Samsung intros 1,000W Blu-ray home theater

Samsung announced their upcoming release of its newest Blu-ray home theater system, the HT-BD3252. The 5.1-channel system includes wireless rear speakers and an integrated Wi-Fi connection for access to a multimedia library found on users' PCs. Rated at 1,000W of total power, the system sports bio kelp speaker cones and has an automatic sound calibration feature that includes a microphone to tune the speakers for a specific room layout. A range of HD audio formats is supported, including the most recent Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio standards.

The HT-BD3252's bundled Blu-ray player supports BD-Live content, allowing it to access online content found on select Blu-ray discs thanks to an Ethernet port or the included Wi-Fi USB dongle. Paid and subscription services such as Netflix and Pandora are also accessible directly from the player's interface. This fall, a promised firmware upgrade will connect users to Blockbuster OnDemand video service as well.

Local playback options include a connected USB device, a portable hard drive, the aforementioned networked PC and an iPod dock. Remaining connections comprise a single HDMI-CEC output, a composite output, two HDMI-CEC inputs and an optical input.

The HT-BD3252 will ship in August, priced at $799.