Watch out for the Sony Blu-Ray MegaChanger!

July 30th, 2009

Spent many frustrating hours hunting around for your favourite Blu-Ray movie, which of course wasn’t in its case? Well, Sony may have a handy, if slightly large, solution for you with their latest Blu-Ray player the BDP-CX7000ES MegaChanger. This unit, err, weighs in at US$1900 and can handle 400 Blu-Ray movie discs. Of course, it plays nicely with DVDs and CDs in case you don’t actually have 400 Blu-Ray videos. There’s also a nifty function called Gracenote which downloads relevant movie info when you load up a disc. Of course this assumes you have an internet connection wired up to your MegaChanger. A full set of specs seem to be eluding us, so here’s what we can gather from the Sony press release on the BDP-CX7000ES

* store and play 400 Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, and CDs
* download information from Gracenote’s MusicID® and VideoID™ products to organize movies and music
* outputs full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema
* features an RS232 connection and IR-in
* 7.1 channel analog output
* Deep Color via HDMI (v1.3)
* upscales standard definition DVDs to 1080p
* Ethernet port for connectivity to a local home broadband network
* support 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, and DTS-HD Master Audio
* plays nicely with BD-ROM/R/RE (BDMV and BDAV modes), DVD-+ Video/R/RW, CD/R/RW, and MP3/JPEG on BD/DVD/CD recordable media

Certainly seems like the BDP-CX7000ES MegaChanger has a heap of functionality but of course it comes with that rather large price tag of $1900. If you fancy something a little less heavy on the wallet then Sony will also be unleashing the BDP-CX960, another MegaChanger but lacking the RS232 connection and IR-in features along with Deep Color. The BDP-CX960 MegaChanger will be available for $800 in the fall, while the big boy BDP-CX7000ES will out and about in August.

Watch out for the Sony Blu-Ray MegaChanger!

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