Samsung announces Laptop with HD DVD drive - Blu-ray Forum

hmurchison · 09-28-2006, 04:40 PM

with a laptop attached

http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/28...op-yes-hd-dvd/

Yes....Samsung

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Like Acer and fellow "strong" Blu-ray supporter LG, Samsung is showing the hi-def crowd how to mix it up by opening their Blu-ray love affair to the HD DVD camp. Here we have their M55 -- formerly billed as the "world's thinnest and lightest 17-inch widescreen" at 30.5 ~ 34.4-mm thick and 2.99-kg -- only now packing some swank HD DVD action along with an apparent pixel increase to 1920x1200. Just to run down the rest of the specs on this: you get a glossy 17-inch display, 256MB GeForce 7600 Go graphics, up to 120GB of SATA disk, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a wide range of in and outs including HDMI and S/PDIF, and suite of SRS audio features all powered by an Intel T2500 Core Duo proc. No drop date but they should pull about €3,000/$3,810 -- yeah, we know. And yes, gentle readers, there is a woman in that photo, now please try to comment on the laptop, mkay? We don't want to get rough, see.

This has got to be the strangest format battle I've seen ever.

theknub · 09-28-2006, 04:43 PM

weird... i don't get it

JTK · 09-28-2006, 04:45 PM

Lots of backdoor things can happen in the PC world.

I'm sure this will be spammed on AVS at least a dozen times.

"The format war is over and HD-DVD has won because of this 'earth shattering defection'", even though that's not what this is.

Interesting...

PeterTHX · 09-28-2006, 05:12 PM

http://www.tsstorage.com/index_e.html

Old news.
Toshiba & Samsung are joint owners of a PC optical drive division.

Much ado about nothing. Move along, nothing to see here

zombie · 09-28-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hmurchison

http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/28...op-yes-hd-dvd/

LOL at their article. I couldn't help but click the link because of the quote about the woman in the pic. Yeah, I'd rather watch her than a movie on a laptop any day!

This is good news for HD DVD. Too bad this isn't a Samsung standalone HD DVD player. That might be something I'd buy.

BTBuck1 · 09-28-2006, 05:15 PM

Maybe they'll play it fair and release it with the NR activated for the first 6 months!

JTK · 09-28-2006, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterTHX

http://www.tsstorage.com/index_e.html

Old news.
Toshiba & Samsung are joint owners of a PC optical drive division.

Much ado about nothing. Move along, nothing to see here

Thank you. That's what I remembered.

Doesn't seem like a very wise move to me, in general.

I'm not sure I'd put out any PC or laptop hardware dedicated to any one format this early myself.

If I own a PC, and I have money to blow out the wazoo, obviously I'm going to put both an HD-DVD drive AND a Blu-Ray drive in that sucker and be on my way.

Moves like this just don't make much sense to me, especially in the present day overall context of the market.

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Originally Posted by nyg

This is good news for HD DVD. Too bad this isn't a Samsung standalone HD DVD player. That might be something I'd buy.

You would be making a mistake. Samsung...Toshiba...LG...all about the same. Say 'em in the same breath, especially when it comes to DVD players and the like.

phloyd · 09-28-2006, 05:51 PM

$3,810 - that is even more expensive than the big Bluray VAIO!

Oh well...

JTK · 09-28-2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by phloyd

$3,810 - that is even more expensive than the big Bluray VAIO!

Oh well...

So much for another HD-DVD price advantage talking point, right?

hmurchison · 09-28-2006, 06:16 PM

Well kudos to Samsung for offering choice. I've seen the Acer 20" laptop w/hd dvd and it was pretty damn impressive.

The low profile HD DVD drives must be plentiful. That's a good thing.

thunderhawk · 09-28-2006, 06:20 PM

Toshiba is smart. They have got hands on Blu-ray technology everywhere if they want to.

Vice versa is also true by the way.

So far, this is old news imo.

Dave · 09-28-2006, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by phloyd

$3,810 - that is even more expensive than the big Bluray VAIO!

Oh well...

Yes. And as i sayed you get 20GB more with the VAIO

HD DVD is doomed in the PC market

JTK · 09-28-2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by hmurchison

Well kudos to Samsung for offering choice. I've seen the Acer 20" laptop w/hd dvd and it was pretty damn impressive.

The low profile HD DVD drives must be plentiful. That's a good thing.

Choice for what?

What are people supposed to do?

Buy this $3000 + HD-DVD laptop and then go ahead and buy another expensive Vaio or some other kind laptop that has Blu-Ray?

To what end?

JTK · 09-30-2006, 05:44 PM

Sure enough I go to you know where and this is posted as "SAMSUNG SUPPORTS HD-DVD!!!!" several times over and the fanboys are toasting each other and you guessed it, the format war is over and HD-DVD has already won.

Again.

hmurchison · 09-30-2006, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JTK

Sure enough I go to you know where and this is posted as "SAMSUNG SUPPORTS HD-DVD!!!!" several times over and the fanboys are toasting each other and you guessed it, the format war is over and HD-DVD has already won.

Again.

Man, AVS used to be such a Blu-Ray stronghold. How the hell did all the HD DVD fans spring up from thin air?

I wouldn't mind if Toshiba made a Blu-Ray player. Hell politics should never interfere with my toyz.

JTK · 09-30-2006, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by hmurchison

Man, AVS used to be such a Blu-Ray stronghold. How the hell did all the HD DVD fans spring up from thin air?

Are you kidding? It's been an HD-DVD stronghold for the past year, at least.

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I wouldn't mind if Toshiba made a Blu-Ray player. Hell politics should never interfere with my toyz.

They can stay away from BD as far as I'm concerned. No loss.

zombie · 09-30-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hmurchison

I wouldn't mind if Toshiba made a Blu-Ray player.

Worst idea ever!

Seriously, I would be far happier with a Sony HD DVD player than I would be with a Toshiba BD player. I insist on better and far more consistent quality from my CE devices.

PeterTHX · 10-01-2006, 02:14 AM

Well, all Toshiba would have to do is slap a BD-ROM drive in their modified laptop and recompile the Linux OS to boot BD discs!

Needless to say, Toshiba is on my s*** list right now. :f

Blue · 10-01-2006, 04:56 AM

Let's just wait a little while. How many reports have their been of LG comming out with HD-DVD drive or a Pioneer,LG, even a Panasonic Hybrid. The proof is in the delivery. HD-DVD seems to be the master of Spin. If it were on the Samsung web site I would tend to give it more credibility.

10-01-2006, 01:41 PM

The funniest thing is these same people say Samsung suck but as soon as anything that says they support Hd dvd they are having a party,

09-28-2006, 04:45 PM	#3
JTK Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2006 Location:www.blurayoasis.com	Lots of backdoor things can happen in the PC world. I'm sure this will be spammed on AVS at least a dozen times. "The format war is over and HD-DVD has won because of this 'earth shattering defection'", even though that's not what this is. Interesting... Last edited by JTK; 09-28-2006 at 04:48 PM.

09-28-2006, 06:20 PM	#11
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	Toshiba is smart. They have got hands on Blu-ray technology everywhere if they want to. Vice versa is also true by the way. So far, this is old news imo. Last edited by thunderhawk; 09-28-2006 at 07:36 PM.

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theknub Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2006	weird... i don't get it

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PeterTHX Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Blu-ray collection:563 Trading Score:14	http://www.tsstorage.com/index_e.html Old news. Toshiba & Samsung are joint owners of a PC optical drive division. Much ado about nothing. Move along, nothing to see here

09-28-2006, 05:15 PM	#6
BTBuck1 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Oceanside, CA. Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:1	Maybe they'll play it fair and release it with the NR activated for the first 6 months!

09-28-2006, 05:51 PM	#8
phloyd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2003 Location:California Trading Score:5	$3,810 - that is even more expensive than the big Bluray VAIO! Oh well...

09-28-2006, 06:16 PM	#10
hmurchison Banned Member since:Aug 2004 Location:Seaattle	Well kudos to Samsung for offering choice. I've seen the Acer 20" laptop w/hd dvd and it was pretty damn impressive. The low profile HD DVD drives must be plentiful. That's a good thing.

09-30-2006, 05:44 PM	#14
JTK Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2006 Location:www.blurayoasis.com	Sure enough I go to you know where and this is posted as "SAMSUNG SUPPORTS HD-DVD!!!!" several times over and the fanboys are toasting each other and you guessed it, the format war is over and HD-DVD has already won. Again.

10-01-2006, 02:14 AM	#18
PeterTHX Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Blu-ray collection:563 Trading Score:14	Well, all Toshiba would have to do is slap a BD-ROM drive in their modified laptop and recompile the Linux OS to boot BD discs! Needless to say, Toshiba is on my s*** list right now. :f

10-01-2006, 04:56 AM	#19
Blue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Melbourne Australia Blu-ray collection:206	Let's just wait a little while. How many reports have their been of LG comming out with HD-DVD drive or a Pioneer,LG, even a Panasonic Hybrid. The proof is in the delivery. HD-DVD seems to be the master of Spin. If it were on the Samsung web site I would tend to give it more credibility.

10-01-2006, 01:41 PM	#20
kevinca1 Guest	The funniest thing is these same people say Samsung suck but as soon as anything that says they support Hd dvd they are having a party,

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