Breaking News

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August 2025 Arctic announces Xtender PC case Samsung Launches World’s First 500Hz OLED Gaming Monitor and New Odyssey G7 Lineup Razer Unveils Wolverine V3 Pro 8K PC controller XPG Launches the Industry-leading RGB Gen4 SSD – SPECTRIX S65G

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Samsung Delays US Blu-ray Player Launch to June

Samsung Delays US Blu-ray Player Launch to June

Optical Storage Apr 4,2006 0

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it has delayed the U.S. launch of its next-generation DVD player for a month, to late June, in order to complete testing. Toshiba last week started rolling out its HD DVD format players in Japan, becoming the first company to offer next-generation optical disc players worldwide.

Samsung is rescheduling the launch of its Blu-ray standard disc player in the United States to June 25 from May 23, the company said in a statement distributed by a public relations agency.

"We still anticipate that the Samsung BD-P1000 will be the first Blu-Ray player to launch at a national level in the United Sates," Samsung said in a statement. Japan's Sony plans to offer Blu-ray players in the United States in July.

Samsung's BD-P1000 model is expected to be sold at a $999 street price and include a memory card interface, which enables users to enjoy digital still pictures on a high-definition television.



The player is also expected to provide native 1080p (progressive) output via the HDMI interface, for discs mastered in 1920 x 1080 resolution. Toshiba's first generation of HD DVD players are capable of 1080i (interlaced) output. In addition, the BD-P1000 will upconvert the resolution of standard DVDs to 1080p.

Finally, Samsung is adding, of all things, a memory card reader for Mini-SD and Memory Stick Pro Duo, enabling high-definition photographs to be projected through the player, onto the high-def display. Memory card readers had been expected to be a feature of new high-def displays themselves. Samsung continues to report an "expected street price" of $999, which means the MSRP will probably be somewhat higher.

Samsung may be one of the first manufacturers, after Sony, with a Blu-ray player available on the "street," with Pioneer's models expected in July, and Panasonic's recently slated for September.

Toshiba plans to offer two HD DVD models in the United States from April, for $799 and $499, respectively.

Big consumer electronics firms such as Samsung, Sony, Philips , Dell and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. are in the Blu-ray camp.

HD DVD is a format supported by Toshiba and NEC , while Hewlett-Packard and LG Electronics Inc. are to support both standards.

Tags: SAMSUNGBlu-Ray
Previous Post
Music Industry Unleashes More Lawsuits in Europe
Next Post
In-Stat Reports Global DVD Market to Turn Blue

Related Posts

  • Galaxy AI Is Coming to New Galaxy Watch for More Motivational Health

  • Samsung Introduces Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G

  • Scientists develop the petabit optical disc – 2000x UHD Blu-ray

  • Samsung’s New AI PC, Galaxy Book4 Series, Available Globally Beginning February 26

  • Samsung and Google Cloud Join Forces to Bring Generative AI to Samsung Galaxy S24 Series

  • Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Creates New Standards of Durability and Visual Clarity With Corning® Gorilla® Armor

  • Samsung announces 2024 Neo QLED, MICRO LED, OLED

  • Samsung Electronics Expands Odyssey Gaming Monitor Lineup With New OLED Models at CES 2024

Latest News

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August 2025
Gaming

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August 2025

Arctic announces Xtender PC case
Cooling Systems

Arctic announces Xtender PC case

Samsung Launches World’s First 500Hz OLED Gaming Monitor and New Odyssey G7 Lineup
Gaming

Samsung Launches World’s First 500Hz OLED Gaming Monitor and New Odyssey G7 Lineup

Razer Unveils Wolverine V3 Pro 8K PC controller
Gaming

Razer Unveils Wolverine V3 Pro 8K PC controller

XPG Launches the Industry-leading RGB Gen4 SSD – SPECTRIX S65G
PC components

XPG Launches the Industry-leading RGB Gen4 SSD – SPECTRIX S65G

Popular Reviews

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

Noctua NH-D15 G2

Noctua NH-D15 G2

Soundpeats Pop Clip

Soundpeats Pop Clip

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Pure Base 501

be quiet! Pure Base 501

Terramaster F8-SSD

Terramaster F8-SSD

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed