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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Comments
You can forward the following to Samsung with my e-mail address:
Did you ask Samsung why is it that we in the UK appear to be always being ripped off?
What happened to 5.1, 6.1, Surround Sound, Prologic IIx, and DTS?
When recordable Blu-ray, HD DVD and Dual HD players are produced, does it mean that for example LG's BH100 and Samsung's BD-U5000 will not be able to play those discs?
Has Samsung solved the probably HDMI 1.3 picture banding, grainy and time lag (jerky picture) problems?
What has Samsung said about the frequency for the dual player launched in the UK?
This is because in England we shall require 25f/sec, 50f/sec and possibly 100f/sec.
Will the Samsung BD-UP5000 properly up-convert signals from satellite and cable to 720p, 1080i and 1080p?
Will it be able to play RAM discs?
Does it have HDMI input as well as HDMI output - to store information from satellite and cable non-HD boxes or non-HD channels from HD-boxes?
I am not concerned with what manufacturers’ releases only objective facts - instead of UK consumers being ripped off.
Will Samsung be creating a recordable BD-UP5000 with PVR, and HD Freeview, because BBC and ITV should be creating HD Freeview in 2008?