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Adam Gregorich · 09-14-2007, 10:32 AM

The specs say a lot. It has FULL support for HD DVD including secondary video decoder and ethernet. No one at Samsung (or LG for that matter) could tell me with 100% certainty that BD would als be able to take advantage of this. They all "think so" but until there are actual production BD discs that support/require ethernet or a secondary video processor that can be used to test with they can't be sure. Classify this as rumor for now, but I did hear that Warner provided some BD test discs with secondary video (not sure about ethernet) for testing in Korea a few weeks ago, and no BD player was able to handle this feature. That might be able to be fixed through firmware, but I think it's telling that neither combo player is marketed as a BD 1.1 player. At least you can use the ethernet port for firmware updates.

What "additional info" are you guys looking for?

09-14-2007, 10:32 AM	#13 of 15
Adam Gregorich Administrator Join Date: Nov 1999 Local Time: 07:35 AM Local Date: 08-30-2008 Posts: 4,130 AdamG2	Re: Samsung HD players at CEDIA The specs say a lot. It has FULL support for HD DVD including secondary video decoder and ethernet. No one at Samsung (or LG for that matter) could tell me with 100% certainty that BD would als be able to take advantage of this. They all "think so" but until there are actual production BD discs that support/require ethernet or a secondary video processor that can be used to test with they can't be sure. Classify this as rumor for now, but I did hear that Warner provided some BD test discs with secondary video (not sure about ethernet) for testing in Korea a few weeks ago, and no BD player was able to handle this feature. That might be able to be fixed through firmware, but I think it's telling that neither combo player is marketed as a BD 1.1 player. At least you can use the ethernet port for firmware updates. What "additional info" are you guys looking for? No Signature...How boring is that!