Samsung's skinny Blu-ray player uncovered

by Richard Lawler, posted Jan 6th 2009 at 3:38AM

Stop staring at the plastic wrapped photos from our pre-CES tour and have a look at Samsung's totally uncovered 1.5-inch thick Blu-ray player. The BDP4600 is sure to kick off an all new battle of "thin for thin's sake" amongst CE manufacturers, but honestly, given the emphasis on design or complete lack thereof on most Blu-ray hardware so far, this can't come a moment too soon. What does it do? Your guess is as good as ours, until Samsung decides to let loose with the specifications.

Filed under: Blu-ray, Players, Samsung

Tags: 1.5 inch, 1.5Inch, 39mm, bdp4600, blu-ray, ces, ces 2009, Ces2009, samsung

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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shawnmos @ Jan 6th 2009 5:33AM

Slot loading or what? Those pics suck.

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GhostDoggy @ Jan 6th 2009 6:04AM

My one and only Samsung Blu-ray player stopped playing regular DVDs after four months. I returned the unit (Costco) and stayed a one-BD player household (PS3) until this past Xmas when the wife bought me a Sony.

Too many people that I know of had bad experiences with Samsung players, and no one really knows why.

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Marcus @ Jan 6th 2009 6:47AM

GhostDoggy, I think the same like with the Samsung mobile phones. Excellent hardware and innovative features, but software problems...

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travis.Taylor @ Jan 6th 2009 8:54AM

In my opinion, the barriers of entry to the Blu-ray Disc market are too high to constitute a second player. Especially for the common college student (me). I just entered the BD world in November with a Sony BDP-S350. I doubt I will buy another Blu-ray Player until this one dies or they come out with some new and great feature that I can't use.

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