Samsung Delivers the BD-P2500 Fifth Generation Blu-ray Player

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Samsung Electronics introduces its most advanced Blu-ray player to date with the BD-P2500. Building upon key features and design elements from past Samsung Blu-ray players, the BD-P2500 is compatible out-of-the-box with the latest Blu-ray interactive features available including BD Live. The BD-P2500 also offers a range of enhancements such as Hollywood Quality Video (HQV) processing and 7.1-Channel analog audio outputs creating a powerful HD audio-visual experience. Whether consumers are looking to enjoy the rich audio and video of the latest Blu-ray discs, or rejuvenate their favorite standard DVDs, the Samsung BD-P2500 is a powerful addition bringing truly impressive Full HD 1080p theater-like quality into the home.

Key Product Highlights:
- Total BD Profile Compatibility: Samsung's BD-P2500 meets all of the current BD Profile requirements right out of the box, allowing consumers to instantly enjoy the latest interactive features available, including BD Live (Profile 2.0) and Bonus View (Profile 1.1), creating new ways to experience favorite movies. The BD-P2500 comes with a built-in, wired Ethernet connection, 1GB of internal flash memory, and a USB port for memory expansion.
- Superior Video Quality: The BD-P2500 offers Full HD 1080p playback, and features a HQV processing chip for the highest quality viewing of Blu-ray discs, upconversion of standard DVDs, and viewing of JPEG images. The BD-P2500 also features an HDMI 1.3 output with xvYCC Deep Color support, and a 24fps film mode, exhibiting smoother, more natural playback of film-based material.
- High Definition Soundtrack Support and Output: Providing a truly immersive HD home theater experience, Samsung's BD-P2500 is capable of decoding the latest high-resolution digital multichannel audio soundtracks available. Out of the box, the player can output Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and dts as an uncompressed PCM signal, as a bitstream, or via the 7.1 analog outputs for cinematic sound that is comparable with the latest movie theaters. Additionally, dts-HD HR (High Resolution) decoding will become available with a firmware upgrade in the fall. The BD-P2500 will also pass these and dts-HD MA (Master Audio) as a bitstream output to a separate, external surround sound decoder.
- Easy Upgradeability: To keep consumers updated with the latest features and improvements, Samsung's BD-P2500 offers three convenient ways to receive new upgrades: via the embedded Ethernet connection, USB port, or on a CD/DVD/BD.

BD-P2500 Blu-ray player specifications:
- Design: Piano black with chrome accents and touch pad controls;
- A/V Features:
o Compatible with BD Profile 2.0 (BD Live), Profile 1.1 (Bonus View), and Profile 1.0 interactivity features;
o 1GB internal flash memory for BD Live;
o Hollywood Quality Video (HQV) processing;
o 24fps film mode;
o xvYCC Deep Color;
o Selectable DVD upconversion (720p / 1080i / 1080p);
o Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD decoding;
o dts-HD HR decoding via firmware update in the fall;
o Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, dts-HD HR / MA bitstream output.
- A/V Connections:
o 1 HDMI version 1.3 output with CEC (Anynet+);
o 1 component output;
o 1 composite output;
o 7.1-Channel analog audio outputs;
o 1 optical digital audio output;
o 1 Ethernet connection (for interactivity features and firmware upgrades only);
o 1 USB connection (for memory expansion and firmware upgrades only).
- Playable Media: BD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R(V mode only), DVD-RW (V/VR mode), Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW, AVCHD disc.

The player will be available in October 2008.

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