PS3 - SONY TRAVELING TWO ROADS DURING HDTV TRANSITION

SONY TRAVELING TWO ROADS DURING HDTV TRANSITION

Seeming to suggest that since it's anybody's guess whether consumers willprefer Blu-ray discs or Internet downloads as they install HDTV systems,Sony has decided to travel both routes. And it apparently is hoping that itsPlayStation 3 game console will act as a converging point, Already capableof playing Blu-ray discs and streaming HDTV content from its online movieservice, Sony is now planning to expand the library of films it can offerPS3 owners. Currently only films produced by Sony's Columbia, TriStar,Screen Gems, and Sony Pictures Classics are offered via the Internet. SonyElectronics President and COO Stan Glasgow told Broadcasting and Cable magazine, "We would like to expand the PS3 sore to other studios."

02/12/2008