Samsung Announced Lower Priced Blu-ray HTIB
Posted July 24, 2008 08:02 AM by Josh Dreuth
Samsung has announced that they will introduce a third home theater in a box (HTIB) to their product line-up this fall. The Samsung HT-BD2E, which is expected to retail for $799, will feature a 5.1 speaker set up with five satellite speakers and a passive subwoofer totaling 800 watts RMS power. The included Blu-ray player will be BonusView capable and decode everything except DTS-HD Master Audio.
It will join the already available HTIB systems, the Samsung HT-BD2S ($999) and HD-BD2T ($1,499), both 7.1 systems. The HD-BD2S uses seven satellite speakers with an active subwoofer, and the HD-BD2T gets four tower speakers (FL, FR, SL, SR) and three satellite speakers (C, RSR, RSL) with the active subwoofer. Both systems total 1,100 watts.
Samsung is hoping that this new lowered price point with help them continue brisk HTIB sales and compete with Panasonics $999 BT-100 with BonusView player.