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4.0 stars
"Would be perfect if they'd fix the audio issues!"
Pros: All formats in one box, 1080p/24, quick load times, amazing HQV Reon upconvert
Cons: HD audio support is basically missing... NOT as promised!
Summary: This player boots up quickly, loads discs quickly, and provides some of the best HD and SD video quality available. The convenience of a single player for three formats is wonderful. 24Hz mode gives a more cinematic feel to motion (on compatible displays).
Now, the bad part... this player does NOT decode advanced audio formats onboard, and does NOT even allow them to be bitstreamed! The only fully-functional audio formats are core DD, core DTS, and PCM.
If Samsung comes through with a firmware update to fix the audio issues, this player will deserve a 10/10. Its video quality is superb. However, the audio support is quite feeble compared to available (separate) HD-DVD and Blu-ray players.Updated
I previously gave this unit an 8/10. Now that Samsung has released this player's firmare 1.3 udpate, the BD-UP5000 really is the do-it-all player we've all been hoping for! It deserves at least 9.5/10.
For the best in video, this player supports playback at 1080p/24 for Blu-ray and HD-DVD. No telecine judder or interlacing artifacts here, just perfect video. SD-DVD gets a wonderful treatment as well from the HQV Reon video processor, upscaling nicely to 1080p.
The latest firmware finally brings the audio up to date, with onboard decoding of all Dolby formats and bitstreaming of every format. This player is the perfect mate to an HDMI 1.3 receiver, and has plenty of options available for older receivers as well, including 7.1 analog outs and both coax and optical versions of SPDIF.
Boot and load times are quick compared to most Blu-ray and HD-DVD players out there. You won't find yourself waiting much.
Blu-ray profile 1.1 is now fully supported, if you care about that sort of thing.
The only real downside is that other owners report no playback of burned Blu-rays. I don't have a Blu-ray burner yet, but I suspect I'll be a little disappointed if BD-R/BD-RE playback isn't added to this unit by the time I do get a Blu-ray burner. Burned DVDs play just fine.
Where to buy
Samsung BD-UP5000:
$699.99
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