Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71169 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: BD-P1000/XEU
• Released on: 2006-11-01

Manufacturer's Description

Today's high-definition televisions (HDTV) are capable of displaying a far greater amount of movie realism than a DVD can deliver. That's why Blu-ray DiscTM (BD) technology was developed. Samsung presents the highest-definition playback in the world: the BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player. Be among the first to view Blu-ray format discs on your HDTV. You'll marvel at the clarity and full-color spectrum of every scene, while multi-channel sound puts you in the center of the action. The Samsung Blu-ray player gives you full 1080p native output and up-conversion for your current catalog. This player also offers backwards compatibility to current dvds and CD playback. So get ready to take the next step in superior technology with Samsung!

Play movie clips, view digital photos or listen to MP3 music files through a Combo Player-using any type of memory card. The two slots on the BD-P1000 accept virtually every popular memory card format-Multi Media card, Secure Digital card, Compact Flash and Micro Drive directly, as well as Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo, RS MMC and Mini SD with an adapter.

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Customer Reviews

Quality piece of kit.
I'm not usually an early adopter of new technology,but I've just bought a 46 inch Sony LCD,so to get the best out of it I bought this blu ray player.Build quality is outstanding,packaging and accesories are also of the highest order.HDMI cable included as well as component cable.Also the machine plays my dvd+r and +rw discs recorded on my Philips dvd recorder.Upscaling of my existing dvds is very good,picture quality is great.Much better than freeview picture from the tv.Two free blu ray discs are included;a jazz disc and the film S.W.A.T.My other tv is a 36 inch Toshiba CRT so I was used to stunning pictures.The only picture that beats the Toshiba is the High Definition of S.W.A.T.Outside shots in the training ground are breathtaking with bright blue sky,rich green grass and crisp detailed skin tones.Absolutely out of this world.Memory card slots are also a useful feature for viewing images from a digital camera.If you can pick this machine up for a good price go for it, as build quality usually deteriorates as new technology becomes mainstream.

ONCE EXPERIENCED-NO TURNING BACK
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.

Good value machine
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.