HDTV Info Blog - HDTV News and Info about High Definition » HD consoles http://hdtvinfoblog.com HDTV Info Blog - HDTV News and Info about High Definition Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:32:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sony confirms Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) upgrade for PS3 http://hdtvinfoblog.com/index.php/2008/03/21/sony-confirms-profile-20-bd-live-upgrade-for-ps3/ http://hdtvinfoblog.com/index.php/2008/03/21/sony-confirms-profile-20-bd-live-upgrade-for-ps3/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:07:47 +0000 Darco http://hdtvinfoblog.com/index.php/2008/03/21/sony-confirms-profile-20-bd-live-upgrade-for-ps3/ PlayStation 3The next firmware update to the PlayStation 3 will add full Profile 2.0 compatibility to the game console’s Blu-ray player. Sony hinted that the update would be coming during January’s Consumer Electronics Show, but today’s announcement confirms that it will arrive before the end of March.

If it goes according to plan, the update would make the PS3 the first Blu-ray player to offer Profile 2.0 (or BD-Live, as it’s also known). Profile 2.0 will add online features to compatible Blu-ray discs, the first two of which–The Sixth Day and Walk Hard–are scheduled to hit store shelves in April. Its addition to the spec finally brings Blu-ray’s feature set in line with HD DVD players, all of which were built from the start to be able to access online content (though, to be fair, the feature wasn’t widely employed on many HD DVD movies).

The only other 2.0 players that have been announced are the Panasonic DMP-BD50 (due in April) and the Sony BDP-S550 (coming this autumn), both of which are expected to cost at least $100 more than the entry-level PS3.

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