CES 2008: Sharp BD-HP50U - 1.1 Profile

[jopemoro]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/l...ss-conference/

Sharp remains committed to Blu-ray. New BD-HP50U player with 1.1 profile support just announced. AQUOS Link enabled over HDMI for integration with the AQUOS TV.

[celle]

It´s a BD Live (Profile 2.0) player!

It took a long time for Sharp to actively jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon, but it looks like they are committed to Blu-ray more than ever.

At the CES conference press, Sharp unveiled their second generation Blu-ray player, the BD-HP50U. The new Blu-ray player, to be released next May, will support Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and BD-Live.

The player also offers multi-channel audio output via HDMI 1.3 connection by decoding Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD. It also decodes Dolby Digital Plus.

The new Blu-ray player has everything we expect from a 2008 device and not really more, but it clearly shows Sharp commitment to the Blu-ray format.

The little puppy is a bit pricey though...suggested retail price has been set to $799.99. But let's bet on a major price drop later this year.

http://www.blurayfreak.com/2008/01/sharp-announced.html

[BigScaryRobot]

Does anyone here own the Sharp BDHP20U ? I'm thinking about getting that has my first BD player and I’m looking for some pros/cons.

[hvuong2]

I just got the Sharp BD player a couple days ago. So far, so good. No real issues of yet... just enjoying it on my Sharp 42" LCD at full 1080p... it's nice... and... well worht the investment... =) I think you'll like it...

[celle]

Sorry, now it seems like to be not an BD-Live player. Only profile 1.1.

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=838