Another sign that everything is not fine in BD land? Reports have surfaced saying that Samsung has canceled its standalone BD player, BDP-2400.

http://wesleytech.com/samsung-bdp-2400-blu-ray-player-canceled/380/

Samsung BDP-2400 Blu-ray player canceled (updated)

If you were looking forward to get the new Samsung BDP-2400, I have bad news for you; I just received word that Samsung has canceled all plans to release their upcoming high-end Blu-ray Disc player. All orders for the player have been canceled, and the model will not be brought to the market.

Earlier this year, Samsung announced two BD players and a dual-format player. The BDP-2400 was the higher-end model featuring the Silicon Optix HQV Reon processor, and the BDP-1400 was the consumer-level product with nearly identical specs but without the HQV chipset.

It's been confirmed by a number of folks here on AVS. I'd like to see Samsung release a standalone HD DVD player instead.

I, for one, am pleased by the news..Samsungs attempts to make a reliable Blu Ray player have failed miserably...Hope they use their 'expertise' on a HD DVD player instead....:D

Woo Hoo!!!! They're gone!

I, for one, am pleased by the news..Samsungs attempts to make a reliable Blu Ray player have failed miserably...Hope they use their 'expertise' on a HD DVD player instead....:D

Woo Hoo!!!! They're gone!

I'm betting they'll make ONE KILLER HD DVD player.

I'm betting they'll make ONE KILLER HD DVD player.

The evidence says something different.

Fanboys are funny. Now Samsung is a bad electronics company?

If a company of their caliber is having trouble making a BD player it says a lot about how well BD was developed in the first place.

Fanboys are funny. Now Samsung is a bad electronics company?

If a company of their caliber is having trouble making a BD player it says a lot about how well BD was developed in the first place.
No. Samsung is a bad player company. They make great displays.

What percentage of stand alone BD players are a Samsung? Are you saying that even if we put player profiles aside that all these people have lemons?

What's the best low cost BD player then if Samsung is out? Is it Pioneer or Sony? What makes the Samsung players worse than those?

Samsungs attempts to make a reliable Blu Ray player have failed miserably..
No. Samsung is a bad player company.
O rly? HDGuru (http://hdguru.com/?p=184) must be out to lunch then! :rolleyes:

my first dvd player was a samsung. sold it to a friend and is still in use today.

So no high end Reon equipped BD player from Samsung.

Interesting fact - the Reon UP DVD got rave reviews. It is used in the XA2 and the P-1200

With the Gen3 players - no more Reon - now ABT UP DVD chip

Only the Onkyo and Integra HD DVD players will use it .

So by the news this must mean we will finally get to see a profile 1.1 compliant player before the end of the year - The 5000 DF player.

That's a pity. I have a 1200, and while it has some issues, its not a bad player, and its a killer DVD player. I was debating upgrading to the 2400, but I guess not now. I like the REON chip, to bad there won't be many players with it. BYW, I thought the 5000 was delayed until early 2008.
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The evidence says something different.


What evidence would that be?

Another sign that everything is not fine in BD land? Reports have surfaced saying that Samsung has canceled its standalone BD player, BDP-2400...


Maybe they will do the most logical thing and concentrate on universal players. That way both sets of fanchildren can cry together.:D

Just becuase they dropped plans to bring out a high-end standalone B-R player, where's the evidence that they'll use their resources to bring out an HD-DVD player? Maybe they simply realized that the market for a high-end player is just too small to make a profit. HD-DVD is selling more standalones at the moment for one reason -- price.

No, if I was Samsung I'd pour my efforts and resources into making an affordable dual-format player. Better change that to "...making a dual-format player affordable."

I, for one, am pleased by the news..Samsungs attempts to make a reliable Blu Ray player have failed miserably...Hope they use their 'expertise' on a HD DVD player instead....:D

Woo Hoo!!!! They're gone!

LOL classic Bland!

Only he can make lemons out of lemonaid!

Not sure why we need another discussion on the same topic. Already being discussed here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=915359

I, for one, am pleased by the news..Samsungs attempts to make a reliable Blu Ray player have failed miserably...Hope they use their 'expertise' on a HD DVD player instead....:D

Woo Hoo!!!! They're gone!

"More good news for Blu-Ray!" ;)

Already discussed and this is not the player section. this section is not for players or hardware.