Sony BDP-S1

On November 30, 2006 Sony announced that the player began shipping to major consumer electronics retailers and specialty dealers nationwide.

[1] The update improves BD-Java compatibility to enhance interactivity with some BD-ROMs, adds compatibility with BD-R/RE discs burned by the Click to Disc™ and Click to Disc™ Editor software included with some VAIO® computers, adds Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus Audio decoding functionality, enhanced playback compatibility with certain BD-ROM format discs, enhanced customer support capability, compatibility with the BD-R/RE format (BDMV), and corrects the output signal status information for audio output and display when Linear PCM 5.1 channel soundtracks are played via HDMI.

Audio is sent out of the player through TOSLINK, HDMI, or composite 5.1 analog surround sound jacks.

The player will gives the option to output Dolby Digital or DTS via the Toslink (optical or coax), or selectively downmix either independently to PCM.

When the unit is fully powered up, playback is faster, taking approximately fifty to seventy seconds from disc insertion.

[6] A re-branded derivative version of the BDP-S1E with CD playback capability was later released in North American region, with the model number, BDP-S2000ES.