Samsung Surprises with New BD-P2550 Blu-ray Player

[AVRevForum.com]

Samsung's Blu-ray development department dropped out of the news after the BD-P2400. But now they are back with the all new BD-P2550. Surprising everyone, the player showed up on the shelves at Best Buy this past week. The new player seemingly has the components that were missing from the BD-P1500, including the Silicon Optix HQV processor and 7.1 analog audio outputs.

Product Features

Blu-ray Disc format compatible for high-definition movie playback with resolution up to 5 times greater than DVD

Delivers greatly enhanced video performance with standard DVDs by upconverting their video resolution to HDTV-compliant 720p or 1080p via the HDMI interface

Built-in decoders for next-generation Dolby Digital Plus and lossless Dolby TrueHD (7.1-channel)

Plays BD-ROM, BD-R and BD-RE discs; backward compatible with DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM, CD and CD-R/RW discs

Plays Blu-ray media that can store up to 50GB of high-definition video and audio

Compatible with VC-1, MPEG2 and H.264 formats

Built-in Ethernet and USB 2.0 ports for network connection and firmware upgrades

10-bit/108MHz video digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion

24-bit/192kHz audio digital-to-analog (D/A)converter

Enjoy full HD 1080p video output on your 1080p display

Outputs: 1 component video, 1 composite video, 1 HDMI, 1 stereo audio, 1 optical digital audio

HDMI-CEC networking lets you operate compatible HDMI products with a single remote

Includes remote with batteries and A/V cable