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In Reply to: RE: Is there any word on the hardware upgrades BluRay needs? posted by Duilawyer on July 25, 2007 at 06:45:57
With the *possible* exception of the PS3, none of the current BD players have the required hardware to do Video 1.1. AFAIK, they cannot be upgraded. Its possible, that the PS3 may be upgradeable via firmware. Another example of why BD is just the PS3 format.
Jack
Edit: Its funny how the BDA has been rather quite about this. A lot of people are going to be pissed, having to buy an all new players if they want some of the extras.
Edits: 07/25/07Follow Ups:
I don't think any of us really knows for certain how many existing B-D players can be upgraded to 1.1 status with a firmware update: Beneath the surface, these are all computers after all, and PS/3 for one, relies on software, not specialized hardware, to do some of it's video trickery.
There are ways to provide features like picture-in-picture even with 1.0 machines, but once you start having to pack two versions of the movie on the disk--one with PIP and the other without--you lose any advantage you might've had with the 50 gigabyte Blu-Ray media.
Of course NO existing B-D player will be upgradeable to the 2.0 spec save possibly for the PS/3, but I think for most folks, having an ethernet port and access to web features isn't going to be a biggie.
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