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Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
Buy New: See price in cart
New (35) Refurbished (6) from $249.99
Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 25
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 16.9 x 2.3
MPN: BD-P1500
Model: BD-P1500
UPC: 036725607965
EAN: 0036725607965
ASIN: B0014H16V0
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Full HD 1080p Output for Blu-Ray Discs and selectable DVD Upconversion to 1080p | | • | 1080p with 24 Hz Vid Output | | • | HDMI version 1.3, component video, S-Video outputs | | • | Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, dts-HD | | • | Ethernet connection lets you easily check for the latest firmware upgrades online |
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Product Description
plays Blu-ray high-definition discs (selectable output resolution: 1080p signals available through HDMI output only; 720p/1080i signals available through HDMI or component video) * plays DVD-Video and DVD-R & DVD-RW * plays audio CD and CD-R & CD-RW * selectable 720p/1080i/1080p video upconversion for DVD (upconverted video available through HDMI output only) *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 Excellent player, great audio options October 10, 2008
A. Williams (Fort Myers, FL (formerly New York, NY))
While I wish the player had analog audio outputs for my 7.1 compatible non-HDMI receiver, I am most pleased with the available audio options on this player given it was under $200. While providing the standard PCM and bitstream output options, I struggled to understand how I would benefit from either of these using the optical output from the player to my receiver. Enter the bitstream re-encode option, which re-encodes the PCM Dolby TrueHD stream into DTS bitstream. It works perfectly with my current 6.1 setup and the audio is crisp and dynamic (In case you are wondering, I use a Pioneer VSX-812 receiver and Bose 201 and 161 speakers). For those of you who are worried that you won't be able to take advantage of the lossless audio with your current setup, take a serious look at this player. It will help you bridge the gap between now and when you eventually upgrade to an HDMI receiver. The audio is notably better than even the DTS streams from standard DVDs. Make sure you set the player to Dynamic Compression OFF as it is enabled by default and significantly reduces the quality of the audio.
Video quality through HDMI as well as Component is excellent with few artifacts on playback. Load times are relatively quick as is menu navigation. The BD Live (Profile 2.0) firmware update is out, and it is only a matter of time before the DTS-HD Master Audio firmware update comes out as well. I can't recommend this player enough, as it is an excellent player for a very reasonable price.
Not bad October 10, 2008
Hector J. Morales (CT USA)
Works great and load times are fast if it's not hooked up to the net. I don't care much for the extra's.
 Doesn't work with any of my DVDs - did I get a return???? October 9, 2008
DMF2KIDS
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased the Samsung BD-P1500 blu-ray player after reading all the great comments on Amazon, and was happy to receive it yesterday while I was at work. When I opened the box at 8:30 PM (when I got home), I noticed that part of the blu-ray box had information torn off, as if someone had removed some type of labeling from the box. I opened the box, and the unit looked fine, so I connected the blu-ray player to my Samsung 32" HD 1080p LCD TV (Model #LN32A550)with an HDMI cable, and put in a regular DVD since I hadn't yet received the blu-ray DVDs I purchased at the same time from Amazon. Unfortunately, the player wouldn't recognize the DVD or any of the other 10 DVDs I put into it!!! I contacted Samsung customer support this morning, and was told to press the fast-forward button for 5 seconds until the unit was reset. I eagerly tried the "reset" solution, and lo and behold....nothing changed! The unit still says "no disk", and is apparently not able to read any of the DVDs. I'm really disappointed as I was hoping to see great video with blu-ray. I'm wondering if I received someone's return, as I mentioned the box looked as if labels were removed by someone. I am sending this back, since I own so many regular DVDs, I'll purchase a blu-ray that actually works with both. What a waste of my time & money.
Nice Blu-ray player! October 8, 2008
Carol Webb
Our family is pleased with the Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player as it works great, is easy to operate and the Blu-ray movies look great! We are satisfied with our purchase!
Great player; great price! October 5, 2008
Michael Shockley (NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just got this through Amazon.com after some pretty extensive shopping around. Great price! Also, a great player. One issue I've read about a number of b/r players is that the discs load slow. Not so with this one. Load time for both blu-ray and dvd is less than 30 seconds. I connect through component cables (I probably bought the last generation of flat screen tv's that didn't have HDMI), and the picture is fantastic!! Not as good as a newer gen flat panel, but still better than dvd. Already did a firmware upgrade via USB. Super easy!!! Altogether, I'm very pleased with the player and highly recommend it!
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