Samsung expected to focus efforts on Blu-ray

Not like it's any surprise or anything, but the company known for its fairly continuous stream of Blu-ray / HD DVD combo players is reportedly expected to hone in on Blu in the very near future. If you'll recall, we heard Onkyo make a similar statement earlier this month, and according to an unspecified Samsung official, it's looking to "show more interest in Blu-ray products than rival HD DVD." Unfortunately, that's all the firm would utter on the record, but really, it pretty much says it all. 'Course, it remains to be seen what will happen to the forthcoming BD-UP5500, but don't be shocked to hear that Sammy's next high-definition movie player only understands one of the two formats.

[Evan @ Feb 18th 2008 2:51PM]

What a shocker...

[phanbouy @ Feb 18th 2008 3:14PM]

wow that box reminds me of Sony hifi VCRs from the 90s

[michael @ Feb 18th 2008 3:14PM]

I wish they would focus more of their effors on their mobile phones and UMPC's.

Samsung phones are good for the most part, but they have bad battery life, and I would love to see a better P2 touch interface on their phones. And making better WinMo phones with the specs to match could help.

And their UMPC's are still way too bulky to really be "ultra-mobile". Make them slim and nice with touch and you might have something.

BluRay is something that should be secondary.

[Jimbo @ Feb 18th 2008 3:59PM]

Samsung is the largest consumer electronics company on the planet.

You really think their blu-ray players are taking anything away from their cellphones? Or are you some kind of knucklehead who had to throw in a complaint that is totally irrelevant?

Trust me, the fact that Samsung is dropping HD DVD is not going to f up your cell phone.

[Craig @ Feb 18th 2008 3:20PM]

Nail in the coffin?

[Allen @ Feb 18th 2008 3:25PM]

Yah, I mean, this comes out of the 'blue.'





















All pun intended.

[ethana2 @ Feb 18th 2008 4:26PM]

Voted down for atrocious formatting.

[Spyvie @ Feb 18th 2008 4:59PM]

This site needs some code to prevent this from happening

[monkfishbandana @ Feb 18th 2008 6:44PM]

@ Spyvie

I disagree. Sometimes it can be used for comic effect.














But not always.

[Lord_von_Punx @ Feb 18th 2008 3:25PM]

haah did you know that samsung blue ray players will not play panasonic blu ray demo discs .. soo strange the panasonic disc playe din my ps3 at my work.. but not on the samsung lol my boss was some what pissed

[Yipcanjo @ Feb 18th 2008 3:42PM]

English as a second language?

[David S @ Feb 18th 2008 10:24PM]

Dude, those stock tips you sent me totally sucked. And the viagra was FAKE! But I'll look into that situation with the Nigerian prince.

[hal9K @ Feb 18th 2008 3:42PM]

Everything I buy from Samsung has the crappiest menu system ever devised. My home theatre in a box system is totally whacked out, and has to be reset before any dvd will go to the menu. My bedroom tv has a green power light, that is ON when the tv is off, and OFF when the tv is on. I going totally Panasonic from now on.

[J. Evans Turner @ Feb 18th 2008 7:58PM]

The power light issue is typical with Samsung. When the TV is off, the light is on so that you know it's at least getting power. It's off when the TV is on so that it doesn't pollute the movie-watching experience. Still, it's supposed to be red when the TV is off. Are you partially colorblind like myself?

[hal9K @ Feb 19th 2008 5:16PM]

Nope, it's always green.

[David @ Feb 18th 2008 3:58PM]

Screw you Samsung, you standards ho.

Make mine HD-DVD.

[Geir E @ Feb 18th 2008 4:13PM]

If you really want to be a rebel, ask for a hd-dvd/betamax combo player. That will show 'em!

[phanbouy @ Feb 18th 2008 4:48PM]

check out my foot in your ass

[phanbouy @ Feb 18th 2008 6:13PM]

hmm this post seems weirdly out of context now that the romanian spammer i replied to has been nuked

[Mike @ Feb 18th 2008 5:52PM]

Someone actually wrote a story on this piece of "news" and I actually read and commented on how dumb it was?

[Daniel @ Feb 18th 2008 6:48PM]

i hope they still make the new combo player. ill probably just get an ax2 off of ebay and be happy but would like a backup of backup just in case.

[J. Evans Turner @ Feb 18th 2008 8:00PM]

I'll try to remember that myself! Much appreciated.

[David S @ Feb 18th 2008 10:27PM]

Considering how well their other combo player was, I think Samsung is doing HD DVD fans a favor by dropping HD DVD support. Better off getting either a cheap A30 (or A3) and a HDMI switch.

[AJ in the East Bay @ Feb 18th 2008 11:24PM]

Well they better get off their a$$ and make good BD players unless they want to keep getting sued, plus now everyone will me making BD players, including Toshiba.

Watch your back, Sammy, here comes Toshi on your six!!

[guerilla779 @ Feb 19th 2008 4:32AM]

screw samsung and LG, they were the first to shit in their pants and take out BD/HDDVD combo players.



traitors

[Jin @ May 15th 2008 9:07PM]

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