Samsung's BD-P1000 launch party
HD buffs, check it out: we hit up the launch of Samsung's BD-P1000 at the Samsung Experience yesterday. It was a little sparse and peppered some pseudo-celebs like movie execs from Lions Gate and Sony Pictures Entertainment, Danny Masterson from That 70s Show, etc., but their P1000s were in full effect. The way the Samsung execs took the stage, we kind of thought they'd have a real announcement to make, but instead they just showed off what was quite possibly the corniest demo video we've ever seen (more after the break), and rounded everybody up to peep a Terminator 2 1080p demo on a huge freakin' plasma with colored ambient lighting (what's that Philips?). Really nothing unexpected -- especially since we've already been demoed the player -- but click on to see a few choice shots of their swanky party.
Technical difficulties? Nah, just late setup.
"Say, howsabout a promo video to show off the power of our sweet new piece of HD gear?"
He's a happy man -- he's got a P1000 which just caused his house to collapse into an arctice icescape, and 3D helicopters just flew into his ears. Seriously.
Did you know Samsung plasmas and Blu-ray drives create a 3D viewing experience? Neither did we.
Dude, please ground yourself before touching bare metal.
And, of course, the player. What we came for.
We'd be lying if we said it wasn't slick up close.
Remote could use a little work though -- so what else is new?
What, you didn't think we'd leave you hanging on the rear ports, did you?
Ah, the Ambilight ambient lit demo room.
The truck just blew up, hence the red. And there was much applause, and we went home with some more stuff to throw into the Engadget Swag Bag v2 (coming soon).
