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Samsung to debut first second-gen Blu-ray player at CES
Toshiba and LG have already indicated their plans to wow us at CES, and now the first company to release a Blu-ray player -- Samsung -- has announced it will display the first second generation player next week at CES. The new player is expected to cost 20 percent less than its predecessor (the BD-P1000, pictured above), but contain more interactive functions. We hope that means this will be the first non-PlayStation 3 device to support BD Live features, although we'll have to wait and see. As far as joining LG with a hybrid player like the one it had announced and then denied last year, the company currently has "no plans" to do so, but could if the market remains divided. Other products we can expect to see next week include even larger versions of Samsung's Slim DLP HDTVs, and an all new line of plasmas going all the way up to 80 inches.
Samsung HL-S4676S SlimDLP hands-on
This holiday season isn't just about the game consoles, it's about the HDTVs you're hooking them up to (assuming you're lucky enough to have the two newest). Samsung's new 46-inch HL-S4676S SlimDLP came in today, looking to take a swipe at all those flat-panel displays everybody's so hot for. How slim is SlimDLP? It was 11.5-inches thick, compared to the 14.5-inches of our "full-size" 56-inch LED DLP set (shown after the break). Ok, so that's not too slim, but for the price (under $1,500) you are getting a pretty decent sized screen with good color representation that won't pinch you too hard in the pocketbook. Loads of high res shots after the break! Samsung HL-S4676S SlimDLP hands-on
