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Samsung BD-P1500 Reviews

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$5.99

Recent discounts make it a bargain ; Profile 2.0 compatible with a firmware upgrade ; onboard... (cnet.com)

Relatively inexpensive compared with other standalone units ; very good image quality on most Blu... (zdnet.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Samsung BD-P1500

We have collected and analyzed 37 expert reviews and 728 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 76/100 and users rate it 82/100. The average review date is December 10, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 109562 reviews from other DVD Players. The alaScore™ for this product is 94/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 19, 2009.

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765 reviews

November, 2009

76 / 100

37 Experts

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Expert Reviews (37)

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Samsung BD-P1500

By (cnet.com)

Recent discounts make it a bargain ; Profile 2.0 compatible with a firmware upgrade ; onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD ; very good image quality on most Blu-ray discs ; Ethernet port for firmware updates

DVD playback will disappoint videophiles ; no analog multichannel outputs ; onboard DTS-HD Master Audio decoding

The Samsung BD-P1500 offers generous Blu-ray functionality at a budget price, thanks to several firmware updates and aggressive retailer discounts.

Photo gallery: Samsung BD-P1500 Editors' note (March 30, 2009): The rating of...

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Samsung BD-P1500

By Matthew Moskovciak (zdnet.com)

The most important question for any standalone Blu-ray player is whether it's better than the Sony PlayStation 3. Let's answer that one right off the bat: Samsung's new BD-P1500 is not. They both cost the same ($400 list), but the PS3 has better image ...

Relatively inexpensive compared with other standalone units ; very good image quality on most Blu-ray Discs ; onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and bit stream output for all high-resolution audio formats ; Ethernet port for firmware updates ; Samsung ...

Let's answer that one right off the bat: Samsung's new BD-P1500 is not...

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68100

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Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Disc Player

By Ultra Magnus (gizmogroove.com)

There's nothing more than satisfying entertainment with a quality home video playing in Samsung's BD-P1500 Blu-ray Disc Player. It plays back Blu-ray discs in full high definition 1080p with the ability to play regular DVD's converting them into 1080p ...

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User Reviews (728)

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"Awesome-Until Firmware Update-Now it won't play BLU-Ray"

By ArkITEngineer (cnet.com)

I've downgraded to older firmware (that took ... 

Watched part of one movie and was blown away by the quality. It was Coraline in 3D-the only BLU-Ray I had

I connected to my network and updated the firmware. I wanted to be able to see what BD-Online was. It has not played a BLU-Ray since. I went and rented a BLU-Ray movie and got the same think. DVD's play fine but I have a 400 disc DVD changer

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"Disc compatibility problems, firmware problems;dreadful"

By krass42 (cnet.com)

I always used to like Samsung products. Have... 

The BD-P1500 looks appealing

The player never played DVDs but I found out about this problem too late and Samsung support offered me to fix it for almost $100...I only paid $130! Now I can only watch Bluray on the player and some don't play either although newest firmware is on

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"Movies freeze, no new firmware update, why bother?"

By braulio62 (cnet.com)

Find ANY other brand BD player that doesn't h... 

IF the movie plays, nice picture - that's a BIG if

It's useless with some titles, Gran Torino, most recently. A very frustrating experience to have to go back and forth to the vid store to see if you can find a movie to watch in hi-def

Manufacturer's Description

As the first company to introduce a stand-alone Blu-ray player, Samsung reinforces its support of the Blu-ray format with the Full HD BD-P1500. An ideal player for anyone who enjoys Blu-ray, DVDs or CDs in their home, this groundbreaking model takes the home viewing experience to the next step and accommodates all of these formats in one unit. What

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