[kickinit1586 Posted Mar 2nd 2010 5:22PM]

Alright to clear up any rumor or misinformation if you look on sony's website they are saying that a firmware update will be released in the Summer of 2010 to both accommodate any DLNA compatibility issues and the 3-D Blu-rays when they are released. So we will wait and see. All that I know is that the BDV-E570 looks like the right way to go for me as I already have hidden stereo speaker wire for the rear speakers so I will not need the wireless rear speakers. Does anyone know the final release date? I was under the assumption it was going to be early to mid march. Now I heard something about April.

Also, for those of you wondering what the whole 3-D thing is about here goes. Well I am under the understanding that you will need a TV or monitor that supports the 3-D which at the current time I believe they start at about $5,000 and go up from there. If you have one of those then once they start releasing 3-D blu-rays you will be all set. If however you don't have one of these fancy TVs then I don't think that you will have a problem viewing those movies they just simply won't be in 3-D your Blu-ray player should still play them and your TV will dumb down the signal so that you will watch it in stunningly brilliant 1080P if your TV even supports that. As far as the sound goes you don't have to do or change anything because of the 3-D blu-rays because as someone mentioned before me it doesn't affect the audio just the video. I do believe that the BDV-E570 and the step up from that the BDV-E770W are both only 5.1 compatible for audio so whoever said they go up to 7.1 I think you are mistaken.

And again does anyone know the release date of these?