Samsung BD-UP5000
Samsung, after much speculation have made the Samsung BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player official. The dual format HD player will fully support both HD-DVD and Blu-ray HD formats. Samsung are trying to coin the phrase “Duo HD” as the name for supporting both formats with all the bells and whistles such as HDi and BD-Java. Whether this is a step in the right direction for the HD wars we do not know, but if you want to be able to play back every available HD title from both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, the BD-UP5000 is a great answer. Details are scarce right now, but we are told that the Samsung BD-UP5000 will be out in time for the holidays.
Update: (& Review) Full 1080p HD support for both HD formats at 1080p at 24 or 60fps included. The Samsung BD-UP5000 will sell for $999 in the fourth quarter of this year. HDi, BD-Java,DVD upscaling to either 720p/1080i/1080p selectable with HQV video processing.
BD-UP5000’s connections include HDMI 1.3, component, composite, s-video,Ethernet, and coaxial and optical digital audio out with Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, TrueHD, DTS-HD support and MPEG2, VC-1, H.264 and HD JPG decoding.
