Experience all of the beautiful high-resolution detail that your HDTV can provide. Samsungs BD-P1000 uses technology to deliver exceptionally vivid, lifelike video from high-definition Blu-ray Discs. Its the start of an era in home theater — movies come alive with startling clarity and vibrant color. The BD-P1000 is one of the first video players of any type to provide true 1080p output — 1920 x 1080 pixels progressive scan, the highest HD signal output currently available. TV makers are shifting to 1080p resolution for their top-performing flat-panel and projection TVs, and this Blu-ray player is a pixel-perfect match. Even if your HD-capable TV is a few years old and lacks an HDMI connection, dont worry, you can still experience Blu-ray. High-definition signals up to 1080i are available through the component video output. The BD-P1000 owes its high-def capabilities to Blu-rays high storage capacity. Blu-ray Discs can hold a lot more picture information than regular DVDs can, and a Blu-ray player feeds that information to your TV at a much faster rate than a DVD player. The result is picture quality thats consistently sharper and cleaner than standard DVD — images simply look more real. The larger your screen, the more apparent the improvement becomes. The BD-P1000 also plays standard DVDs, and will make your entire DVD library look better than ever by upconverting the video to 1080p (or 720p or 1080i — you can choose the resolution that most closely matches the display capabilities of your HDTV). This versatile player can also play audio CDs, including home-burned CD-Rs and CD-RWs.