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Just in a different way. :D


Why don't they just admit that they can't make anything that works anymore except marketing, so they're just throwing in the towel.]]>Mar 6th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/
Only upside was the $279.99 w/ 8 free moves deal on this thing in Dec at costco.]]>Mar 6th 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/
I really enjoy my 5000, so I hope Samsung continues to support it. Recent firmware updates suggest they will, but we're all still waiting on that "big May update" to fix the major audio issues.]]>Mar 6th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 6th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/
"I think Sony payed them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just know it!"

phew, glad to get that out of my chest. Now, on to my comment. I think we all saw this coming. The other wasnt very good and now that the 'format war' skirmish is over, makes complete sence. From a buisness point of view.]]>Mar 6th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/
Remember, some of those same idiots that would buy one of these also bought fairly small million-dollar homes with variable-rate mortages and without having the income to support it LOL

In all seriousness, I'm sure other posters hit it on the head; it was likely going to go from expensive to impossible to build dual-format players, and with Toshiba doing the incredibly quick axe of the HD DVD format, it just didn't make good sense anymore.

No, I've not taken advantage of those killer sales yet. I'm still mulling it over. With all the gloom and doom over the economy, I'm a little nervous about spending money on frivolous things...and yeah, I realize that not spending right now only compounds the problem, but like a lot of people, to spend loads of cash right now it'd have to be on credit, which ALSO adds to the problem.

I'm still keeping an eye on falling prices, though. Haven't bought yet, and as I've said here and elsewhere before, I waited a long time for DVD, and I can sure as heck wait for BD. :-> ]]>Mar 7th 2008 1:36AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 7th 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/
Then again, it seems their track record wasn't too flash, so it probably would have been shit anyways...]]>Mar 8th 2008 3:13AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 8th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/06/samsung-kills-bd-up5500-combo-player-before-it-ever-truly-lived/Mar 11th 2008 12:51PM