Samsung G2 BD player at CES?

[4K display]

The company, which was the first to introduce a Blu-ray high-definition DVD player last year, will announce its second-generation player next week. The new model is expected to cost about 20 percent less than the current version, but will have more interactive functions.

NYtimes

[Blue]

20% less than what I wonder? The release price of $1000 or the current selling price of circa $600 or the pre runout price of about $700? Not long until we find out. I wonder how many other G2 players will be out and about.

[Zvi]

Yeeeah Those are the leaks I was asking about

[Dave]

Samsung to debut first second-gen Blu-ray player at CES

http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/04...player-at-ces/

The new player is expected to cost 20 percent less than its predecessor (the BD-P1000, pictured above), but contain more interactive functions. We hope that means this will be the first non-PlayStation 3 device to support BD Live features, although we'll have to wait and see. As far as joining LG with a hybrid player like the one it had announced and then denied last year, the company currently has "no plans" to do so, but could if the market remains divided. Other products we can expect to see next week include even larger versions of Samsung's Slim DLP HDTVs, and an all new line of plasmas going all the way up to 80 inches.

[C6 Z06]

Sounds great, but after testing all the first gens I could get my hands on, the Sammy had the worst PQ of all I tried. I hope that is going to be their biggest improvement in the 2nd gen.

[BTBuck1]

Originally Posted by C6 Z06

Sounds great, but after testing all the first gens I could get my hands on, the Sammy had the worst PQ of all I tried. I hope that is going to be their biggest improvement in the 2nd gen.

The firmware update works wonders on this (bdp1000)