Philips had a lot of success with the BDP9000 Blu-Ray player in the USA and this made them want to extend in this field. We now have the BDP7100 available. It stands in with the same stylish design and almost unbeatable picture and sound quality. Philips continues its support for Blu-Ray. After all, the company is one of the founding members of the Blu-Ray Disc Association and a real pioneer in high definition technology.Philips BDP7100 appears with a 1080p true high definition imagery and pictures. Its surround sound is enhanced with the inclusion of Dolby TrueHD (Trademark) and DTS HD High Resolution Audio (also Trademark) multi channel audio decoding plus digital audio optical outputs. Consumers are currently changing their options towards HDTV sets and this comes with a need of enhancing DVDs. This 1080p upscaling will surely make them happy. We have here a device that supports native 24 frames per second cinematic resolution input. It is done through HDMI, the same format used in movies. HDMI CEC is a function that allows control of other devices with one remote, again a feature that customers love. Java is also making its way to the Blu-Ray player. It brings graphical enhancements and interactivity. On-screen Display offers a support of 7 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian and Portuguese.

Philips keep on being a major piece in the promotion of the Blu-Ray format. The Blu-Ray Disc is currently supported by more than 170 companies including all major CE manufacturers and PC manufacturers. Seven of the eight major Hollywood studios are also big pieces in marketing the format together with leading music labels and game developers. What is there not to like? The Philips Blu-Ray disk comes at 25GB in single layer format. It can thus hold 12 hours of standard definition DVD quality content and an incredible 360 hours of MP3 music.