Samsung is throwing in the towel on Blu-ray players, in the U.S. at least.
“Samsung will no longer introduce new Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray player models in the US market,” the company told CNET, in response to an earlier report in Forbes.
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That doesn’t mean you can’t still get your hands on a Samsung Blu-ray player — retailers have plenty of older models in stock by the look of it — but if you were holding out for a new high-end player you’ll have to go with another brand. As Engadget points out, there were already good reasons to opt for one of Samsung’s competitors, anyway. Namely, that Samsung doesn’t support Dolby Vision (it uses a different HDR standard). Read more…
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