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Technical Details
- Samsung's Blu Ray DVD player is the new era of HIGH DEFINITION DVD players
- Blu Ray is an experience of the highest definition picture quality with superb sound
- Features rich interactive capabilities and connectivity to other electronic products
- Blu Ray is designed in gloss black and silver colours to match highend entertainment systems
- Deluxe design features with blue backlighting and a circle control design
- Capability to play HD recordings (1920x1080) with a 1080 progressive output
- Recordings will contain up to 5 times as much content detail as DVD
- Backwards compatible with DVD and CD discs
- HDMI digital interface to ensure the truly digital transfer of video and audio content to the TV
- Features a 10 in 2 multi memory card slot
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| 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! |  |
| Hi-Definition Playback |
| Samsung's BD-P1000 delivers hi-definition picture quality to HDTV with an HDMI™ connection. |
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| 10-in-2 Multi Memory Card Interface |
| 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. |  |
| User-Friendly Graphic Interface |
| Samsung's BD-P1000 BD Player includes various user interface menus & subtitle functions to allow consumers to easily discover and search for detailed content regarding the video. The full-color, high-definition animated menu and subtitle effects allows you to incorporate your own personal creative touch. |
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| Easy Top Menu |
| With the easy top menu, you change the font & color of subtitles and menu titles as well as the background color and menu graphic-all to fit your individual style. |
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| Pop-Up Menu |
| The Pop-up menu will provide information which is already stored in the contents. As seen in the graphic, you can get more profound information about dolphins while watching the documentary. |
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| HDMI™ Output |
| HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) transfers hi-definition (1080i/720p/1080p) video and audio from your DVD or BD to your TV, home theater, or other digital AV components. Simply connect your to your home theater system with a single HDMI cable for the highest quality pictures and sound. |
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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.
53 of 63 people found the following review helpful
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.
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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Over rated
First off, let me say I hate Warner. Before they took the BR side (after an alleged 500 million dollar payout by Sony), Warner were very much in favour of HD-DVD. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2008 by Winkerz...
beware of update
loved this machine when i first got it
then suddenly it needed a firmware update to play any of the newer disks (spiderman 3 etc) and now on some disks it keeps stalling... Read more
then suddenly it needed a firmware update to play any of the newer disks (spiderman 3 etc) and now on some disks it keeps stalling... Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2007 by dont buy samsung
Agreement
I have just set up a Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-Ray disc player. I applied my usual criteria - can I unpack it, plug it in and play a disc WITHOUT referring to the user's manual? Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2007 by Mr. M. R. Carter
Great Format, DVD Player Stinks !!
So if you're sat reading this review thinking about buying this player like i was a month ago, i hope i can be of some help to you. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2007 by S. T. Thurlow
ok
ive got the ps3 already;;so why buy this;;yes the ps3 is impressive for blu ray;;but if you want a dvd player sitting in your cabinet all hooked up;;you pop your dvd in and your... Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2007 by Neil Dethridge
Awful!
I have done a lot of research on the internet about this product, and I have to ask how Samsung are getting away with selling this? Read more
Published on 22 May 2007 by Gareth Steel
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