Blue-ray player for the US
p2p news / p2pnet: Is the format fight between the Blue-ray and HD-DVD almost over? The Chosun Ilbo thinks so, with Blue-ray, “skyrocketing as more and more companies bet on the system”.
Samsung Electronics is planning the first release of a Blu-ray optical disc player in the US market at the end of the month, says the story, going on:
“The Blue-ray format can store a two-hour high definition video on a single disc by using short-wave blue lasers. Usually, storing one hour of high-definition video requires storage capability of 10 GB.
“Samsung Electronics said it has shipped the industry’s first Blue-ray optical disk player to U.S. retailers for sale starting June 25.”
But it’s going to cost ——– $1,000, to be exact.
The BD-P1000, ” isexpected to attract consumers who want to view high-definition disks on their existing HDTVs,” says the EETimes.
“Samsung backs the Blu-ray Disc spec, along with Sony, Matsushita, Philips and Dell on the hardware side. Seven of the eight major movie studios, including Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and LionsGate Pictures support Blu-ray.”
And, “An influx of Blu-ray content is hitting the market with the launch of the player, according to Samsung.”
Sony Pictures said it will release the first batch of sever Blu-ray Disc movie titles on June 20 to coincide with the availability of Samsung’s player and Sony’s Blu-ray Disc-compatible Vaio PC, adds the story.
Meanwhile, Sony has delayed shipping its set-top Blu-ray player until August, and Pioneer Cor. has postponed the North American launch of its Blu-ray player to this fall, cutting its price to $1,500 from $1,800, says Reuters, adding:
“Blu-ray, backed by Sony Corp., is competing with a format called HD DVD, led by Toshiba Corp.. Studios hope the new formats, which offer far more capacity than current standard DVDs, will breathe new life into the $24 billion home video market.
“But their efforts have been overshadowed by the impending format war, which has divided Hollywood and been likened to the 1980s Betamax/VHS battle over a consumer video format that confused consumers and cost studios and manufacturers millions of dollars.”
Also See:
Chosun Ilbo – Blue-ray Set to Win Battle of Future DVD Formats June 15, 2006
EETimes – Samsung ships Blu-ray disc player in U.S., June 15, 2006
Reuters – Blu-ray launches next week, adoption seen slow, June 15, 2006
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June 16th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Not interested. There are far better things to waste $1000 on.
June 16th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
Wait a while and the prices will drop to something more affordable by ordinary folks.
Of course, there’s still the matter of ‘copy protection’ to ‘contend’ with.
June 17th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
yeah, they’ll sell like hotcakes when the protection is fixed, and people know they can make backup of the movies they own.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
BLUE-RAY is sweet. Just buy a PS3 you get a gaming system and a blu-ray player