Samsung Says Dual Player Still on Track For December, at Reduced Price
December 2007The spokesman added that the player “is shipping as we speak, and you will start to see it available at retail later this month.” In addition, the manufacturer-advertised price has been reduced to $799; it was originally announced as $200 higher, but was changed due to “recent activities in the marketplace.”
Samsung had been saying in recent weeks that the player would indeed be arriving prior to Christmas, but as of Tuesday afternoon the Amazon.com page still listed the product as arriving Jan. 15, 2008. Samsung had announced in July that the BD-UP5000 would be delayed until the tail end of the holiday season.
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I think that this whole war thing is stupid but I understand why its done. But the way technolgy is today I can down load this DVD in Reg, HD or bluray formats and then play it with a video program and see in on a HD TV and it works great. So the money that we all have spent on they different player at this point can be recorded to a hard drive and watched on any type of TV but would work better on a HD TV. Technolgy is moving very fast but some of it is not being promoted very well at all. It would cost $400 bucks or so to have a system hooked to my system. I would like to know what people think about going that way ? I am asking or should I go with a single player that would read both type's
The best buy stores I have been two have no clue to this player. They have even told me to stay away from it and just go with a high end Blu Ray Player. Unless they are the only ones who have it when it hits the streets I will buy it somewhere else.
Think I'm going to wait and buy the new LG instead - they are already on their second generation and have amassed much more experience reading both formats on one player.
In light of the ongoing format war, this player may well be the best choice for many of us. But even a $799 price point will keep a lot of us waiting for the competition to catch up so that the price will drop to a much more desirable $399. May take a year or so, but if the format war continues, the hardware makers will catch the bus.
excellent news! looking forward to the product and checking my local Best Buy on a regular basis!