Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player

I just purchased the sumsung blu ray player, not from play but somewhere else for £399. I am so impressed with this product its amazing how it upscaled my old dvds to near perfection, I dont think it wil be long before they start knocking down prices for the blu ray dvds and the hardware.If anyone is looking at this and thinking shall I buy it, then listen to me BUY IT it is truely a great bit of kit.

Now taken the leap....and yes I am totally impressed with the results!
I have a massive collection of standard dvds and was wondering what they would look like "upscaled" on the blu ray player. Well the results are great whilst not the quality of blu ray, much better than expected.
Blu ray discs are amazing played back via the Samsung BD-1000 and my 40" Samsung flatscreen. The colours are so rich compared to normal dvd.
Overall I am totally blown away by what ive seen....Blue ray is the future...believe me.

The BDP-1000 is an ideal choice for those with HDTVs looking to upgrade their DVD player rather than investing in a games console like the PlayStation 3 (which, at time of writing, is slightly more expensive when you factor in the cost of the HDMI cable and Bluray Remote Control).

There are other downsides to the PS3 - namely it's poor connectivity, support for high-end audio and the noise it makes. At the end of the day, there is no point buying both, but if you're serious about home cinema this may be the better choice as it will be easier to connect to your receiver and won't sound like an airplane taking off during the quiet bits of the movie.

However, here's a bit of helpful advice - visit Samsung's UK website and download the latest version of the firmware for the player. You need to burn the image file you download to a CD (using a program like Nero), then put it in the drive and it will update automatically.

If you stick with the firmware provided with the unit, you may have trouble playing some of the new Bluray discs. However, upgrading solves this problem.

People talk about the 'format war' between Bluray and HD-DVD. However, like most recent format wars, the trend is for hardware to support *both* formats after the initial batch of single-format players. Look at DVD-R and DVD+R for example. Most modern DVD players and recorders support both formats.

Samsung have already released plans for a player that supports both HD-DVD and Bluray, but it may be a year or two off (players with this capability are already available in the USA). You can safely invest in Bluray discs knowing you'll be able to play them many years into the future.

In the meantime, all you need to know is that Bluray is the technically superior format, is in hundreds of thousands of households already (in the form of the PS3) and (at time of writing) has a much wider selection of quality movies available in the UK than HD-DVD.

This isn't so much of a war as a border dispute - in the future, I can see both formats co-existing quite happily.

Cheesy no offence but you have no idea what your talking about, blu-ray is here to stay my friend and well win the battle...

Blu-ray has been met with much criticism since the release of the Samsung BD-P1000. Much finger pointing was done. Blame fell upon the player, the software, Sony, Samsung...everyone under the sun was being blamed for this "false start" in the race to dominate the HD disc market. In the end, Samsung built a machine that played its main format very well. While currently there is no other available Blu-ray player, we are unable to gauge how well it plays. However i can say with confidence that this thing will give you an experience you've never had with standard definition DVD and broadcast HDTV.

Remember guys Blu-ray is still young, and I'm sure we can expect great things from the format. 50 Gigabyte Dual Layer discs have still yet to be released and more advanced video and audio codecs are still yet to be utilized. If the Samsung BD-P1000 is already capable of this kind of quality now, I can't wait to see what it can do when all these other things come to surface!

While the player is still a little pricey £999 from argos and various other retailers im happy to see that PLAY have lowered the price well done play.com for dropping the price an amazing £500 off,anyway back to the BD-P1000 has made me once again fall in love with high definition films. And it has turned me from "sitting on the fence" during this format war to actively (and financially) supporting both Blu-ray and HD-DVD. After all, the only way we can guarantee the success of either format is buying their products.

Pros :

Incredible picture quality
Mind-blowing sound quality
Connections for nearly any audio/video configuration
Familiar navigation menus
Pretty Blue lights lol

Cons:

Poor downscaling to 720p (and sometimes 1080i)
Slow startup and content access speed
Mildly irresponsive remote control
No 7.1 analogue outputs
No "pillar-box" for 4:3 content

all in all this is a great product i only wish i purchased mine from PLAY.COM as i would of saved myself nearly £500, so if you guys want this player i suggest you purchase it from play.com as the price is spot on.

oh if your confused about hd and blu-ray remember guys there will be players available eventually that will support both blu-ray and hd so if you can wait a year or 2 then do so.

This Blue ray player is good but for 80 pounds less you can have a Playstation 3 which does a lot of other things apart from blueray and dvd.