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Samsung BD-UP5000 dual format Blu-ray/HD DVD player to launch in October

samsung br hd dvd playerSamsung officials in Hamburg, Germany have announced that their new dual format BD-UP5000 high definition disc player will be coming out in October of this year for a price of approximately €550. Similar to the LG Electronics dual format player, the BD-UP5000 will support both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. However, Samsung claims that their player will fully support both formats including their interactive technologies - HDi, and BD-Java. The LG dual format player fully supports Blu-ray but will only play the movie portion of an HD DVD disc.

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2 Responses to “Samsung BD-UP5000 dual format Blu-ray/HD DVD player to launch in October”

  1. Samsung BD-UP5000 dual format Blu-ray/HD DVD player to launch in October | Krunker Said on July 7th, 2007 at 4:32 am quote

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  2. KrunkerHD : Samsung BD-UP5000 to come out in Europe at end of August? Said on July 12th, 2007 at 12:41 am quote

    […] like the upcoming Samsung dual format BD-UP5000 player will come out a bit sooner than expected. We originally reported the player was slated to come out in October but now Samsung has supposedly stated the […]

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