Sony Releases 4K Media Player

By Tom Butts
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NEW YORK—Sony has announced the pricing and availability of its 4K Ultra HD Media Player, compatible with any Sony 4K Ultra HD TV or 4K Ultra HD projector.

The FMP-X10 will retail for $699 and is available now for pre-ordering online. It officially becomes available July 15, but customers who pre-order the player between now and July 15 will save $200. It can be ordered at store.sony.com as well as at Sony stores and other authorized dealers nationwide.

The media player has 1 TB of built-in storage and also supports Sony’s TRILUMINOUS Color display technology. Users can download, stream and store more than 200 titles from Sony’s Video Unlimited 4K service as well as stream 4K content from Netflix. Sony says its library is the world’s largest repository of 4K content and includes such recent titles as “American Hustle” and “The Monuments Men.” Over 50 titles in the library are available to customers at no charge.

Tom Butts
Tom Butts

Tom has covered the broadcast technology market for the past 25 years, including three years handling member communications for the National Association of Broadcasters followed by a year as editor of Video Technology News and DTV Business executive newsletters for Phillips Publishing. In 1999 he launched digitalbroadcasting.com for internet B2B portal Verticalnet. He is also a charter member of the CTA's Academy of Digital TV Pioneers. Since 2001, he has been editor-in-chief of TV Tech (www.tvtech.com), the leading source of news and information on broadcast and related media technology and is a frequent contributor and moderator to the brand’s Tech Leadership events.