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Samsung Ships the First Blu-Ray Player

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beat-ya-to-it dept.

DigitalDame2 writes "PCMag.com reports that beginning June 25th, consumers will be able to purchase the first Blu-Ray player: the Samsung BD-P1000. The BD-P1000 is twice the price of the HD-A1 ($999.99 list), but supports full 1080p playback, something the first generation of HD-DVD players do not. It also up-converts conventional DVDs to 1080p to improve video quality and comes with HDMI, Component, S-video, and composite outputs. The BD-P1000 will be sold at more than 200 retail locations, including Best Buy, Tweeter, and Circuit City, and 10 Blu-Ray titles will be available as well."

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  1. Don't worry you can't see the difference by llZENll · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are only 5-10 tvs that will even display 1080p right now, not even the Sony SXBRs can (NOTE many TVs actually display 1080p, but only accept 1080i input, like the SXBR for example).

    As can be seen on this chart 720p will do for for most people. The human eye can't resolve the extra detail in the picture from 8' on a 42" diagonal.

  2. Re:I'll take tpb's files labelled "HR-HDTV" thank by Jherek+Carnelian · · Score: 5, Informative

    HR-HDTV - full res HDTV quality encodes

    If you think the HR xvids are equivalent to full res HDTV, you are missing out.
    They are only 960x540 and the bitrate is nowhere near enough to prevent artifacts like macroblocking and mosquito noise.

    Don't get me wrong - the HR encodes are better than most any analog tv signal, but it is rare that they are better than a good DVD much less the equal of HD.

  3. Re:1080p? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Capable of 1080p60.

    Of course... There isn't any 1080p60 CONTENT. And there isn't going to be, except maybe technical demos, for quite a while. Nearly all films are shot at 24p and any decent HDTV will inverse-telecine back to 1080p24 from 1080i30 telecined frames. And any video-source material out there will be shot in either 720p or 1080i, so really, the 1080p60 is just an additional tick-box on the feature list at this point.
     
    Heck, force 24 fps film to be output at 1080p60, and it could look WORSE than telecined 1080i30 because of cadence problems.