First Blu Ray players hit the States

Samsung have begun shipping the first Blu Ray player and the opening slavo against HD-DVD.

The Samsung BD-P1000 is priced at just under $1000, so it’s not an impulse purchase at this point, and is being aimed squarly at early adopters and home cinema perfectionists.

But what use is the player with no movies? Well your luck is in, as the first Blu-Ray movies have also just been released, with the following movies all available immedietly from Amazon.com:

• The Fifth Element
• Underworld - Evolution
• XXX
• House of Flying Daggers
• Hitch
• 50 First Dates

There are lots more releases planned in the coming weeks and months: Amazon Blu Ray releases.