Samsung has announced that they will be upping their line of Blu-ray equipped HTiB (Home Theater in a Box) systems this August, with the debut of the HT-BD2E. This system carries a suggested retail price of $799 and should be the lowest cost Blu-ray HTiB system available on the market.
The HT-BD2E will feature a 5.1 channel surround sound system and a BD profile 1.0 Blu-ray player.
Samsung also offers the HT-BD2S and HD-BD2T Blu-ray HTiB systems at a suggested retail price of $999 and $1499 respectively. These higher end systems are equipped with 7.1 channel surround sound as well as more advanced features.
It's nice to see Samsung offering up a lower priced Blu-ray equipped HTiB, but why does it include a crippled BD profile 1.0 player? Is Samsung trying to pawn off their old stock of BD-P1400 players by bundling them in with surround sound systems?
