Sony Blu-ray Disc Player becomes $400 dearer. Sony revealed its plans to release cheaper Blu-ray disc player by summer, which was priced at a whooping $999 before, where as now you can get it for $599. To give its competitor (Toshiba) a tough competition Sony planned to release BDP-S300 it not only has all the functionality of the BDP-S1 but also added ability to play CDs.

The new BDP-S300 Blu-ray Disc Player will be smaller & compact as a size of DVD player. Though with this new cheaper version of Blu-ray Sony still has to battle Toshiba’s HD-DVD, as Toshiba’s HD-DVD player (Toshiba HD-A1) cost around $399 to $499.