Not expected in Australia until mid year the range includes several new features including wireless and Bluetooth capability and IP based content systems for TV viewing.
In 2007 Sony in the US came out with the Bravia Internet Link, a Wi-Fi module that connected to a port in the back of select Bravia TVs. For 2008, that module is now compatible with more TV models and is being relaunched with Sony Australia talking to content providers who are capable of delivering IP based content.
Sony also showed off its two newest low cost Blu-ray players. Both the BDP-S350 and the BDP-S550 will be Profile 1.1 and firmware upgradable to BD-Live, which allows Internet-based content features with compatible discs. Both players will include USB ports for storing downloaded content, but the higher-priced model will also ship with a USB flash drive. The BDP-550 also includes 7.1 analogue audio outputs and DTS-HD Master onboard decoding.
