Gadget Metro

The war between the two new formats for entertainment, Blu-ray and HD DVD, has been heating up for quite sometime now. Back and forth they have come to claiming victory or finding out what went wrong with their deals. Expect that war to escalate even further now that the holiday season is upon us. Also, expect this player from Samsung to figure prominently as well.

The Samsung BD-P1400 is really capable of providing excellent image quality for your Blu-ray movies. With its onboard decoding from Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution and bitstream output for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, expect the sound support to be simply top notch. Add to that an Ethernet port for updating firmware and you will have a great buy.

Still, it is still questionable if this is a better gadget for Blu-ray than a PlayStation 3. The price is affordable but it may have problems playing future Blu-ray movies as early as next year.

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Samsung, BD-P1400, Blu-ray, HD DVD, PlayStation 3, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio

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