Not to be outdone by fellow Korean consumer electronics manufacturer L.G., Samsung today released more details on it's forthcoming Blu Ray/HD DVD combo player.

The highly anticipated BD-UP5000 will feature support for both BD-J and HDi. It will be a HDMI 1.3 compliant player with support for 1080p24, and will have a Silicon Optix Reon HQV chip onboard for upconversion of standard definition DVDs. Audio support will be present for Dolby Digital+, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, but details are fuzzy on whether or not support will be included for lossless DTS-HD Master Audio.

The Samsung BD-UP5000 will be available sometime in the fourth quarter for a suggested retail of $999.