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The Sony BD player got delayed again this past week. The new release date is
now around October 25th.
Here is a link to the Sony Style site.
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSH ... pt=tvvideo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Hart" <
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To: "HDTV Magazine" <
[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Blu-Ray
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Folks,
the Sony starts to ship in July A $999.00 retail, Pioneer in September with
$1,500.00 retail. Pioneer unit will have Dlna interface built-in.
Cheers,
Joe Hart
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From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Richard Fisher
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 5:42 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Blu-Ray
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Oddly the following Sony showed up in the forum ad space for Amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/si ... B000DZS0G8
/0/002-5140450-1850407
Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Disc Player
Availability: This item has not yet been released. You may order it now
and we will ship it to you when it arrives. Ships from and sold by
Amazon.com.
When is this coming out?
Richard Fisher
HD Library is Published by Tech Services
A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/forum/index.php
Hugh Campbell wrote:
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>
> For anyone interested here is another review of the Samsung model:
>
>
http://www.avrev.com/equip/samsung_bdp1000_bluray/
>
> Hugh
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodolfo La Maestra - HDTV Magazine"
> <
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> To: "HDTV Magazine" <
[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 11:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Blu-Ray
>
>
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>>
>> Richard,
>>
>> Your question "Not clear on analog capability for Bluray, seem to
>> recall 1080I max...
>> Rodolfo?"
>>
>> No 1080p claims were officially announced by either player/format over
>> analog component connections.
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Rodolfo La Maestra
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
>> Richard Fisher
>> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 8:13 PM
>> To: HDTV Magazine
>> Subject: Re: Blu-Ray
>>
>>
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>>
>> Oh, and big thanks to Alan Brown for sending me that link!!!
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> The Sammy BD player is chock full of imaging problems.
>>
>>
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=689481
>>
>> and
>>
>>
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthre ... ge=4&pp=30
>>
>> Unless they fix it I am not spending $1000. That burns me more than
>> anything but Samsung seems to be notorious for putting poorly performing
>> product out there and fixing it in the field. This also will not bode
>> well for BDs introduction...
>>
>> Not that Toshiba can walk proudly but at least with component analog we
>> have an alternative that works right and man is it killer. D Theater on
>> disc!
>>
>> Not clear on analog capability for Bluray, seem to recall 1080I max...
>> Rodolfo?
>>
>> Richard Fisher
>> HD Library is Published by Tech Services
>> A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation
>>
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/forum/index.php
>>
>> Larry Megugorac wrote:
>>
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>>>
>>> Hey Fellas,
>>>
>>> We need Rodolfo to answer this one.......when the new 1.3 HDMI spec
>>> connector come out, how will that improve the picture and is this
>>> another
>>> thing we should wait for in a Blu Ray player?
>>>
>>> I'm sure everyone knows that the Sony unit will NOT plays CD's like the
>>> Sammy unit will.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: HDTV Magazine On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Jeff Odell
>>> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:52 PM
>>> To: HDTV Magazine
>>> Subject: Re: Blu-Ray
>>>
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>>>
>>> hehehe I am with you Bill. I am not really that surprised that he
>>> was ignorant. The $1200 price tag was a bit silly. I will wait a
>>> little while and let the REALLY early adopters buy the first units
>>> and see
>>> how they work in real life.
>>>
>>> I will definitely buy a Blu-Ray player but I might wait for a better
>>> price
>>> point. I would also like more than 1 choice of hardware manufacturers.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> On 6/23/06, Bill Tilghman <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
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>>>>
>>>> I'm shocked, SHOCKED to hear that a salesman at BestBuy would be
>>>> lacking in knowledge!
>>>>
>>>> Bill T.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf
>>>> Of Jeff Odell
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 7:40 PM
>>>> To: HDTV Magazine
>>>> Subject: Re: Blu-Ray
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> I stopped by the local Best Buy / Magnolia Home Theater. The first
>>>> demo setup right inside the door was a 50" Samsung plasma playing a
>>>> blu-ray movie. I sat down and watched for a few minutes.
>>>>
>>>> My immediate thought was that this is interlaced video. I tracked
>>>> down the kid working the store and he eventually confirmed that the TV
>>>> would only accept 1080i. Unfortunately it took about 10 mintues to
>>>> get him to admit that we weren't actually watching 1080p. He seemed
>>>> stuck on the fact that Toshiba and Samsung assured him that all HD-DVD
>>>> or Blu-Ray is 1080p.
>>>>
>>>> He would not allow me to touch the remote for the TV or Blu-Ray
>>>> player. I politely thaked him and told him I would not spend $1200
>>>> for a Blu-Ray player if I couldn't at least touch the remote and see
>>>> how the system worked.
>>>>
>>>> Long story short, I went in to see the price and walked out frustrated
>>>> by the lack of knowlege of the salesman.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On 6/23/06, Jason Burroughs <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> I'm selling my hd dvd player and waiting for a pc version for
>>>>> blu-ray and hd-dvd personally...
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Odell wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> What was Best Buy's price? I haven't had the chance to even go
>>>>>> and try to see a Blu-Ray player since the release on Tuesday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/23/06, Hugh Campbell <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I saw the Samsung Blu-Ray player at Best Buy the other day and
>>>>>>> was wondering if anyone has picked one up to try. Since I had
>>>>>>> nothing to compare it with
>>>>>>> I could not tell how it was performing. Since we are on the
>>>>>>> cutting
>>>>>>> edge
>>>>>>> of technology I figured someone already has one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hugh
>>>>>>>
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