With studios switching sides and HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc players coming down in price, the end of the format war is anything but a foregone conclusion. But rather than sitting on the fence, you can pick a player that supports both formats, and should do extremely high quality upconversion of standard definition DVDs as well, with its on-board Silicon Optix HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) Reon-VX video processor.

To be sure you're the first on your block to get one, Samsung's highly anticipated dual format BD-UP5000 player can now be pre-ordered from Amazon.com for a low $799.99 or OneCall.com for an even lower $775, each with free shipping. The announced list price was $1,049 so each of these offers represents substantial savings.

• Pre-order Samsung's BD-UP5000 Dual Format HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Player on Amazon.com ($799.99)
• Pre-order Samsung's BD-UP5000 Dual Format HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Player on OneCall.com ($774.99) (use coupon code HOLIDAY07 at checkout)

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Samsung's BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player supports both Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats their interactive technologies, HDi and BD-Java. With the use of HQV video processing power and 1080p Full HD video output, the player is capable of state of the art video performance from both current DVDs and next generation HD-DVD and Blu-ray Discs. The player will support Dolby TrueHD via on-board decoding and bitstream output, and is expected to support DTS-HD Master Audio and High Resolution Audio via bitstream output and an on-board decoder as well (though on-board decoding may require a firmware upgrade after the initial launch).


Specifications from the Manufacturer

Video
• Blu-ray and HD DVD playback at content native HD resolution of 1080p/1080i/720p
• 1080p 24fps playback on Blu-ray and HD DVD
• HQV video up-conversion processing (1920x1080)
• Selectable DVD upconversion via HQV processor (720p/1080i/1080p)

Audio
• Stereo and 5.1/7.1-channel audio outputs
• Coaxial and optical digital audio outputs
• Dolby® Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS®
• dts-HD High Resolution, Master Audio (upgradeable by firmware)

Playable Media
• BD-ROM, BD-R, HD DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW

Other Features
• HDMI 1.3 digital interface
• Component Video Output
• S-Video Output
• Composite Video Output
• MPEG2, VC-1, H.264, HD JPEG decoding
• BD-Java
• Full HDi capability via HD DVD
• HDMI CEC
• Ethernet port
• Coaxial and optical digital audio outputs

Last Updated: 2007-12-25 08:53:17
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