Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player

It’s the world’s first Blu-Ray player aimed at the home, and it’s bloody expensive.

You’ll be paying no less than £999 for this player, which is possibly why they’ve called it the BD-P1000. To start with, BD-P1000 is such a ridiculous name for your first release. Why isn’t it just called “1″?

Specifications (which don’t mean a lot to me)

1. Real HD(1920×1080) BD-Movie Title Playback
2. Backward Compatibility with DVD/CD
3. HDMI Digital Interface
4. 10in2 Multi Memory Card Slot
5. Improved Menu Features (Pop-up menu, Always-on menu)
6. Improved Subtitle Features (Adjustable Text Colour & Size, Fade In/Out Effect)

Hmm. Well at least it does DVDs.

Now I’ll admit I know little about this stuff, but… £1000? They can’t be serious. How much are the disks going to cost?

DVD in our language

I’d also like to point out how much I love calling DVDs DVDs. I mean, in everyday language - it means so much to us now. We’ve only just got the hoi polloi onto the bloody word. It’s common now! Let’s watch a DVD. I’ve got a DVD here. Insert the DVD. DVD this. DVD that… the list could go on!

Some how I can’t see the same happening for the long-winded Blu-Ray disk. HD DVD, on the other hand, seems like a clean and convenient upgrade of the DVD phenomenon.

Anyway, we don’t have much control over who wins this format war. It will all come down to (in order of importance):

1. advertising,
2. integration into electronics (PS3, etc.),
3. supply and pricing.

Or so I reckon.