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Engadget Samsung BD-P1500 review

Samsung BD-P1500 review - Engadget HD


The Good
  • Dolby Digital Plus and TrueHD decoding.
  • Dolby Digital Plus and TrueHD encoding to DTS via S/PDIF works great for those without HDMI audio.
  • Player bitstreams all codecs.
  • Passed both the video resolution and film resolution loss test on the HQV test disc. (Player set to 1080p60)
  • Same great menus and scrub bar as the BD-UP5000.
  • Resume works on some discs.
  • At 6 seconds, it has the fastest eject from off of any player we've tested.
  • Component and HDMI will both output at the same time, unless resolution is set to to 1080p24. If it is set to 1080p60, then component runs at 1080i60.
  • Bonus View works as advertised.
  • Best looking Samsung Blu-ray player yet.
  • Perfect picture and audio quality -- including 24p.
The Bad
  • We wish it had a native resolution setting like Pioneer & Sony's Source Direct feature.
  • Only way to change the resolution is to stop the disc.
  • Only way to make the scrub bar show up is to hit pause.
  • Still don't like the non-backlit remote.
  • Load times aren't stellar; 34 seconds to load a disc, 47 seconds if the player is off.
  • No coax digital output.
  • No discrete analog out -- first Samsung BD player without them.
  • No DTS-HD MA support until firmware update.
  • No BD Live until firmware update.
  • Resume doesn't work on some discs (BD-J limitation).
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SatinKzo
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Well, I took my 1500 back today.

It was working flawlessly then all of sudden last night TrueHD drops on many disc and not just drops but 8-10 seconds of no sound. Pausing and pressing play fixed it and the drops were not repeatable with rewinding. This started happening on discs that never had an issue before.

Then this morning, the unit would not even begin to play regular DVD's that it played earlier.

Samsung offerred to do a warranty repair on it for $50 pre-paid shipping. Screw that! I have not even had the player 90 days so it went back to wal-mart.

2nd and last samsung product I buy. I guess I'll find a deal again on the BD30 (I sold my other one) or maybe the S350.
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teachsac
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SatinKzo said:
Well, I took my 1500 back today.

It was working flawlessly then all of sudden last night TrueHD drops on many disc and not just drops but 8-10 seconds of no sound. Pausing and pressing play fixed it and the drops were not repeatable with rewinding. This started happening on discs that never had an issue before.

Then this morning, the unit would not even begin to play regular DVD's that it played earlier.

Samsung offerred to do a warranty repair on it for $50 pre-paid shipping. Screw that! I have not even had the player 90 days so it went back to wal-mart.

2nd and last samsung product I buy. I guess I'll find a deal again on the BD30 (I sold my other one) or maybe the S350.
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Sorry to hear that. One reason I still don't deal with Samsung. BD30 is down to 399.

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teachsac said:
Sorry to hear that. One reason I still don't deal with Samsung. BD30 is down to 399.

S~
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The DMP-BD30 has no internal decoding for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, or DTS-HD Master Audio.
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allargon
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nonrev said:
The DMP-BD30 has no internal decoding for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, or DTS-HD Master Audio.
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1456025]The DMP-BD30 has no internal decoding for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, or DTS-HD Master Audio.[/QUOTE]

No, like the S350 it can decode the lossy DD+ and DTS-HD HR formats. It just doesn't internally decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA. :rolleyes:

The Sammy BD-P1500 can decode Dolby TrueHD. Allegedly the S350 can as well. I have yet to get a clear answer on that one.

I'm glad Panasonic finally started releasing complete players. The DMP-BD50 may not be able to upscale like the better players, but at least it decodes everything and is profile 2.0.
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gadgtfreek
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Captain obvious has come to the rescue again. Oh noes, the BD30 does not internally decode.
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teachsac
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nonrev said:
The DMP-BD30 has no internal decoding for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, or DTS-HD Master Audio.
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SO????? he has a receiver that decodes advanced audio codecs.

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SatinKzo
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Hell, all I can say is the 1500 ability to decode some stuff internally was a non-feature since it couldn't even play some of the discs and the ones it tried to, it failed to do anything (bitstream or decode) the audio.

Either way, my S350 will be here today and yes, I have a 606 so I don't really give 2 hoots (or even 1 hoot) what the 350 decodes internally.

I honestly believe that my 1500's demise was due to 2 factors
The way the unit disappates heat (very passive and inefficient design)
FW update as now I am seeing many post of people who updated having all sorts of playback and TrueHD problems.

If someone wants to read everything I posted over at AVS, here is the thread, starting on page 49 (near the bottom starting at post 1466 under same username as Satguys) and continuing to page 50 is where I posted more detail on the 2 day meltdown of my 1500.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1029955&page=49
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AI Hiking Advice Nearly Turns Deadly on Mount Shasta #shorts

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Google's AI Ultimatum for Schools

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The Binance Crypto Heist

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Dish Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
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Scott Greczkowski
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nelson61 said:
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SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
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Can't remember where or who I saw predict this. :D

It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.
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Bruce
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Scott Greczkowski said:
It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.
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Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.
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Scott Greczkowski
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Bruce said:
Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.
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I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.
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Scott Greczkowski said:
I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.
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Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.
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www.lightreading.com

SpaceX boldly goes into 'huge' 5G network rollout with Qualcomm

After trying satellites and small cells, Elon Musk's SpaceX is to build a terrestrial mobile network across tens of thousands of sites with Qualcomm.
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nelson61 said:
Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
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If Musk really wants to buy Boost, he might get a great price once Dish Wireless is out of Chapter 11.

Boost just lost 182,000 subs in the 3rd quarter-

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Is Dish like Iran in one way...they both will totally collapse by end of week :)
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Other than the price, my experience with Boost is not that different than what I experienced with my years with Cricket. I will be curious to see what happens if SpaceX takes the reins.
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Bruce said:
Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.
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dish has new sats dtv does not
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I think we could all use a laugh - Rodney Dangerfield on Carson

Good...simple humor. Enjoy


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92AtfTLge4

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Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.
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I loved it when Rodney was on the Tonight Show...
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dishstaller said:
Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.
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Thanks, I wasn't sure if you had the wrong Subject or the wrong YouTube link.
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Was a Don Rickles fan. I've dvr'd most of his appearances on Carson from the antenna tv replays.

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More Dangerfield rapid fire on Carson.


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Rodney Dangerfield is great. One of his best one liners - "My wife likes to talk to me during sex, last night she called me from Florida!"

Jackie Gleason is another one of the greats.


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Godzilla Minus Zero


View: https://youtu.be/n-NDYWPXpKg?si=hcI4ueMkFCreZ8Qq
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dfergie said:

View: https://youtu.be/n-NDYWPXpKg?si=hcI4ueMkFCreZ8Qq
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Wait, didn't this one come out a few years ago? It was all in Japanese. It was also VERY good!

OK, looked it up, that was Godzilla Minus One
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primestar31 said:
Wait, didn't this one come out a few years ago? It was all in Japanese. It was also VERY good!

OK, looked it up, that was Godzilla Minus One
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At theaters, only in Japanese, on Disc and Netflix, available in English.
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New trailer has dropped:
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Looks good! I'm interested...
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