Bluray Players with DLNA Compatibility

Remember those information films from the 60s (perhaps not) promising the home of the future being all electrical all controlled by remote controll with a robot doing the housework? Well perhaps where not all the way there yet but with Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) appliance integration may be coming a step closer. DLNA has been created to bridge the gap between different types of digital media in the home and allow them to interact with each other without the need for wires for example a DLNA compliant TV will connect with a PC to play music, photo’s and videos. DLNA has been picked up by many of the major electrical high street brands such as Hewlett Packard, Intel, LG, Microsoft, Nokia and Sharp to name but a few. This technology is a step toward a wireless home, with a DLNA compliant bluray player connecting to a DLNA compliant TV without the need for SCARTS or any other wires for example.

Bluray players with this technology are now starting to emerge. Among the increasing number of bluray players to include this technology, LG and Sony have offered up these two feature packed machines.

LG BD390 Bluray player with DLNA and integrated Wi-Fi

One of the first bluray players to include DLNA is packed full of other features too. BD-Live is incuded not only thatbut the BD390 supports DivX HD, MKV, MP3, WMA, AAC, MPEG-4 (AVI) and JPEG from USB hard-disk and flash drives, aswell as AVCHD from disc.

Not to mention You Tube access. It can deliver 1080p pictures at 24 or 50 frames per second to a compatible display, as well as outputting Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio bitstreams to a compatible AV receiver. It can also convert these HD audio formats to multichannel PCM and output them via HDMI, or through the 7.1-channel analogue outputs on the back (yes, it’s even got those).
 

Sony BDP-S560 Bluray Player

Sony’s BDP-S560 Blu-ray Disc Player delivers full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output, decodes the latest advanced audio codecs, and is BD-Live capable with your broadband internet connection (and purchase of external memory). It supports Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD audio codecs for up to 7.1 channels of high-definition sound, and there’s even quick start-up mode, which begins operating your Blu-ray Disc player in approximately six seconds from the time it is powered on. And navigation of the player’s menus is a breeze thanks to the icon-based Xross Media Bar (XMB) menu system. Offering built-in Wi-Fi wireless network capabilities (802.11a/b/g/n), the BDP-S560 can easily connect to the Internet through your existing wireless home network to download and stream BD-Live content including additional scenes, short subjects, trailers, interactive games, and more. It also enables easy firmware updates to assist in keeping your player up-to-date with the latest Blu-ray Disc media and features.

• Built-in Wi-Fi networking for accessing BD Live bonus materials as well as streaming photos from your PC
• Full HD 1080p output for Blu-ray Discs and upconversion of standard DVD video to 1080p
• 24p True Cinema capable lets you watch films at their intended 24 fps (frames per second); Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD
• Outputs: 1 HDMI, 1 component, 1 S-Video, 1 composite, 1 analog audio (2-channel), 1 digital optical audio, 1 digital coaxial audio, 1 Ethernet
• Includes remote control and composite AV cable; measures 16.9 x 8.1 x 2.8 inches (WxDxH)