Sony BDP - S300 Specification Guide

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BDP-S300
Sony Blu-ray Disc™  Player
 
 
 
  
Key Features
Full HD 1080/60p & 24p True Cinema Video 
Output
DVD Upscaling to 1080p via HDMI™  
BRAVIA® Sync™  (HDMI-CEC)  
BD/DVD/CD playback and AVC-HD with 
x.v.Color™  output 
BD-R/RE (BDMV) Playback (Firmware ver.3.2 or 
above)
Multi Channel Linear PCM & Dolby Digital Plus 
Decoding
Key Technologies
BD-ROM Playback
 
Rival your local movie theater with the power of Blu-ray Disc technology in your 
Home Theater. You can enjoy movies from Hollywood's biggest studios, and enjoy all of the great 
features, sights and sounds that Blu-ray Disc technology has to offer. Blu-ray Disc technology delivers 
Full 1080P picture quality and up to 7.1 channels of surround sound. Movie Night will never be the 
same!
DVD Upscaling to 1080p via HDMI™
 
Get the most out of your existing DVD collection by having 
them upscaled to 1080p quality. Your DVD's will look and sound better than ever when you play 
them back on your new Sony Blu-ray Disc Player.
BRAVIA® Theatre Sync™  (HDMI-CEC)
 
Sony® created BRAVIA® Theatre Sync™  technology to go 
beyond basic digital audio and video transmission. Based on the HDMI-CEC function, the BRAVIA® 
Theatre Sync™  feature will be included on select BRAVIA® Theatre home A/V systems and 
components. This useful function reduces the hassle and time consuming job of powering up, 
routing signals, etc. to the simple push of one button.3 Want to play your Blu-ray Disc Player on your 
Sony® A/V system– Easy, just push PLAY on the BRAVIA® HDTV remote and everything is taken care 
of for you. Even when the system is off! Want to power down everything once you've finished 
enjoying it– Push one button and the TV and A/V system powers down. BRAVIA® Theatre Sync™  
helps make things a whole lot easier to operate.
BD/DVD/CD playback and AVC-HD with x.v.Color output
 
Play back all your favorite Blu-ray Disc 
Movies, DVD's, Audio CD's, and AVC-HD (delivers digital picture and sound quality comparable to that 
of High Definition, but on a DVD) discs with all of our Sony Blu-ray Disc Players.
Full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema Video Output
 
Most of all Hollywood movies are shot at 
24 frames per second, and Blu-ray Disc movies are mastered at 24 frame per second, so it is only 
fitting that the Sony BDP-S300 can output your films at 1080/24p for a true film-like experience at 
home. Of course, The Sony BDP-S300 can also output at 1080/60p for more traditional HDTV sets on 
the market. Either way Sony has you covered for the best picture possible in Full 1080p!
Video Codec Format : MPEG2/MPEG4-AVC/VC-1
 
Blu-ray Disc technology is compatible with 
many different types of video codec for recording your favorite films onto the disc. So regardless of 
the High Definition recording process used by the studio making the movie, Sony's Blu-ray Disc 
Players are ready for them all, in glorious Full 1080p HD.
Cinema Tuned Picture Presets
 
What do you get when the world's best filmmakers and the best 
makers of Home Theater products get together– Answer: Exclusive Cinema Tuned Picture Presets on 
your Sony Blu-ray Player! , we made getting a "best picture" for your movies even easier. Whether 
you view your movies in a dark theater, or in a bright room, we got you covered with picture settings 
all carefully selected by the same engineers that make Sony's movies in Hollywood.
Uncompressed Multi Channel Linear PCM Output
 
Blu-ray Disc technology not only delivers a 
phenomenal picture, but incredible sound as well. Many Blu-ray Disc movies take advantage of the 
capacity on the disc to offer an Uncompressed Multi Channel Linear PCM soundtrack of your 
favorite movies. With up to 7.1 channels of surround sound, Uncompressed Multi Channel Linear 
PCM is completely lossless and lets you hear the movie with incredible clarity and realism that you 
never experience before on DVD.
Dolby® Digital Plus decoding capability
 
Dolby Digital Plus is Dolby's next-generation audio 
technology that can offer up to 7.1 channels of surround sound. Dolby Digital Plus also offers a 
higher-quality experience than the Dolby Digital soundtrack you are used to on a standard DVD.
BD-Java Interactive Capability
 
Blu-ray Disc technology offers the potential of a new level of 
interactive experiences, with seamless on-screen menus and hi def bonus materials for a more 
dynamic home theater. With the extra capacity on Blu-ray Disc media and BD JAVA programming, 
content creators have an open canvas to design new ways for customers to interact with their 
favorite movies.
Dolby® Digital and dts® 5.1 channel Output
 
Multi Channel 192KHz/24bit Audio D/A Converters
 
Quick Set Up
 
FL Off/Dimmer Mode
 
Parental Control