Harman Kardon will soon release their very first standalone Blu-ray player in the form of the BDP10 (and it’s about time folks!). Key features of the BDP10 include:

• Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, and PCM outputs – up to 7.1 channel
• Outputs include one HDMI (v.1.3a with x.v.Color), one wide-bandwidth component output, one front-panel USB port for flash drives and external USB hard dives (FAT32 support), Ethernet port, two digital outputs (coaxial and optical), two-channel analog output, one composite video output
• Full-color and multilanguage user interface
• 1080/24p playback support
• BonusView support
• BD-Live (BD-Video Profile 2.0) support
• DVD playback with 1080p upscaling via HDMI output
• Plays back audio and video files on USB connected drives
• Supports MP3, WMA v.8/9 audio playback
• Supports HD JPEG playback along with slideshow playback of JPEGs and audio from same source
• Supports DivX video playback
• Backlit remote control
• Removable power cord
• Seven speed smooth scan and three speed slow motion playback
• Program playlist
• Parental control system with user-programmable password
• Dimmable dot matrix front panel display
• Color coded connections

According to Electronista, the Harman Kardon BDP10 will be coming out in May for the European market at a price of around $940 U.S. dollars (ouch). Expect the unit to eventually make it to the US.

[Check it out via Electronista]

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