han dado fechas oficiales.

Por lo visto van a hacer como con la XBox 360, es decir, lanzarla casi al mismo tiempo en todo el mundo, y de salir en otoño, la han adelantado a primavera. :amor :amor

http://www.vidaextra.com/archivos/20...us-planes-.php

Viernes, 9 de Diciembre de 2005

PS3: Sony reafirma sus planes de lanzarla en primavera del 2006

Alex C

Hace un par de meses y pico ya dijimos por aquí que Sony había anunciado que la salida de la Playstation 3 se produciría en primavera de 2006. Lo que pasa es que de un tiempo para acá han ido surgiendo todo tipo de rumores asegurando que se iba a retrasar, por lo que, según la agencia Reuters, la compañía ha vuelto a insistir en la primavera del año próximo como ventana de lanzamiento. Crucemos los dedos para que así sea… más que nada porque a no ser que Sony decida ponerla a la venta en todo el mundo de forma casi simultánea (tipo XBox 360, aunque haya países como Corea en los que no la van a poder disfrutar hasta Febrero del 2006) lo más probable es que saliera en Japón y por aquí no la oliéramos hasta muchos meses después… y nosotros preferimos no tener que esperar hasta el verano del 2050 para pillarla, ¿verdad? ;)

Me da que es una noticia vieja y muy poco fiable .

http://www.hardgame2.com/index.php?z...112&id_ficha=0

Pues yo viendo la mierda k son los lectores de dvd de las consolas
( De todas las consolas) me pillare el 989 de pioneer para los dvds y la ps3 para el blu ray por si me pillo alguno. pero usar una consola para reproductor de dvd m parece una idiotez pk anda k no son malos ni nada. o alguien me va a decir k el reproductor de dvd de la ps2, xbox o xbox360 es mejor k un dvd de gama media/alta.

http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxn...action=article



Sony's PS3 release date in question - analysts

SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) - What Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer didn't say at the recent Consumer Electronics Show about Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console spoke volumes about the key product's timetable, analysts said.

Giving a keynote speech at the Las Vegas trade show earlier this month, Stringer provided no updates about the product's US launch.

Although Sony had a prominent location on the showroom floor at the annual convention, the company showcased televisions and portable music players, while the PlayStation 3 was tucked behind glass in the back of its booth. Sony offered only non-playable, demonstration versions of a limited number of games.

Analysts now expect the product's US launch in the second half of 2006, although Sony may get a Japanese version out during the "Spring 2006" launch window that the technology giant first predicted last year.

Any delays could make it much harder for Sony next holiday season as it races to put out its own new product to take on Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 in the market for video game players.

Sony , which has sold more than 90 mln PlayStation 2 game players since 2000, faces increased competition from Microsoft , which sold more than 24 mln units of its first Xbox version. Microsoft said it is on track to sell between 4.5 mln and 5 mln units of its new Xbox 360 by June.

And Sony faces a manufacturing challenge related to its switch to more-powerful computer chips, just as Microsoft did. Even the most optimistic analysts say Sony will wait and miss its predicted launch window to ensure it maximizes the ratio of usable chips per silicon wafer, better known as a chip's yield, before Sony begins mass production.

After touring the Sony booth at CES, analyst William Drewry of Credit Suisse First Boston wrote that "the decision as to whether to delay the PS3 launch has yet to be made and is dependent on (improving its chip yield)."

Sony has said the computing power of the PlayStation 3 will be superior to that of the Xbox 360 thanks to a new microprocessor - dubbed the "Cell" processor - jointly developed by Sony, International Business Machines and Toshiba Corp.

"We view any potential delay as being one to two months rather than six months duration," wrote Drewry.

Another analyst, Evan Wilson of Pacific Crest Securities, said "the most likely scenario" is that PS3 will be released in Japan this summer with about 1 million units and in the US in November with 1 million units, followed by a European launch in March 2007.

Even if Sony follows a staggered launch schedule, as it did with it PlayStation Portable (PSP) device - it will likely have a smaller slate of new software titles than Microsoft during the critical 2006 holiday sales season.

The chatter about PlayStation 3 delays heated up after Sony downplayed the product at its booth and Stringer, in his high-profile speech to the US electronics industry, did the same.

Stringer elected to showcase the firm's less-expensive PlayStation Portable and its ability to let consumers access television programs and other video content on the go. Portable devices generated all the growth in video game hardware and software last year.

The theme of mobile digital content delivered over the Internet was a major one at the huge consumer show this year, with everyone from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to top executives from Google Inc, Yahoo Inc. and Intel Corp forging mobile-related partnerships.

While the PlayStation Portable is a fast-selling new product, its revenue contribution is just a fraction of the PlayStation console.

For his part, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment of America Kaz Hirai in his keynote dubbed the PS3: "a key pillar of Sony growth in 2006."

But the box will have an uphill challenge if the slate of published software gaming titles isn't up to snuff by the key 2006 holiday sales season, which is looking likely.

Hirai said that Sony had shipped 4,000 development kits for PlayStation 3 games. At the biggest game-industry conference in May 2005, developers had their hands on developmental kits for only few months.

With the latest generation of video games now taking as long as 18 months to develop and bring to market, it's likely that Sony will have fewer new software titles at the PlayStation 3 launch than the 19 games Microsoft had for the Xbox 360 launch in the U.S.

During Take-Two Interactive Software's recent fourth-quarter earnings conference call, chief financial officer Karl Winter said he believes the introduction of the PS3 will "occur near the end of our fiscal year." Take-Two's fiscal year ends Oct. 31.

Wilson, the analyst from Pacific Crest Securities, expect Sony's launch line-up in the U.S. to be similar to that of the Xbox 360, but "clearly weaker then the Xbox 360 holiday 2006 line-up."

If video game developers encounter production hiccups and would-be launch titles are pushed out, then Sony could be better suited to launch in Japan with fewer titles, another analyst said.

"You don't need to come out with 20 games for a Japan launch, whereas in the US you need about 15 to 20 games, plus a few that really stand out," said analyst Schelley Olhava of IDC.

Sony launched the PlayStation Portable in Japan in December 2004 and the US in March 2005. It wasn't until September 2005 when Europeans saw it on their shelves.

Wilson notes that industry analysts are starting to make predictions about hardware and software market share for Sony out as far as 2009, yet the company still has yet to unveil a functioning version of the hardware.

"All we've seen are (demonstration games) running on a box supposed to be the equivalent of the PS3," said Wilson. "We really have no idea."

Among issues potentially clouding the PS3 release, none looms larger than the noise surrounding next-generation DVD formats. There are two competing standards for next-generation of DVD players: HD-DVD, backed by Microsoft and Intel, among others, and Blu-Ray, backed by Sony.

While most Hollywood film studios have aligned themselves behind the new, competing formats, it's unlikely that consumers will see a tremendous amount of playable film content in 2006, says Olhava.

Sony's Stringer has maintained that the PS3 would contain a Blu-Ray player. Yet at CES, electronics powerhouses Samsung and Pioneer announced Blu-Ray players that would cost 1,000 and 1,800 usd, respectively.

Those costs won't fly among video game buyers, especially with the Xbox 360 going for as little as 300 usd for a scaled-down version. Most analysts expect the PS3 unit to be priced at 400 usd: a loss-leader for Sony, but competitive with the Xbox 360, which does not have an internal HD-DVD drive.

At CES, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said that the Xbox 360 would be selling an external HD-DVD player.