“As the first company to deliver a Blu-ray player in the U.S. market, Samsung has reinforced its commitment to provide our consumers with the most riveting and innovative home theater experience possible,” Jim Sanduski, senior vice president of marketing for Samsung’s audio and video products group.The price of this Blu-ray player will be $999.
The Samsung BD-P1000 plays Blu-ray software titles at the highest resolution available via a native 1080p HDMI output for films digitally mastered in 1920x1080p. The BD-P1000 also up-converts conventional DVDs to 1080p through the HDMI digital interface so the picture quality of any traditional DVD will look more detailed when used with the disc player. The BD-P1000 is backwards compatible and plays both standard DVDs and CDs in addition to supporting all DVD formats including, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, and DVD+R.
Samsung Blu-ray player available on June 25
Posted on Saturday, June 17 2006 @ 0:15 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Samsung confirmed its Blu-ray player will be available on the 25th of June in the U.S.