THE handiest way to adopt the 4000-resolution promise is to take the SONY BDP-S790 Blu-ray player. This $250.00 (thats guesstimatedly pegged at P10,750.) consumer-grade BD player has yet to be officially released, no, unleashed to the North American market. Not yet listed on the Amazon site. But some lucky fellows has gotten the earliest stocks, these guys reported in the AVSForum BD thread that the Sony 790 has notches better resolution and sharpness than even the Oppo 93. While their evaluation is not by all means authoritative, one of the early owners whose words on the domain of front projector-high definition player setups is hard to refute - has placed his sober imprimatur on the tangible edge of the 4K image from the Sony against that of the $500 Oppo.
Sony has been commercially wounded now for many years, its impressive TVs dogged with sinking sales (and in the Pinoy context, Bravias are expensive, I myself couldn't own one). But with this trailblazing BD player, Sony has a redeeming product, perhaps an unwitting Oppo killer. A few more quarters and the front projector makers is going to unleashed their 4K beamers too, this is the A/V realm to watch for. For what good is such resolution when used in a mere 50, 60 or 65 inch TV?
