Sony's BDP-S5100 Blu-ray player promises boosted WiFi range

It's 2013, and as such, it's time for Sony to preview its updated flagship Blu-ray player and catch some sun in the Nevada desert. This year's model is the BDP-S5100, which shares plenty of features with last year's BDP-S790, including 2D-to-3D conversion, DVD upscaling and streaming content from Netflix and its ilk. The refinements promised in this model include a fully encased optical drive to repel dust and debris, I/P noise reduction, One-Touch and boosted WiFi reception. There's also an interesting reference to the unit being able to run interactive apps including health and wellness software, which reminds us of that Dr. TV patent we stumbled across a few months back. If you want to slim down while watching TNG in high definition, you'll have to wait until March, when the company will reveal details of pricing and availability for that and two lower-end models, the BDP-S3100 and the BDP-S1100.