Samsung launches industrys first Blu-ray disc player to the US market for availability on June 25th, BD-P1000 which offers close to five times the resolution of conventional DVDs making it the highest picture quality available on the market. It features 1080p HDMI output for films digitally mastered in 1920 x 1080p and it is compatible and plays both standard DVDs and CDs in addition to supporting all DVD formats including, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD+R.

Samsung has included a 10-in-2 multi memory card interface such as CompactFlash, SecureDigital, XD Picture Card, and Memory Stick. Connectivity includes HDMI, Component and S-video and composite outputs. Supported audio formats include: Dolby Digital & Dolby Digital Plus, DTS and MP3 and 192KHz LPCM. The BD-P1000 will be available in stores ON June 25 and 2006 at a MAP of USD999.99.

[Via Samsung]