Monday, March 3, 2008
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Now this is more like it...
Samsung's fourth-generation Blu-ray player will be hitting store shelves slightly sooner than expected, as the company announced during its CeBIT press conference that worldwide release will happen in April, rather May as previously announced at CES. The BD-P1500 updates the well-recieved BD-P1400 player with Profile 1.1 / Bonus View goodness, as well as 7.1 PCM, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD MA audio support for $399. Pick up one of these up next month, or wait for the BD-Live enabled DMP-BD50 or BDP-S550? For those in need of legacy HD DVD support, still word whether the BD-UP5500 combo player's release date has been affected by Samsung's "focus" on Blu-ray.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/03/samsungs-bd-p1500-blu-ray-player-release-pushed-up-to-april/
It even looks good cosmetically but considering the issues with the Samsung BDP5000 (combo player) I would wait for reviews first. Still it sounds good so far. Here's to hoping it works as advertised.
Samsung's fourth-generation Blu-ray player will be hitting store shelves slightly sooner than expected, as the company announced during its CeBIT press conference that worldwide release will happen in April, rather May as previously announced at CES. The BD-P1500 updates the well-recieved BD-P1400 player with Profile 1.1 / Bonus View goodness, as well as 7.1 PCM, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD MA audio support for $399. Pick up one of these up next month, or wait for the BD-Live enabled DMP-BD50 or BDP-S550? For those in need of legacy HD DVD support, still word whether the BD-UP5500 combo player's release date has been affected by Samsung's "focus" on Blu-ray.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/03/samsungs-bd-p1500-blu-ray-player-release-pushed-up-to-april/
It even looks good cosmetically but considering the issues with the Samsung BDP5000 (combo player) I would wait for reviews first. Still it sounds good so far. Here's to hoping it works as advertised.
