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DVD Player
BD Player
SD
HD
Disc capacity Single-layer: 4.7GB 25GB
Disc capacity Dual-layer: 8.5GB 50GB
Compression: MPEG 2 MPEG 2/VC-1/H.264
Data transfer rate up to: 10.08 Mbps 50 Mbps
Recording time max: 2 hr. (4.7GB) 2 hr. (25GB)
Maximum resolution: 720 x 480 1920 x 1080
Output: 480i/p 480i/p,720p,1080i/p
1080p native output, up-conversion of DVDs to 720p, 1080i/p, CD backwards
compatibility, HDMI 1.3 (1080i/720p/1080p).
In April 2007, Samsung announced their plan to release for the 2007 holidays their
first Universal player, the Duo
BD-UP5000 capable to play
HD DVD and Blu-ray discs
with the full interactive
capabilities of both
technologies HDi and BD
Java. I could not confirm
pricing, nor if the supplied photo is actually of the future unit.
Sharp
At CES 2006, the company demo their DV-BP1U Blu-ray player (below with specs),
1080i/720p HDMI outputs, Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD, but the player was never
introduced during 2006, neither on 1Q07.
Feb 07
Sharp announced that is has developed a new technology to reduce the cost of BD
recorders to about $1260 in Japan (these units are not yet in the US), by using the
AQUOS TV tuner.
The new Sharp's BD-HP1 Blu-ray standalone recorder, planned for Japan’s market on
March 20, 2007, connects to the iLink port of Aquos LCD TVs to obtain the tuned
content from the TV to record externally and to draw just enough power from the TV
to record video without the TV to be on. It was not specified if the recorder/feature
would be compatible to other non-AQUOS iLink suited TVs.
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