Samsung Releases Details Of HD DVD/Blu-ray Player July 28, 2007
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I covered this a while back when Samsung decided LG wasn’t the only one going to make cash from a dual format HD player.
Samsung has just released details of what we can expect from the forthcoming BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player, out around Christmas. It will support the interactive features of both HD DVD and Blu-ray (a.k.a. HDi and BD-Java) – something the original dual-disc spinner, the LG Super Multi Blue BH-100, doesn’t do very well.
It will also sport a very handy Ethernet port. The full details read like this:
* Blu-ray playback at content native HD resolution of 1080p/1080i/720p and 1080p 24Fs/ 60Fs
* HD DVD playback at 1080p/1080i/720p
* HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) video selectable up-conversion processing 720p/1080i/1080p
* Stereo and 7.1-channel audio outputs
* Coaxial and optical digital audio outputs
* Dolby Digital Plus, DTS HD, MP3 audio decoding, Dolby TrueHD
* HD DVD/BD-ROM/ DVD-ROM, DVD-+/R, DVD-+/RW, CD, CD-R and CD-RW
* HDMI 1.3 digital interface (1080p/1080i/720p)
* MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264, HD JPEG decoding
* 12-bit/216 MhZ video D/A converter; 24-bit/192KHz audio D/A converter
* HDMI, Component Video, S-Video and Composite video outputs
* HDMI CEC
* Local Storage
* Picture-in-picture
Due in October, the BD-UP5000 is expected to cost around £550, everywhere but here. Just add a few hundred.-Martin Lynch
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Denon Unveils First Blu-ray Player July 28, 2007
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Denon already does an impressive line of upscaling DVD players but the company has just taken the wraps off its first Blu-ray spinner, the DVD-3800BDCI, in the US.
It will also be the first to support BD-ROM version 1.1, with dual audio/video decoders for dealing with picture-in-picture content. There will be an SD Card slot for watching downloaded material off your PC/Internet.
It will be the first Blu-ray player to house the 10-bit Silicon Optix Realta chipset, used in some Denon DVD players for upscaling content to 1080p. According to Denon, the pixel-by-pixel and Digital Noise Reduction features of the chipset allows the player to remove image-degrading artefacts.
The player supports HD Audio and DDSC-HD, with decoding of Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. It’s due out in the US first this Autumn with a £1,000 price tag. Another, cheaper version, the DVD-2500BTC is also expected but there's no price on that yet.
Jump now for the full press release.-Martin Lynch
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