Samsung Lowers Price on BD-UP5000 Dual-Format Player

[Biosynthnut]

Either way I will probably pick this up around March, unless best buy has some killer deal with it. Like 5 Blu ray and 5 HD flicks.

[Archangel37]

That's a great price and cheaper than the equivalent HD DVD and Blu-Ray players. I'm incredibly tempted!!!

Its only $793 on onsale.com

Check out the specs too this player sounds awesome even has HQV !

Features:

• Blu-ray and HD DVD playback at content native HD resolution of 1080p/1080i/720p
• HQV video upconversion processing - HD video (1920x1080)
• Selectable DVD upconversion via HQV processor (720p/1080i/1080p)
• HDMI version 1.3, Component Video, S-Video and Composite video outputs
• BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R, HD DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW
• 1080p 24fps playback on Blu-ray and HD DVD
• Full HDI capability via HD DVD
• Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, dts-HD
• MPEG2, VC-1, H.264, HD JPEG decoding
• Stereo and 5.1/7.1-channel audio outputs (8 channel uncompressed)
• Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC)
• Ethernet port
• Coaxial and optical digital audio outputs
&149 10-bit/108MhZ video D/A converter; 24-bit/192KHz audio D/A converter
• BD Java

[Ph8]

Is it though? The new second gen LG dual format player is BD 2.0 out of the box, but have Samsung actually confirmed for sure that their player can be upgraded to even BD 1.1?

Supposedly Blu-ray.com confirmed that the Samsung IS BD 1.1.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=491

Samsung, which featured Blu-ray products throughout most of their displays, also had one of the most diverse line-ups of Blu-ray products at the show, including multiple Blu-ray players, a Blu-ray home theater system as well as a dual-format player.

Samsung's BD-P1400 Blu-ray player, which is their new entry-level player, features 1080p/24, HDMI 1.3, HDMI-CEC, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital+, DTS-HD, BD/DVD/CD playback, 5.1-channel surround sound, as well as an Ethernet port for firmware upgrades. The BD-P2400 model comes with all the same features as the BD-P1400, but in addition offers 7.1-channel surround sound and a HQV video processor to enhance the upscaling capability of the player. The BD-P1400 and BD-P2400 will be released in the US in October for $549 and $649 respectively. As for Europe, the two players will be introduced later this year for €599 and €699 respectively.

Despite the market for dual-format high-definition disc players only representing 2-3% of the overall HD player market Samsung felt compelled to introduce a dual-format player, perhaps as a response to South Korean arch-rival LG's introduction of the BH100 earlier this year. The BD-UP5000 Duo HD player, which supports both Blu-ray and HD-DVD, is basically a BD-P2400 with HD-DVD support added to it. We spent some time talking to a Samsung representative and were able to confirm that the BD-UP5000 will support Profile 1.1 (picture-in-picture functionality), but unfortunately we weren't able to get a definitive answer about the other players. The BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player will be released in Q4 2007 and will retail for $999.

[irrob]

If this also includes 5+5 free movie deal, this will be a great buy.

[Jared]

If this also includes 5+5 free movie deal, this will be a great buy.

I would highly doubt it. Are they gonna give away movies from both formats? Does Samsung currently give away discs with their Blu-ray player?

[Ph8]

I would highly doubt it. Are they gonna give away movies from both formats? Does Samsung currently give away discs with their Blu-ray player?

Best Buy had this (5+5) when LG's 1st gen was released. Recently I saw on AVS someone mention you would get 4 free discs of your choice. It hasnt been verified, but there may be some incentives to get users to pick up the player.