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DaleAV · 03-24-2008, 01:30 PM

I am toying with similar thoughts. I have an older, but very good Toshiba XA1.
The biggest problem with the Samsung is that it will likely be the last dual player they will make.
LG makes one that right now costs more and actually has fewer features.
Samsung says they will continue to support the 5000 and have an audio codec fix planned for release in May.
I don't like stacking more components into my system (it is just not convenient) but getting a BD player with the lastest profile 2.0 could be an advantage. The 5000 will likely never be above 1.1
I was hoping to keep the XA1 as a back up player, in case a dualie crapped out.
While Blue Ray is becoming the only game in town, I am not overly optimistic on it's future either. Maybe in the long run it will not matter as much as to what you do today.

03-24-2008, 01:30 PM	#3 of 19
DaleAV Member Location: Clovis, CA Join Date: Feb 2005 Local Time: 03:22 AM Local Date: 10-12-2008 Posts: 32	Re: Need Tips about Dual-Format players? I am toying with similar thoughts. I have an older, but very good Toshiba XA1. The biggest problem with the Samsung is that it will likely be the last dual player they will make. LG makes one that right now costs more and actually has fewer features. Samsung says they will continue to support the 5000 and have an audio codec fix planned for release in May. I don't like stacking more components into my system (it is just not convenient) but getting a BD player with the lastest profile 2.0 could be an advantage. The 5000 will likely never be above 1.1 I was hoping to keep the XA1 as a back up player, in case a dualie crapped out. While Blue Ray is becoming the only game in town, I am not overly optimistic on it's future either. Maybe in the long run it will not matter as much as to what you do today.