Samsung cancels upcoming hybrid HD player

Andre Yoskowitz
6 Mar 2008 14:22

Samsung has announced that it has canceled the upcoming BD-UP5500 Blu-ray/HD DVD hybrid player and attributed the decision directly to Toshiba's decision to drop the format.
The company also praised the decision, saying that have a standard format will allow the company to focus its efforts and money on Blu-ray. The older UP5000 player will still be available but the company added that the prospect of selling future hybrid players was slim.

"[A hybrid player] remains a practical solution, but the window of opportunity is smaller than it was before,"
the company said in a statement.

Toshiba plans to stop producing HD DVD players later this month and prior HD DVD-exclusive studios such as Paramount and Dreamworks have dropped the format making it all but dead.

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