LG promoting movie piracy with USB playback-enabled TVs?

Above is a screenshot lifted directly from an English language manual that LG includes in one of its new TVs, which have a nifty feature called USB support that makes it able to play movies and other media files directly from a user's USB flash drive or other USB device. Now as you can see, the screenshot shows at least two movie files that are allegedly of pirated movies, which are The Aviator and The Incredibles. I'm not sure if LG is aware of these allegedly pirated movies, but if they are aware or if these really are pirated movie files, then you could say that the company is promoting piracy, or at least condoning it. This is what TorrentFreak and other sites are insinuating, saying that there could be no other use for this USB support feature but the direct play of ripped media files on USB devices. It's a good theory, but I think LG means to do no harm by including this convenient feature on some of their new TVs, and shouldn't be punished for it.

Source: [Torrent Freak]

Sony outs Wi-Fi enabled BDP-S760 and S560 Blu-ray players

If you enjoy your media larger-than-life, then Sony's two new Blu-ray players are sure to have a place in your heart. Launched recently, the Sony BDP-S760 (£340 or about $566 USD) and S560 (£240 or about $400 USD) Blu-ray players both offer Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing for glitch-free enjoyment of online-based BD-Live features that come with most high-def releases nowadays.

They also offer a 6-second Quick Start feature, Dolby True HD audio, headphone jacks with multi-channel sound, and HMDI 1.3. The one thing that sets these two Blu-ray players apart is that the higher-end BDP-S760 has a couple of features called HD Reality Enhancer and Super Bit Mapping functionality.

I don't know about you, but the word "enhancer" has meant nothing to me these past few years, so you decide if it's worth spending the extra cash for. Whichever one you pick, both are already available now. In the UK, at least.

Source: [T3 UK]