CES 2008 – Philips BDP7200 Blu-Ray disc player

Philip has introduced this second generation of seductive BDP7200 Blu-Ray disc player at CES 2008. It’ll allow you to control all – TV and A/V components device using one remote which is connected via the HDMI consumer Electronic control (CEC) solution. The device also offers consumer sophisticated and unbeatable interactive solutions such as PIP, Deep Color, bonus View (profile 1.1). This is an attractive solution for consumers as they intend to move up to HDTV. Its expected to be on the market in April 2008 with a competitive price of $399.

Enriching the picture further, Deep Color™ creates vivid images with more than a billion colors1 and eliminates on-screen color banding. The BDP7200 also supports 1080p at native 24 frames per second (fps)2 cinematic resolution input via HDMI, which is the same format used in movies.

“Blu-ray Disc has rapidly become the format of choice for high-definition movies, music, games and more,” said Andy Mintz, senior vice president of marketing, Philips Consumer Electronics. “With a greater breadth of available hardware, more support from the Hollywood studios and more capacity for growth in the future, consumers are clearly weighing-in in favor of Blu. Our BDP7200 joins Philips’ growing family of Blu-ray Disc products, delivering the best possible Full HD picture quality, full surround sound capabilities and more.”

The BDP7200 supports technology known as BD-Java, which makes even more sophisticated interactive features possible. It boasts Picture in Picture (PiP), graphical enhancements and multi-languages for on-screen display. Multi-layered displays enable users to interact with on-disc content – such as pop-up menus, graphics, director’s commentary and bonus material – even as the main movie is playing.