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Samsung BD-P1000 - Blu Ray 1080P DVD Player | 
| Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 47043
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15.5
Dimensions (in): 20.6 x 17 x 7
MPN: BD-P1000/XEU
Model: BD-P1000/XEU
EAN: 8806349353638
ASIN: B000ICKB2C
Release Date: November 1, 2006
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Over rated February 21, 2008
9 out of 20 found this review helpful
First off, let me say I hate Warner. Before they took the BR side (after an alleged 500 million dollar payout by Sony), Warner were very much in favour of HD-DVD.
Technically, the specs for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are pretty much identical, the codecs used for sound and picture are the same i.e. there should be no difference in picture quality between either formats. The only benefit of BR was it's higher capacity. HD-DVD had more than enough for it purpose though.
Unfortunately, most Blu-Ray disk released to date are production upscaled which basically means that you are not watching a TRUE hi-def picture, but rather an interpretation of what it could look like. In order for a film to be in Hi-Def, it has to be filmed in Hi-Def, and sadly most of the early films released on BR were not filmed in a Hi-Def resolution.
Last time I looked (around end of december'07), 75% of the Blu-Ray filmes released so far were in MPEG2 format which is the same as normal DVD. At the same time, only 10% of HD-DVD was at the same low format.
HD-DVD was a better format for the consumer too. Less encryption and licensing digital rights management meant that you had more control over the media that you have bought. Unfortunately, Blu-Ray's higher encryption and seriously bad licensing crap mean that if you go Blu-Ray, Sony owns you. They have the power to put they like on their disks, including root kit virus's as they had in the past.
One of the reasons why I was hoping HD-DVD would win.
Anyways, Blu-Ray looks to be the format of choice, so I went along with it and purchased this Samsung player.
I have to say, it looks nice asthetically, and plugs in easily on my 42" toshiba LCD, but I wouldn't say it was worth 300. Firstly, the limited collection of BR disks we have, are mostly MPEG2, so it's basically just an upscaled DVD picture and for that, it was no better than my cheap 40 'made in japan' upscaling DVD player. On a true Hi-Def disk, it was a better picture, much sharper and more defined lines, but again, I wouldn't say it was that huge a step from upscaled DVD. It's on a par with my Sky HD setup.
Quite disapointed really, I was expecting to be blown away, but I was left feeling rather cheated to be honest.
1 star for the look of the unit.
beware of update December 9, 2007
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
loved this machine when i first got it
then suddenly it needed a firmware update to play any of the newer disks (spiderman 3 etc) and now on some disks it keeps stalling for a second or so every 4 or 5 minutes of playtime as if it is having to load to its cache before continuing. lack of support from the samsung website makes this machine a good doorstop now
 Agreement December 8, 2007
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have just set up a Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-Ray disc player. I applied my usual criteria - can I unpack it, plug it in and play a disc WITHOUT referring to the user's manual? The answer is a resounding YES - power and HDMI to TV (+ batteries in remote controller) and I was watching S.W.A.T - which was so stunningly different from anything a DVD can produce, I watched it through until the end. As well as HDMI, there are various other connections you can choose from, all the better ones with supplied leads.
Next came the non-Blu ray Lord of the Rings - watching this through a normal DVD player on my Samsung 50" plasma screen had been a little disappointing because of the jagged edges on curves and loss of quality in panned shots - all have now disappeared.
Now I have to wait for Blade Runner to get here from the US to see if I can play Region 1 discs - I have heard that making the player multiregional is not recommended.
The unit is glossy black and brushed chrome with blue LEDs and matches my TV and base perfectly. The firm I bought mine from (WS Inspire) had the unit in stock and it was with me within a couple of days of being ordered through Amazon.
I have nothing but praise for the way my upgrade to Blu-Ray has gone so far. If you're hooked by HDTV through your set-top box then this is certainly one of the best ways of getting that sort of quality from discs.
Good value machine September 18, 2007
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
Reading some reviews of this machine on Amazon and elsewhere I was initially a little hesitant to buy but I picked one up for 270 and it's proved great value for money.
The UK firmware upgrade and mutli-region hack worked fine and haven't caused any problems.
I would point out the region 2/multi-region hack suggested on the link on this page is wrong - the correct code is 57538 which I obtained via the AV Forums site.
All the US Blu-Ray discs I have play perfectly well and the disc loading times are certainly no longer than my HD-DVD player.
 ONCE EXPERIENCED-NO TURNING BACK July 22, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
IN A NUTSHELL
Once Mr Attenborough has brought PLANET EARTH on blu-ray into your tv room, everything else will seem like an old black and white silent movie...it's that bigger step up.
THE WHOLE STORY
After acquiring the latest sony flat screen tv and being astounded on the quality of HD tv, a blu-ray player seemed natural upgrade to follow: The blu-ray disc is recognised as technically superior to the HD-DVD, having greater capacity; Hollywood's backing it and more important, so are Blockbusters. I am old enough to remember the Betamax/VHS debacle. The move to get the big studios on board is the guarantee I like.
I chose the Samsung BD-P1000 based on excellent price (sorry not on Amazon this time), the multi card reading feature and a series of reviews...Thank You fellow forthright Amazonians! Hence I was not surprised that the first brand new one did not work straight out of the box and had to be returned. Only 4 star rating because of this - though the working unit deserves 5 for amazing performance all round at a very good price and remarkably easy to set up- one hdmi lead and an optical cable.
NB ***there is a hdmi lead included in the box***
You don't need to get caught by the offer to include an expensive one with your order as I did. Optical cable is NOT included but online, 3 will get you one delivered.
Perseverence paid off as the replacement one did work and how! The sound quality through a good optical connection was astounding- the hair on my neck bristled. The hairs on the performers necks show up as well!
Much is said of the Samsung's startup time- I have all my units linked through a single controller and by the time the amp, tv are up and running, the Samsung is 10-15 seconds behind ready to play a disc. I don't find it a problem but it is not instant. I have read that fan noise is a problem, honestly it isn't...my previous DVD player was noisier without a fan.
The 'upgrading' of exisiting dvds played throught unit is important as the availability of blu-ray discs is still limited. It is an improvement when playing standard DVDs over my previous award winning pioneer standard DVD player. I have relisted all my rental film choices to blu-ray where possible; about 30% of my list are now available as blu ray versions, though overall the listing is still very low but this is really the first year (2007) of affordable blu-raycplayers.
The 3 global regions is a bit of a pain as a wider range of cheaper blu-ray dvds are already available from the states (same for HD-DVD discs by the way- they are regionalised too, despite what some reviewers say)- just check that small print on ebay before you buy a USA region 1 disc that won't play on our region 2 players.
IN MY OPINION to compliment a top range 1080p screen and a high quality AV/surround optical input amp, this Samsung Blu-ray player is the way to go. The Samsung BD-P1000 is now a very affordable addition to a top range home cinema setup. Personally I don't think paying another 300 for the new sony blue-ray player is justified and I have a lot of sony products.
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