Samsung announces BD-P1000 release for Europe

by Cyrus Farivar, posted Sep 5th 2006 at 6:33AM

Much like Pioneer, Samsung is still bumming us out by not whipping up a combo Blu-ray and HD DVD player. But good ol' Sammy is announcing its first Blu-ray player, the BD-P1000, to be released in Europe in October 2006, with price estimates reaching €1,400. It's due to go head-to-head with Toshiba's HD-E1 and HD-XE1, which ares due to come out the following month. Guys, can't we bury this hatchet already and just settle this war? It's obvious that building a hybrid player is entirely possible, and to motivate you to get on it we're officially going to sulk and go on hunger strike. Go on, try us.

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Tags: bd-p1000, blu-ray, combo drive, ComboDrive, europe, format wars, FormatWars, hd-e1, hd-xe1, hddvd, pioneer, samsung, toshiba

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Ashley Allen @ Sep 5th 2006 7:41AM

I'd rather just pay £150 for the 360 HD-DVD drive.

As for the format war, Engadget, you have more power than you think. Run an article proclaiming Blu-ray dead, it'll blitz around the internet in no time and before long the BBC will pick it up and it'll become ligitamate. The seed will of been planted in the publics mind and the format war is over.

Simple. Go on, it's just a quick article post away!

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Franssu @ Sep 5th 2006 9:31AM

Ashley, the best part is that this claim is quite legitimate, at least for Europe. The superb trojanhorse invented by Sony to force Blu-Ray in all households over the world, namely the PS3, will have a rather shaky start there since Microsoft signed an exclusive deal making all the big-league soccer games Xbox360-only.

And yes, chances are I will buy the 360 HD-DVD drive, even if I think the format is doomed too. At least I'll be able to watch Serenity in glorious HD.

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daurn @ Sep 5th 2006 10:58AM

Ashley allen has the idea :D

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Dave @ Sep 5th 2006 12:03PM

Here is what will hapen in 2007 when an average person enters an HD Video shop:

-Hi. I want a HD Video player. What do you have?
-Well we have Panasonic, Tohiba, Sony, Sharp, Samsung, Lite On and many computer drive players. PS3 also can play HD Movies but i wont recomend it for a home video player.
-What is the diference?
-The Toshiba player is the chepest but not many movie studion release for it... The others are a bit more expensive although the actual movie discs are cheaper. The Panasonic model (for example) is middle priced.
-OK I will get the Panasonic (Blu-Ray) player :)

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Oscar @ Sep 5th 2006 2:26PM

How can they ever expect anyone to buy this when it's going to cost over $1600 when it launches in Sweden?

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Mark @ Sep 5th 2006 5:10PM

Just stop reporting on any player/recorder that doesn't support both formats! By doing that you'd be removing their free advertising for these stuffed-up products. As for my role as a consumer it's pretty simple. I'm not buying anything until they start to play nicely again.

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calum @ Nov 30th 2006 10:37AM

tis on play.com for £999, as much as i hate sony, id rather pay the 500 for a ps3

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