More updates on Samsung's HD players

Philip Wong | Oct 30, 2007

If you haven't heard, Samsung has axed the BD-P2400 and is delaying the worldwide launch for its dual-format BD-UP5000. The good news for HD wannabes in Asia, however, is the BD-P1400 which is slated for release in Q4 2007. Though we were warned that these launch dates are tentative, the Korean company has lined up the BD-P1400 and BD-UP5000 for November and December, respectively. There are currently no pricing details, but you can expect an emerging price war with another upcoming universal HD player that we have on our radar.

What's cool about Samsung's new HD entries are their unique capabilities. The third-generation BD-P1400 will join the Pioneer BDP-LX70A as one of the rare Blu-ray players to support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstream outputs. The highly anticipated BD-UP5000 does one better by delivering a player that supports both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs. It's also outfitted with a videophile-grade HDV processor which pretty much guarantees better quality DVD video upscaling. Both sets are loaded with Ethernet ports which make them potential players for interactive content (HDi and BD-J) downloading.

Do note that the actual shipping units of the new Samsung players may be differ slightly as some of the features mentioned above are based on preliminary specifications we received at the IFA tradeshow earlier this year.

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