Sony has announced what it claims is the world's most advanced Blu-ray player, the BDP-S5000ES.
Both video and audio has been given a boost, with the unit boasting a range of technology including HD Reality Enhancer, Super Bit Mapping, Precision Drive HD transport mechanism, and upscaling of standard definition.
So, video is improved with the HD Reality Enhancer that continuously analyses the image being read from the Blu-ray disc, sharpening edges without over-emphasising other elements of the picture, reducing the effect of grain, and increasing colour depth to 14-bit equivalent. Super Bit Mapping complements this with smoother colour tones.
The analogue audio board is isolated from other sections to minimise interference. The player can handle all audio formats up to Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, either decoded internally or output as bitstream.
It also upconverts standard definition DVDs to 1080p using the Precision Cinema HD Upscale system.
The BDP-S5000ES supports BD-Live and BonusView, and features 1GB of flash storage.
Pricing and availability to be confirmed.
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