[Scott J. (Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2007 1:01PM]

So, let's see if I can summarize the BD-P1200:

List Price: $799

Supports 1080p/24: Yes

Supports DTS-HD: No

Supports DTS-HD Master Audio: No

Supports DolbyTrueHD: No

Supports dual video streams (e.g. PIP commentary): No

Supports October 2007 Mandated Requirements: No

Supports Ethernet for Firmware Updates: Yes

Supports Ethernet for Interactivity, Enhanced Features, etc.: No

Blu-ray Video Quality: On par with other Blu-ray (no bad filtering enabled this time)

SD DVD Upsampling Video Quality: Better than other Blu-ray players, on par with Toshiba's $799 HD DVD player

It's too bad that Samsung couldn't have produced a player that was compliant with the October 2007 mandate. It's also too bad that a high-definition player built in 2007 still doesn't support the lossless Dolby and DTS codecs.

Maybe Sony's upcoming BDP-S300 for $599 will do better?

[mremulator (Unverified) Posted Apr 18th 2007 2:51PM]

Audio support (or rather lack of) sucks for this player. The Panasonic DMP-BD10A looks like a better option.