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| Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
Buy New: $842.50
New (3) Refurbished (1) from $842.50
Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 6011
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.3
Dimensions (in): 16.9 x 3.1 x 12.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 Year Limited Warranty
MPN: BD-UP5000
Model: BD-UP5000
UPC: 036725607873
EAN: 0036725607873
ASIN: B000VDG0UK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
minor issues June 8, 2008
William Winikates
My main complaints: It won't play discs with a printed label stuck on them, there are a few HD titles that won't play (the Planet Earth series is one), and you have to wait about a minute to open the tray after turning it on. Other wise it works fine, the picture is beautiful on my 61" Samsung DLP.
 Disregard the earlier negative reviews June 1, 2008
jshock (Omaha, NE USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Thanks to the latest firmware update, those earlier criticisms about the unit's audio limitations have been overtaken by events. Virtually overnight, the BD-UP5000 has gone from flawed product to one of the best-performing hi def players on the market. It's always had a beautiful picture, for both Blu Ray and HD DVD, but now handles the latest audio codecs as well.
Firmware Update Now Available May 30, 2008
D. Corbishley (Skillman, NJ USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Looks like the firmware update everyone is mentioning was put up on the Samsung web site today. My unit is still in shipping so I'm not able to tell you more.
What's with the price? May 26, 2008
J. Robinson (Modesto, CA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I use this player and so far it works very well. I do have to "reboot" it from time to time for some reason but that's no different than the Sony BDP-S300 and the Toshiba HD-A35 players I have in the other room. This must be something Samsungs are prone to because the HT-AS720S AV Reciever system I have the BD-UP5000 hooked up to must be shut off and back on once in a while for no apparent reason on start-up. Maybe I need to change the Logitec Harmony 1000's order of which device it turns on first. Maybe that will fix the problem. By the way, do yourself a favor and get a Harmony 1000 to replace ALL your remotes, but keep them around in a drawer just in case there's not a compatible botton on the Harmony (which is unlikely). My Harmony runs 2 home theater systems with a total component count of 9. Unfortunately it's expensive but well worth it (amazon had the best price). Anyway, back to my original reason for this post. I purchased my BD-UP5000 April 18, 2008 for $463.24 with S&H. Now the web site lists the price at $744.99 plus S&H. Why the big price jump? Mind you I'm not complaining, but was there a price screw up or did I just hit a good sale?
I'm at the theater! May 12, 2008
A. Sych (WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even though Blu-Ray won the format war, I still wanted a dual format player. You can find HD-DVD movies for 1/2 to 2/3 the cost of Blu-Ray discs. Not all titles are available in both formats either.
The 1080p,24FPS output in incredible looking. Very film like. I've paired this with Samsung's LED DLP rear projection monitor. The color accuracy and image detail equals or surpasses the image quality of many theaters. It's upscaling of standard DVD's looks a lot better than my other upscaling players that I've tried.
The firmware is easy to update. There are two ways to do it. Just plug it in to your switch/router. If you don't have a convenient way to connect the player to your network, you can download a cd-rom iso file from Samsung and burn an update disc. Just put the disc in the player and follow the on screen instructions. I've done the second procedure.
The down side is: No BD-R or HD-DVD-R compatibility (per manual). I haven't tried either yet to verify that fact.
DVD-R playback is marginal. It freezes occasionally. So I use my upscaling Pioneer DV-490V DVD player for home made discs (plays PAL/NTSC region free).
Because of the DVD-R playback compatibility problem, I gave four stars instead of five. Maybe a future firmware update will correct this problem.
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