Sharp Aquos BD-HP20S Blu-ray Player

Sharp has revealed their first Blu-ray disc player, the BD-HP20S. Though we have seen it many times, IFA will be the first time we get specs regarding the upcoming player. It was revealed during their press conference, and while no specs or release date was given, Sharp made the statement that they would one day be the largest manufacturer of Blu-ray players. More to come on this player as the show officially kicks off.
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view_it  » Aug 30, 2007
THE SHOW must GO ON .....

dobyblue  » Aug 30, 2007
Dude Josh you are on fire!! Keep 'em comin' man. Nothing but good news so far.

stockstar1138  » Aug 30, 2007
Nice. Thanks for the really quick posts Josh! Seriously how is HD DVD going to counter all of these companies?

dialog_gvf  » Aug 30, 2007
Incredible! That is quite a quantity prediction given that they are up against Sony, Panasonic and Samsung.

CptGreedle  » Aug 30, 2007
If they intend to me the largest Blu-ray disc manufacturer, I am sure that the price will indeed be low! Excellent news.

atdm71  » Aug 30, 2007
How about an upper Blu-ray Home Theatre In a Box set up? Player that can decode all the HD formats + Receiver that can do same + 7.1 speaker set up??? ...All specially designed to deliver an optimal Blu-ray experience. Seen any of those? Pioneer, Sony, Sharp, Samsung - you listening?? Make one!! Blu-ray's all about getting the most out of a surround set up!!

SolidBlu  » Aug 30, 2007
another good news! go blu!

atdm71  » Aug 30, 2007
Agree with dobyblue -- light 'em up Josh!!! Keep the lines rolling...

ericede  » Aug 30, 2007
The player support is extremely important. It sends a huge message to the industry that these companies have enough faith in Blu-ray to invest their money in building players.

jayd  » Aug 30, 2007
Come on Blu-Ray, let those HD-DVD geeks have thier cheapo nasty 30 day players, we want quality.

SolidBlu  » Aug 30, 2007
hey guys, don't forget philips, they're on our side as well...=)

E-Dogg  » Aug 30, 2007
WOWWO.....This is incredible news.

monkeyman905  » Aug 30, 2007
Did it say anything bout there new TV's the x20 or XL2? Have any new hd-DUD drives been anounsed?

joeorc  » Aug 30, 2007
future prediction: HD DVD is getting absorbed...into Blu-Ray. future Blu-Ray OPTICAL drives AND player's will play HD DVD disc's but without the extra dead weight that is IHD . since BD-J is just fine Absorrrrb...: D

GSX600F  » Aug 30, 2007
i have a picture of this player is looks pretty nice, also all SPECS: http://www.blu-rayler.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=120

wsciv123  » Aug 30, 2007
Sweet... I'm hoping WB will make a Batman Begins, Matrix Trilogy, Harry Potter Quintolgy announcement today. I'm hoping Fox will make a Predator and Alien Quadrilogy announcement today. That would be sweet with the upcomding AVP: Requim movie...

DAMNSAM77  » Aug 30, 2007

WSCIV, Warner is still waiting on final confirmation about BD-Java 1.1 when PIP is mandated, hopefully sonner thsn Oct 31st, thats the ONLY reason why WB has delayed releases of movies like Batman and Matrix. They want the BD versions to have the same interactivity featuers and I guess I dont blame them for wanting to be fair to the consumers. I think Warner Brother's neutrality might end with them swinging to BLuray exclusivity when BDJ-1.1 is finalized and equivelant titles are offered for both formats, they will know why is it a waste of their time and money to release on HDDVD when the same copies of the Matrix trilogy, Batman, V for Vendetta will sell over 100,000 copies by year end, more than doubling the poor HDDVD numbers.....talking about that....I bet you Crapamount and poor Will Ferrel are PISSED about how poor their sales of Blades of Glory are on HDDVD....only if they had released it on BD, they would have guaranteed 20,000-30,000 in BD sales in just a few short weeks....baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Hope they learn their lesson sooner than later...that should amount to almost 1 million dollars is revenues in just a few weeks, mutliply that by hmmm 50 hddvd exlcuive titles from Paramount and you can account for almost 50 million dollars in lost revenues from not going Blu! Lets see about 2-3 dozen manufactuers, studios, retailer all support Bluray, and only a jandful of HDDVD hardware, retail, studio supporters....all I can say, if we wanna close in and finish this battle by Spring 08, we need the $199 BD players!!! THATS IT!!! Oh yeah and hurry up and finish up the mandated 1.1 Java specs, and get going already with the 2.0 specs

TruBlu2  » Aug 30, 2007
Way to go SHARP!!! I will honor you as the #1 manufacturer of BD players!!!! Go Sharp GO

Mote  » Aug 30, 2007
I love my Sharp Aquos 52'' flat panel. Such impressive quality. I'm sure their Blu-ray players will be of the same great high quality!

kaliraver69  » Aug 30, 2007
Woohoo, man this is too much good news for Blu-Ray, i can hear the tears dripping down on the HD-DVD fanboys. I think this is too much news for the HD-DVD camp to counter!

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