OT: more new standalone BD players

apit34356 wrote on 9/3/2007, 10:24 PM
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Pioneer, Philips revamp Blu-ray players

By Tony Smith
3rd September 2007 09:02 GMT

IFA 07 Pioneer and Philips both followed their fellow Blu-ray Disc supporters and last week announced new players based on the next-gen optical disc format.

Pioneer BD-LX70
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Pioneer's BD-LX70: tweaked to become the BD-LX70A

Pioneer's BDP-LX70A updates its original BDP-LX70 player, bringing cinema-style 24 frames per second playback - aka 24p - at 1080p HD. It also ads bitstream audio support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio sound processing technologies, Pioneer said.

The consumer electronics company also noted that like the LX70A's predecessor, the new player can grab and display content stored on a computer, provided both are networked - the LX70A has an Ethernet port - and the computer is loaded with server software that's compatible with the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) specification.

Philips BDP7100
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Philips' BDP7100: now with 24p support

Separately, Philips unveiled its BDP7100, which again supports 24p frame rates at 1080p resolution, provided you have a compatible TV, and you connect player and display by HDMI.

Like Pioneer's BDP-LX70A and almost all the other Blu-ray and HD DVD players announced at IFA this year, the BDP7100 supports HDMI's Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) system to allow its remote control to operate the connected TV and other HDMI-linked devices.

Philips BDP7100
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Philips' BDP7100: can control your telly too

Philips said the BDP1000 is availble immediately, though it didn't say what the price will be. Ditto, Pioneer, though it added its player will go on sale in October
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Christmas anyone?

Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/4/2007, 5:12 AM
ya know... my DVD player just died yesterday too. But I got a replacement.
fwtep wrote on 9/4/2007, 10:32 AM
I got my Oppo DV970HD regular DVD player last week and I love it. The upsampling is great and definitely looks better than my old non-upsampling player. But best of all, it supports SACD and DVD-Audio discs. And wow, do I wish either of those formats were still around in full force! (But at least there are a few thousand SACD titles out there.) They're clearly better than CD, even without surround.

Now I can't wait till full-featured BluRay players get to $200. (Not because I like BR better as a format than HD-DVD, but because of title availability.)

Lastly, here's something I wonder: I know we hear about people wanting to hold off on getting high-def players until the prices come down, but I wonder how many of those people are like me, in that I can *afford* to get a player right now, I just don't *want* to because I know they'll be coming down in price drastically and I don't want to pay $500 today for something that I know (or suspect) will be around $200 in a few months or so. It's kind of like holding off on a purchase of anything in early November because you know it's going to be on sale for Christmas soon. Anyone in the same boat?