Comments on: Samsung BD-P1000 http://www.hdbliss.co.uk/2007/04/08/samsung-bd-p1000/ HDTV, HD Movie and Blu Ray DVD Player reviews. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Stab http://www.hdbliss.co.uk/2007/04/08/samsung-bd-p1000/#comment-45 Stab Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:45:10 +0000 http://www.hdbliss.co.uk/2007/04/08/samsung-bd-p1000/#comment-45 Having taken the decision to opt for Blu Ray rather than HD DVD I purchased the Samsung BDP 1000. One of the most important factors for me was purchasing a machine that could play my existing collection of DVD's which come from a number of regions, I am pleased to say that there is a hack that converts this machine to DVD Region Free (not the Blu Ray discs). DVD's are upscaled to 1080p. The player itself has a great solid build quality and is easiness personified to set up. Some reviewers have complained about the disc load times on the new generation of High Definition players but I really did not find this a problem, 10-15 seconds at worst. The player will playback in a multitude of formats including 720p, 1080i and 1080p. The picture quality with Blu Ray discs is fantastic and lives up to the hype. The on screen menu's are accessed whilst the DVD (Blu Ray only) is playing which is a nice touch. Overall a great piece of equipment, it looks good, has great build quality, is easy to use and delivers outstanding performance both when playing your old DVD's but especially when playing the new Blu Ray discs. Fives stars for me, no debate. Oh, and if you need the hack to make multi region for your old DVD's, it is; 1. Switch on the unit 2. Remove any disc's 3. Wait for "No Discs" message 4. Press "Repeat" on the remote control (not "Repeat A-B") 5. Type 57538 followed by region number; 9 = Multi Region mode 6. Press OPEN/CLOSE on the remote control 7. Switch unit off 8. Enjoy Having taken the decision to opt for Blu Ray rather than HD DVD I purchased the Samsung BDP 1000. One of the most important factors for me was purchasing a machine that could play my existing collection of DVD’s which come from a number of regions, I am pleased to say that there is a hack that converts this machine to DVD Region Free (not the Blu Ray discs). DVD’s are upscaled to 1080p.

The player itself has a great solid build quality and is easiness personified to set up. Some reviewers have complained about the disc load times on the new generation of High Definition players but I really did not find this a problem, 10-15 seconds at worst.

The player will playback in a multitude of formats including 720p, 1080i and 1080p. The picture quality with Blu Ray discs is fantastic and lives up to the hype. The on screen menu’s are accessed whilst the DVD (Blu Ray only) is playing which is a nice touch.

Overall a great piece of equipment, it looks good, has great build quality, is easy to use and delivers outstanding performance both when playing your old DVD’s but especially when playing the new Blu Ray discs. Fives stars for me, no debate. Oh, and if you need the hack to make multi region for your old DVD’s, it is;

1. Switch on the unit
2. Remove any disc’s
3. Wait for “No Discs” message
4. Press “Repeat” on the remote control (not “Repeat A-B”)
5. Type 57538 followed by region number; 9 = Multi Region mode
6. Press OPEN/CLOSE on the remote control
7. Switch unit off
8. Enjoy

]]> By: Tovey http://www.hdbliss.co.uk/2007/04/08/samsung-bd-p1000/#comment-46 Tovey Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:45:37 +0000 http://www.hdbliss.co.uk/2007/04/08/samsung-bd-p1000/#comment-46 I had no problems with this player, it's a little slow to start up and read the disc but I've read that that's common to the hd technology. I've watched over 15 blu-ray movies on this and had no problems. Also plays my (region 2) dvd's without problems and upconverts to 1080p (full hd). I'm not sure the card reader will get much use - I tried it once to make sure it worked, it was slightly slower than I expected but the picture quality was very good. Watching movies like swordfish and the free Jazz disc that came with the player was amazing - In swordfish you can see dust floating around the interview room in the airport - not visible on the dvd version. There's a lot of talk about blu-ray vs hd-dvd and comparisons with the vhs and betamax saga and I guess there's a few that worry about which way to go in case they are caught in the "defeated" camp. Me, I'm not taking sides and I'm certainly not going to worry about one format becoming obsolete or not, *if* that time comes I'll probably be able to transfer the data from the discs (hd-dvd or blu-ray) to the "winning" format. But I don't think that will be decided for a few years yet. As soon as the studios release a few more hd-dvd's I'll buy a hd-dvd player too. One things for certain is that I'm not going to buy any more dvd's - it'll be hd-dvd or blu-ray for me from now on. I bought this player for three reasons: 1) It's ability to output and upscale to 1080 progressive - looks nice on my 1080p 52" lcd and important to be able to upconvert my existing dvd's to the 1080p the tv supported. 2) Higher capacity discs - before the I've got more layers than you war started. 3) It was released a few weeks before the hd-dvd player 4) There are more blu-ray discs available. Against: 1) Blu-Ray is easy to pronounce blury - catchy but not a good testament to HD. 2) HD-DVD has some good movies not available on blu-ray. 3) Price - a little more expensive than the toshiba player. I did consider marking this as 4 stars because of the price, but I thought the 1080p upconverting of my existing dvd's makes it worthwhile - the toshiba upconverts to 1080i/720p - which just didn't seem as good. I had no problems with this player, it’s a little slow to start up and read the disc but I’ve read that that’s common to the hd technology. I’ve watched over 15 blu-ray movies on this and had no problems. Also plays my (region 2) dvd’s without problems and upconverts to 1080p (full hd). I’m not sure the card reader will get much use - I tried it once to make sure it worked, it was slightly slower than I expected but the picture quality was very good.

Watching movies like swordfish and the free Jazz disc that came with the player was amazing - In swordfish you can see dust floating around the interview room in the airport - not visible on the dvd version.

There’s a lot of talk about blu-ray vs hd-dvd and comparisons with the vhs and betamax saga and I guess there’s a few that worry about which way to go in case they are caught in the “defeated” camp. Me, I’m not taking sides and I’m certainly not going to worry about one format becoming obsolete or not, *if* that time comes I’ll probably be able to transfer the data from the discs (hd-dvd or blu-ray) to the “winning” format. But I don’t think that will be decided for a few years yet.

As soon as the studios release a few more hd-dvd’s I’ll buy a hd-dvd player too. One things for certain is that I’m not going to buy any more dvd’s - it’ll be hd-dvd or blu-ray for me from now on.

I bought this player for three reasons:
1) It’s ability to output and upscale to 1080 progressive - looks nice on my 1080p 52″ lcd and important to be able to upconvert my existing dvd’s to the 1080p the tv supported.
2) Higher capacity discs - before the I’ve got more layers than you war started.
3) It was released a few weeks before the hd-dvd player
4) There are more blu-ray discs available.

Against:
1) Blu-Ray is easy to pronounce blury - catchy but not a good testament to HD.
2) HD-DVD has some good movies not available on blu-ray.
3) Price - a little more expensive than the toshiba player.

I did consider marking this as 4 stars because of the price, but I thought the 1080p upconverting of my existing dvd’s makes it worthwhile - the toshiba upconverts to 1080i/720p - which just didn’t seem as good.

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