Philips BDP9000

The BDP9000's sleek design and friendly menus make it a good choice if you're in the market for a Blu-ray disc player.

You've no doubt heard of Blu-ray, one of two new optical-disc formats (the other being HD DVD) that promise to bring stunning high-definition images and sound into your home theater. All you need is an HDTV and surround-sound system to enjoy movies...

Having spent some time with Samsung's first generation BD machine as well as a Playstation 3, I was eager to check out Philips' take on Blu-ray technology. The results were mixed, but there's a lot to like about this attractive high definition device.

Comme dans un film hollywoodien trop formaté, rien ne sort du lot avec la BDP9000 de Philips. Que ce soit en termes de design,

Anche da Philips arriva l'annuncio di una imminente disponibilità del lettore video Blu-ray BDP9000 e del relativo drive per PC TripleWriter SPD7000, entrambi previsti per in 3/o quarto del 2006. Il BDP9000 sarà equipaggiato con una interfaccia HDMI....

Now that the war is over between HD and BLU-RAY … well over for now anyway! … I’ve purchased the Philips Blu-ray Disc player BDP9000 to add to my Upconverting DVD player that I already have. I knew going in that this is a First Generation ...