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Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-Ray Player
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Our Price: $399.99
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Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-Ray PlayerProsBitsteams DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD, Ethernet port easily downloads firmware updates ConsAverage styling and physical looks, not 2.0 out-of-the-box ReviewI love the BD1500 from Samsung. I unboxed mine, attached it to my Onkyo TXSR606, attached the ethernet cable, and downloaded the firmware update. (DHCP worked perfectly out of the box). It has a fast load time, tray ejects almost immediately and the menus are simple to navigate. In a comparison to my Toshiba HD-A30 HD-DVD Player, with both players turned off, I pressed the OPEN/EJECT button at the same time. Both powered on immediately. The Samsung Blu-Ray ejected it's try while the Toshiba displays "LOADING" as it powers on (and boots linux behind the scenes). I put a movie in the Samsung Blu-Ray and closed the tray. Toshiba still says Loading... Samsung is now loading. about 30 seconds into it the Samsung begins to play the movie... about 2 seconds later the Toshiba ejects it's tray and is ready for a movie to be inserted. Picture quality is top-notch on Blu-Ray movies AND does a great job on upconverting DVD titles. I compared upconverted DVD in the Samsung Blu-Ray to the upconvert of the Toshiba HD-DVD (Reon chip) and I didn't notice much difference. Audio bitstreamed to the Onkyo 606 sounds excellent in my setup. I have no complaints about the Samsung unit whatsoever. Well worth the price I paid at Amazon ($300 shipped, after using a $50 credit they issued back to those who previously purchased an HD-DVD player from them). I look forward to future firmware updates to bring it up to 2.0 BD-Live, currently sits at profile 1.1 along with a working ethernet port already in place. If possible, I would have knocked it a half point ONLY because it was 1.1 out-of-the-box and I don't understand why it wasn't 2.0 from day one.
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