Samsung Confirms Dual Blu-ray/HD DVD Player April 13, 2007
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It had to happen, ever since LG stole the CES 2007 limelight with its BH100 Blu-ray/HD DVD player [above], and now it has.
Samsung has announced that it will launch its Duo HD player, the BD-UP5000, in time for Christmas. More importantly, it will fully support the HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BDR) interactive technologies, HDi and BD-Java, respectively.
Why is this important? Well, LG’s machine might be great for watching movies in both formats but, under the hood, it sucks when you want to use the menus and interactive content on HD DVD disks. This is a big let down. Samsung seems to be saying that the Duo HD will do it all. No news yet on prices.
“We are very pleased to announce the upcoming release of our Duo HD player,” Dongsoo Jun, executive vice president of the Digital AV Division at Samsung Electronics. “Consumers are hungry for more HD content but are currently confused about competing formats. Samsung’s Duo HD player will allow consumers access to every HD movie title available regardless of the authoring format.”
This is good news for consumers and, with any luck, more manufacturers will see the light and start churning out dedicated dual format players.-Martin Lynch
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i think it looks really good i would recamend it to other customers if they buy it.
yours sincerely
martin shorrocks
as long as it's got HDMI 1.3a then all is well.