Alpha [CNET] Blog: Samsung BD-P1000Blu-ray Player
Alpha blogger, David Katzmaier, shares his "preliminary observations" on the Samsung BD-P1000Blu-ray Player, the first set-top Blu-ray player to hit the market. 'I recently got the chance to spend about three hours with Samsung's BD-P1000, the first set-top Blu-ray player to hit the market, at the company's New Jersey HQ a few days before the product's official U.S. launch on June 25. During that too-brief time, I took a few preliminary observations (and some blurry photos), so here they are.
Blu-ray video quality was excellent.
No surprise there. The only Blu-ray software I had was Memento--the Blu-ray disc that'll be included inside the box of every BD-P1000--and a special demo disc that contained a few trailers, a Black Crowes concert, and some great close-up footage of intricate windup watches (?). I viewed all material on a calibrated, 56-inch, 1080p Samsung DLP, the HL-S5687W, in a darkened room with the player set to 1080p output mode.'
Read: Samsung BD-P1000: Blu-ray hands-on - Alpha Blog