Jason Dunn
06-20-2006, 12:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=0151' target='_blank'>http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=0151</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to land a Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc player in an exercise echoing the acquisition of Toshiba’s HD-AI HD-DVD player almost exactly two months prior. Unfortunately, store clerks are keen on upholding the June 20 street date for the seven launch titles, of which I applaud both their following studio wishes and having a clue about the new format launch. For now, these quick impressions images of the first commercially released Blu-ray Disc player and comparisons to Toshiba’s first HD-DVD player will have to suffice until Sony sends us our press review titles or Tuesday morning, whichever comes first."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/151a.jpg" /><br /><br />Swing...and a miss! It's twice the price of the Toshiba HD-A1, can't read 50 GB discs (when there finally are some), and the up-scaling of 480p content isn't twice as good as the HD-A1. Why would anyone buy this thing?