Samsung BD-P1500

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• 9 stars

  Very good standalone player!

  by rsc8989 on July 29, 2008

  Pros: Fast loading time, stunning graphics & audio, clean menu.

  Cons: Unstable network and USB connections.

  Summary: As always, did some research before buying this unit and one of the main complaints about this unit being slow loading time, it was nothing to be concerned about as ...

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  Summary: As always, did some research before buying this unit and one of the main complaints about this unit being slow loading time, it was nothing to be concerned about as it somehow "felt" normal than anticipated. The graphics and sound noticeably jumped me from my seat.
  
  Easy to play with HDMI CEC which works admirably by inserting a disc, the TV turns on and change the source to Blu-Ray input and starts playing. Clean and simple menu and setup screen to change. Although could not really tell the advantages of having 1080/24fps and xvyCC options, it's always nice to have features.
  
  Loaded some Blue Planet, Planet Earth, other documentaries, Cars, Black Hawk Down, Hellboy, Underworld, 300, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, all of which loaded faster than I anticipated and played admirably.
  
  If you are not much of a game player and would love a Blu-ray player now and save some money at the same time, this will not let you down.

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  9 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Very nice, fast load times, easily upgradable.

  by dagerton on June 1, 2008

  Pros: BD Live ready, Fast load times, Sleek design

  Cons: No DTS-HD yet

  Summary: Aside from the fact that this player will not decoded DTS-HDMA this player has lived up to the expectation. Firmware upgrades are super easy with the ethernet connection. My brother-in-law ...

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  Summary: Aside from the fact that this player will not decoded DTS-HDMA this player has lived up to the expectation. Firmware upgrades are super easy with the ethernet connection. My brother-in-law has the Sharp BD HP-20 and the 1500 loads almost a full minute faster than his player. Overall, very pleased with my purchase.

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  7 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  Darn good player....better than reviews I've read!

  by dbrat1 on June 30, 2008

  Pros: Fantastic picture and sleek design

  Cons: Crap-tastic cable included....

  Summary: After some setting tweeks, this BD player was everything my wife and I were looking for! Reviews I read before coming home from Best Buy with it complained about slow ...

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  Summary: After some setting tweeks, this BD player was everything my wife and I were looking for! Reviews I read before coming home from Best Buy with it complained about slow booting and pauses on standard DVDs....didn't happen. Boot time was noticable but not annoying...heck, my LCD takes 10 seconds to boot. View both Planet Earth blu-ray and The Mask in standard with no issues.
  One of the setting tweaks was elimate some black pixels that were most noticable on bright areas of the picture. Reseting the player so it knew my TV was 1080i (rather than 1080p)...must be an HDMI thing...it was too easy and fixed the issue.
  Samsung included an useless audio cable and could have provide an HDMI.

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  6 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  very good blu-ray player

  by zahmbee on December 9, 2008

  Pros: The Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray player is a solid choice for viewing Blu-Ray material. Great picture and rich colors.

  Cons: a little tweaking required on the TV in order to get a good upscaling image

  Summary: The Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray player is a solid choice for viewing Blu-Ray material. The picture is sharp and colors are stunning. At first I thought that the upscaling might have ...

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  Summary: The Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray player is a solid choice for viewing Blu-Ray material. The picture is sharp and colors are stunning. At first I thought that the upscaling might have been a little on the short side but after tweaking my Samsung HDTV a little I have to say that this unit does a very good job with regular dvd's. I loaded the updated firmware from Samsung, which was easy and quick. Once I connect an ethernet cable I'll be ready for BD-Live. I am currently using the Samsung LN40A650 HDTV so the interaction between the two units is smooth and fast. After viewing several movies in blu-ray I have to admit that I am already spoiled with the quality vs standard dvd's.You can feel assured that buying this unit will provide many wonderful hours of blu-ray quality. Upscaling old dvd's is really good and load times for movies is pretty quick. This unit also provides an ethernet connection so that you can enjoy the benefit of BD-Live programming from the internet. Samsung has managed to keep it's promise regarding firmware updates. They even make the update process fairly simple and painless. i was a little amazed at how slick the update went considering I am not a computer geek. So, now that blu-ray player prices are slowly coming down this player should be considered because it provides more features than other players in the same price range.
  
  Updated on Jan 29, 2009

  Samsung just released another firmware update and it's great. My BD-P1500 is now BD live capable and they added an update to make more titles compatible with their player. This is an excellent blu ray disc player.

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  4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  Sleek, Fast Load Times and Stable.

  by SLKabaker on May 25, 2008

  Pros: Boots Up Fast, Loads Discs Quickly, Bitstreams all audio formats, BD Profile 1.1 Compliant and Profile 2.0 Ready.

  Cons: Only decodes DolbyTrueHD into 2 Channel Stereo, No DTS-HD Decoding (HR or MA...yet...), Not Profile 2.0 as of yet.

  Summary: The BDP-1500 is a great looking player. It is a very sleek and sexy black, with a nice gloss sheen. The video playback is superb. The picture quality is great. ...

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  Summary: The BDP-1500 is a great looking player. It is a very sleek and sexy black, with a nice gloss sheen. The video playback is superb. The picture quality is great. It bitstreams (the same as the BD-P1400, having 2 options, "remix" or "audiophile") over HDMI all Dolby and DTS codecs. Unfortunately, if you do not have a receiver that can decode the HD Formats, it only can decode Standard Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS Core in full. It will decode Dolby TrueHD, but it down mixes from 5.1 or 7.1 to 2.0. It does not, as of yet, decode DTS-HD HR or DTS-HD MA. The system out of the box is BD Profile 1.1 compliant, and is BD Profile 2.0 (a.k.a. BD Live) ready. According to Samsung, there will be firmware updates adding DTS-HD HR internal decoding and enabling full 2.0 compliance and support. Being lucky enough to have a receiver that can decode the new HD Audio Codecs, I have the player set to Bitstream (Audiophile) over HDMI and I am very impressed with both the Video and Audio I got. For the price, other than the Playstation 3, it is best deal for both Profile 1.1 and 2.0 Players. I would strongly reccomend this unit and once it can decode DTS-HD HR and is BD Live enabled I would up my rating to a 9.5!

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  4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Very happy with this economy player!

  by systemBuilder on December 31, 2008

  Pros: - upconversion looks great to us!
  - BD-Live 2.0 firmware has been released!

  Cons: - User interface is a little clunky and sluggish
  - To use BD-Live after upgrade, you must leave your flash drive stuck in the player!
  - The player is low on flash and hangs if you remove the flash drive!

  Summary: Bottom line: This is a fantastic economy player for $210 which is what we paid (shipped) at christmas time! We watched Prince Caspian and thought we were looking at a ...

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  Summary: Bottom line: This is a fantastic economy player for $210 which is what we paid (shipped) at christmas time! We watched Prince Caspian and thought we were looking at a Blu-Ray disc the quality was so good!
  
  About the only downside is that occasionally the blu-ray player, when I hit "menu", will stop feeding a signal into the TV for a few moments, causing the TV to put up a "No Signal" message on the screen. Not smart, Samsung !! Also, the BONUSVIEW feature puts an annoying icon on the screen, and to get rid of it you have to stop everything, and turn off a big chunk of all your displays! NOT SMART, SAMSUNG!
  
  Still, we are completely satisfied with this economy player!
  
  Since there exists NO BD-Live content WORTH HAVING, you're wasting your money buying more than this basic player offers!
  
  Updated on Dec 31, 2008

  The other downside to this player is the remote, which has "tiny and tinier" buttons and a weird layout. There are at least 3 types of menu buttons, randomly scattered on the remote. The pause and play buttons are on different rows of the remote! It's easy to hit "Chapter Skip" when you want to FF. I hope you get the picture!
  
  Updated on Jan 1, 2009

  If you are thinking about a BD-2500, why not try Netflix Streaming from your laptop using S-Video? I think you'll find that you don't want to bother with the BD-2500 if you preview the quality and lagtime of a Netflix streamed video before you purchase it !! Anyway, if we want this feature we can always use our laptop, so the BD-1500 is all we need for the foreseeable future!
  
  Updated on Nov 6, 2009

  We've watched about 50 movies on this player so far. It was an awesome value (only $200), and I understand it's relatively fast (although I haven't had much opportunity to compare). Playback quality on our LN52A850 television is fantastic, as is the sound. I also like the anynet feature that redirects the TV to the blue-ray signal when you insert a disk into the player. We haven't tried the BD-Live 2.0 but we'll be trying that very soon. So, for a rock-bottom price, I feel like this product "does it all" - whats not to like ??
  
  Updated on Nov 6, 2009

  Half the time I'm taking the DVD out of the Blu-Ray player to check if it's really just a DVD ?? The upconversion on this player is excellent, imho.

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Not bad for an entry level player.

  by garvinw on November 11, 2008

  Pros: - Fast load times
  - Decent feature set
  - Easy setup

  Cons: - Not upgraded out of the box

  Summary: I found this player at Best Buy for $199 during a manager's special sale. After getting it home, it only took about 3 minutes from setup to watching a ...

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  Summary: I found this player at Best Buy for $199 during a manager's special sale. After getting it home, it only took about 3 minutes from setup to watching a movie. Movie load times were are 10 to 15 seconds, as opposed to minutes with some players. The setup menu was easy to navigate and easy to follow. Will upgrade firmware soon to take advantage of Profile 2.0. Best bang for the buck out there!

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  Solid Performance

  by nolanski on November 3, 2008

  Pros: Plays everything I've thrown at it BR and DVD without any issues. Respectable load time on BRs less than 30 seconds on most. Good upscaling for DVDs. Beautiful picture.

  Cons: Doesn't have internal decoder for DTS-HD at this time.

  Summary: For around $200 excellent value and I can't tell the difference in picture quality over my son's PS3 on my Samsung PN58650A.
  I would by another if I ...

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  Summary: For around $200 excellent value and I can't tell the difference in picture quality over my son's PS3 on my Samsung PN58650A.
  I would by another if I needed one.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  Worked great for about a year

  by El Cacique on April 18, 2010

  Pros: When it worked, the picture quality from Blu-ray and DVD discs was excellent. Loading time for this unit is reasonable. The remote is great.

  Cons: From searching on the web, it is clear that this unit will stop working at some point, with most noting it at about 1 year. It appears this is a known issue for Samsung but they have failed to resolve it. I e-mailed Samsung as follows:

  Summary: Doing research on the web I found that hundreds of owners of this unit are complaining of this unit not working after around a year. What is disaapointing is that ...

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  Summary: Doing research on the web I found that hundreds of owners of this unit are complaining of this unit not working after around a year. What is disaapointing is that Samsung has known about thios issue for a long time and yet has provided no solution. I even found that Samsung has a class action lawsuit pending for knowingly selling units that do not work shortly after purchased in late 2008. I have e-mailed the law offices of Morgan & Morgan here in Orlando to see whether a I personally can file a lawsuit or if a class action lawsuit can be considered to include a recall of this product for fixing or replacement. I'll write their response as soon as I get it. In the meantime, in my case, the reading of blu-ray discs is no longer possible. I get a message "this disc cannot be read". I have followed tech supports recommendation of updating the firmware to the newest which is v2.6 released on January 2010. I also did a reset to default factory settings. I unplugged the unit overnight and plugged it the next day, yet no fix. I'm hoping that Samsung will take ownership of this problem and provide a fix at no cost, perhaps with a firmware update sometime very soon.
  
  Updated on Apr 18, 2010

  I found archived firmware updates as old as version1.3 at the following site: http://www.mediafire.com/bd-p1500-firmware. The list all for USB and CD up to v2.5. I'm going to try downgrading the firmware to the oldest to see if it fixes the problem and then go from there.
  
  Updated on Apr 19, 2010

  Downgraded firmware to v1.3. It did not restore playback of blu-ray discs. The good news is that I got an e-mail response from the attorney's office and they want me to call them for a phone interview regarding my potential case against Samsung.
  
  Updated on May 6, 2010

  Samsung released another firmware update on 04/23/2010, version 2.7. I was hoping this would fix my player which only plays DVDs but not any blu-ray discs. Guess what? It did not fix the problem.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 4 stars

  Decent but serious problems with disc compatibility

  by mpowalisz on April 7, 2010

  Pros: Great colors and compatibility with Netflix/Pandora

  Cons: Serious issues with disc compatibility

  Summary: The major issue with this product is the disc compatibility and the customer service of the manufacturer. I don't normally write reviews, but I love Cnet, but didn't ...

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  Summary: The major issue with this product is the disc compatibility and the customer service of the manufacturer. I don't normally write reviews, but I love Cnet, but didn't use them in the purchase of this product. The pro's review noted issues with disc compatibility and let me tell you...it's for real! If you don't mind having to find alternate ways to watch certain movies (I'm using my laptop) then go ahead and purchase this product.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

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