Samsung BD-UP5000 HD-DVD/Blu-ray player

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First Take

By Philip Wong
Dec 5, 2007

Expectations are running high for this impending Samsung dual-format player, especially after the recently announced worldwide shipping delay originally scheduled for the coming holidays. Rumor has it that the Koreans are holding back the launch to fix its software interactive (BD-J 1.1) support. If this turns out to be true, the upgraded capability will give the BD-UP5000 a much-needed boost against the LG BH200. The latter is a fully loaded kit with seemingly complete specs capable of bringing out the best of both HD-DVD and Blu-ray software. ...

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There Samsung goes, copying again.

Dec 6, 2007

Rating: 6 out of 10 (Good)
Pros: Plays Blu-ray and hd dvd.
Cons: Copied from another product from LG
Opinion:
Well, we all knew this was coming. Samsung copied LG again, but it was bound to happaen anyways, with or without Samsung. But it did happen with Samsung, which was quite predictable as Samsung has been known to copy (or be inspired from[Yeah, right.) many of Lg's phones, like the Chocolate, Shine, and Prada. Oh well. Might turn out to be an excellent product, as many of Samsung's products are excellent.

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