Samsung BD-P1400 user reviews

Pros Excellent Blu Ray performance, Good 5.1 Audio out

Cons Constantly shutting down while plauying standard definition dvd's

Summary I went through two players hoping the first was just a fluke but not so. Both players would play Blu Rays discs just fine and I was Impresssed, However I have a large collection of DVD's and am not ready to scrape them quite yet. Playback of standard def DVD's is just awful. Sound drop outs and worse the player just locks up and freezes or shuts down totally for no apparent reason. Yes I had installed the latest firmware on noth players, don't get me wrong I really wanted to love this player but it proved to be the most frustrating piece of electrical equipment I have ever owned. Kudos for Amazon for first exchanging and then refunding my purchase. I'll just wait for another generation or two to pass and hopefully they will get the hardware right.

Pros Price, regular DVD play

Cons Blu-ray DVD play, slow load time, Samsung technical Support

Summary This unit does a good job playing regular DVD's. The picture and sound are crisp and clear. Blu-ray DVD play is a different story. The unit skips, pauses, and blanks out at various times. Samsung technical support recommended a firmware update but I had already installed the latest update, which by the way takes approximately an hour via LAN. Tech support then stated that they were aware of a problem with the unit playing new releases but one of the 3 movies I was trying to play was not a new release. They were unable to tell when I could expect the next firmware update. I have only had the unit for 10 days and needless to say I am very disappointed. I would not recommend this unit unless you are only interested in playing regular DVD's. Samsung may eventually release a firmware update to enable the unit to play properly but that's not something I am willing to pay now and wait for.

Pros Beautiful Video & Super Audio

Cons Firmware Update Required : {

Summary After about 2 weeks use I'm very happy with my 1400. My SD's have never looked better (thanks to the 1400's upconversion), and BR movies are amazing. The firmware update takes some time (I used the burn-a-disc method) & should have been done by Samsung prior to shipment. Great player for the money.

Pros Excellent sound and picture quality. Good home entertainment for the family

Cons Anynet can be a drag, if not familiar with operation

Summary This is an awesome piece of equipment in combination with Samsung 58" plasma TV model FP-T5884, hooked up with HDMI cable, a 7.1 Pioneer Home theater system running on optical audio cable, two full JBL model E100 standing front speakers, a large JBL center speaker, two small Infinity rear book shelf speakers, two KLH (eight) speakers and one 500 watts Optimus sub-woofer. My family was glued to our seats for the duration of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" It was so real, “I fell in a trance”, (LOL), and better than the movie theater. The experience still lingers as my wife plans to invite friends over for a treat. I am now collecting more blue-ray movies than ever. My first experience with a Samsung, and I like it thus far.