US launch for Sony’s 4K media player

Sony Electronics has announced US pricing and availability for its 4K UltraHD Media Player, which gives users the ability to download, stream and store films and TV shows from its Video Unlimited 4K service.

The product, which offers 1TB of built-in storage, is available for pre-sale now and for purchase starting in July Rapid TV News reports.

Although the Video Unlimited 4K library is somewhat limited, offering only about 200 titles, 50 or so of which are free, it is still one of the largest repositories of 4K options around.

The film line-up includes recent box office successes such as American Hustle and The Monuments Men, as well as future titles like the Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Annie. It also has episodes of the hit TV series the Blacklist in full 4K.