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hopefully in 6 months it will be done below $299]]>Jan 9th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-samsungs-bd-up5500-hd-dvd-blu-ray-combo-player/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-samsungs-bd-up5500-hd-dvd-blu-ray-combo-player/Jan 9th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-samsungs-bd-up5500-hd-dvd-blu-ray-combo-player/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-samsungs-bd-up5500-hd-dvd-blu-ray-combo-player/Jan 9th 2008 12:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-samsungs-bd-up5500-hd-dvd-blu-ray-combo-player/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-samsungs-bd-up5500-hd-dvd-blu-ray-combo-player/
Same here. One of the reasons I got the Tosh EP-35 HD DVD player was the analogue outputs for HD audio. Although only 5.1 but that's fine for now as I don't have the extra speakers. My not that old amp is not getting replaced just to get HDMI for HD audio, unless the player does full HD audio over HDMI and all HD audio formats for both HD DVD and Blu-Ray (something the PS3 can't even do!).

And for me to go Blu I need profiles 1.1/2.0 guaranteed (not just, "oh well it has an Ethernet port") also and no chance of any further spec changes in the next 5 years at least.

Hence I'll stick with HD DVD even if it's a dying format, until such time Blu-Ray is mature, then I'll be looking for a combo player probably as I doubt the current HD DVD discs with better features will be replaced any time soon on Blu-Ray with equivalent profile 1.1/2.0 features added.

Living outside the US I need a multi-region player also (though I would argue that US residents should too, as I know from DVD experience that it's not always the US who get the best releases).]]>Jan 9th 2008 1:26PM