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Samsung To Stop Making Blu-Ray & 4K Blu-Ray Players For US Market
CNET ^ | February 15, 2019 | Ty Pendlebury

Posted on 02/17/2019 2:51:20 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer

Samsung [announced] that it was no longer making 4K players and has confirmed that it will also halt production on new 1080p models. "Samsung will no longer introduce new Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray player models in the US market," a Samsung spokesperson told CNET.  Samsung launched its last 4K players in 2017 and didn't add any new models to its lineup in 2018. A high-end 4K player for 2019 along the lines of its UBD-M9500 was in the works, a Forbes report says, but has now been scrapped...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 1080p; 4k; bluray; dvd; samsung; streaming
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To: TheNext

Downloaded Into Your Brain,,,

It’s gonna be crowded in there!


121 posted on 02/18/2019 7:17:06 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: gibsonguy

Agreed on all counts.


122 posted on 02/18/2019 7:44:45 AM PST by gymbeau (Alberta. Bound.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

They’re also very dead, alas.
Great equipment but last year they threw in the towel. They still offer the odd firmware update, though. They had one a week or so ago.


123 posted on 02/18/2019 7:47:52 AM PST by gymbeau (Alberta. Bound.)
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To: gymbeau

Thanks. It is actually nice to talk about something besides the Rats destroying the country for a change.


124 posted on 02/18/2019 7:57:53 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Yeah.
Osses me piff that there’s such a dearth of good 4K HDR titles available. I imagine it’s worse here in Canada than in the U.S.

I need, well, an OLED, too.


125 posted on 02/18/2019 8:00:54 AM PST by gymbeau (Alberta. Bound.)
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To: gymbeau

I forgot that. Thanks.


126 posted on 02/18/2019 8:15:02 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: gymbeau

You might check these guys out. Don’t know if they send to Canada but l have used them without any problems they have a good selection
https://www.store-3d-blurayrental.com/


127 posted on 02/18/2019 10:27:51 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Thanks, I’ll check them out.


128 posted on 02/18/2019 11:19:44 AM PST by gymbeau (Alberta. Bound.)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

It’s with a 4K video like this that I appreciate fully a 4K TV...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzigaJKTPLU


129 posted on 03/01/2019 10:22:00 AM PST by Texan4Life
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To: Vendome

Yea it does.


130 posted on 03/01/2019 10:24:43 AM PST by AFreeBird
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