Statement from Samsung Electronics Regarding US Release of BD Player

[Audioholics]

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/ces/CEStransports/SamsungBDP1000player.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 94px" alt=[samsungBDP1000] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/samsungBDP1000_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>Samsung is rescheduling its initial U.S. Blu-Ray player launch from May 23 to June 25 in order to complete compatibility testing with several Blu-Ray test discs that will become available in late April from product manufacturers and content providers. The hardware development for Samsung’s BD-P1000 Blu-Ray player is complete and ready for mass production in Suwon, South Korea once these compatibility tests are passed. Samsung still anticipates that its BD-P1000 will be the first Blu-Ray player to launch at a national level in the United Sates.

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[audiofox]

Clint,

Do you have any intelligence as to whether this player will play SACD or DVD-A? The Samsung site does not mention either of these formats, which leads me to believe they do not have the codecs necessary to play either one. I know the HD-DVD vs BR battle is tied up in DRM policies of the mfrs and the content providers, but I have not heard anything about the audio formats in the din of the HD video format battles.

 

[3x10^8]

Clint,

Do you have any intelligence as to whether this player will play SACD or DVD-A? The Samsung site does not mention either of these formats, which leads me to believe they do not have the codecs necessary to play either one. I know the HD-DVD vs BR battle is tied up in DRM policies of the mfrs and the content providers, but I have not heard anything about the audio formats in the din of the HD video format battles.

IMO, unlikely... especially on the cheaper sony and samsung models. I think the intial goal is to keep costs down upon introduction. Here's a link to some of the specifications for some of the intro models. Just scroll down to "specifications."

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6463_7-6490586-1.html?tag=feat

 

[audiofox]

The cnet sumary is the same as that on the Samsung site-it looks like the only audio codecs supported will be Dolby Digital and DTS.

 

[mfabien]

... no display on the players.