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Another major brand has added video streaming to its Blu-ray player range, and this time it's Sony. Despite video streaming being seen as a competitor to Blu-ray, Blu-ray's founding father Sony has decided to go with the trend and add Netflix, YouTube and Slacker support to its new BDP-N460 player.
Not to be outdone, LG is adding Vudu support to it's BD390 player, via a firmware update later this month. The firmware will give the LG player the same functionalities as a Vudu set top box. The LG player already has Netflix, YouTube and CinemaNow streaming, as well as local network media file streaming and includes Wi-Fi connections.
It certainly seems that Blu-ray players are fast becoming trojan horses for video streaming services, which would have otherwise faced extreme difficulty in trying to organise a rollout of set top boxes into people's home. The key is Blu-ray Profile 2.0's Internet capabilities and on-board storage.
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More on the LG Vudu upgrade:
Not to be outdone, LG is adding Vudu support to it's BD390 player, via a firmware update later this month. The firmware will give the LG player the same functionalities as a Vudu set top box. The LG player already has Netflix, YouTube and CinemaNow streaming, as well as local network media file streaming and includes Wi-Fi connections.
It certainly seems that Blu-ray players are fast becoming trojan horses for video streaming services, which would have otherwise faced extreme difficulty in trying to organise a rollout of set top boxes into people's home. The key is Blu-ray Profile 2.0's Internet capabilities and on-board storage.
More on the Sony player:
More on the LG Vudu upgrade:
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