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Samsung BD-P2500 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player
Price: Too low to display
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours |
| Full HD 1080p |
| BD Live 2.0 Ready |
| Ethernet and USB for firmware upgrades |
| Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital True-HD |
| DTS-HD upgradable |
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Customers Reviews
2009-01-07
Great except for the subtitle option
Overall this Blu-Ray player is very satisfying.
However, I have noticed a glitch with the subtitle option for movies - ESPECIALLY foreign films. The subtitles appear on the screen, but every now and then they do not appear, and I have to rewind to get them to show up again for the same dialogue. I've had this problem for regularly movies and foreign movies.'
Anyone else have this problem? Anyone know how to fix it?
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2009-01-06
It's good, but don't get too excited
This has been said many times before, and I will repeat it -- right now, as of January 2009, the best overall blu-ray player for your money is the PS3. Now, with that said, most of our movie watching is via netflix, so this seemed like a player useful to us due to the streaming option. However, what isn't advertised is the fact that, if you use a wireless network for your internet use, you will need a seperate wireless bridge to be able to use the live function. It didn't occur to me that this player wouldn't be capable of that beforehand, because my PS3 has spoiled me into thinking everything can be wireless. Of course, your device needs a cpu to be able to process that connection, and as such, there is not a standalone blu-ray player that is thus far that smart (again, except for the PS3). So, if you want to use this for the netflix function, just know you also need to buy a bridge if you do wireless internet like most of the world. Unless of course you want to run wires from where your internet modem is to the player itself. Personally, I don't have my computer and modem in the same room where my tv is...
Also, worth mentioning is the fact that the major movie makers have just cracked down on the whole streaming industry, and there are less and less options available to choose from with netflix, with the talk being that future new releases might not even be offered in this format...
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2009-01-06
Great Blu ray player, netflix option is awesome but some quirks
Recently bought Samsung's BP-P2500 along with Sony's BDP-S350. The quality of both of them playing blu ray movies is almost indistinguishble. Both of them are absolute stunning. The netflix option to see online content bought me to plunge buying Samsung and also because it would gel well with my 52" Samsung LN52A650 very well. I watch Matrix series from my collection of Standard DVDs on both the players and found the quality of samsung maybe a little better than Sony. Also, tried watching online streaming from Netflix and was enjoying till the following happened.
Here's the problem. It seems my cable service provider has limited set of bandwidth and allows limited size to be downloadable content from net. I suddenly got the message "Your title is no longer available" while watching the netflix's online movie. However, the whole unit hanged and it did not allow me to access the menu on samsung player. I could still watch movies loading on player but the moment I try to access the player's menu, the whole unit gets hangs. The player started to work only after I removed the ethernet cable from the player. I understand the issue could be due to my low bandwidth but why hang the system. Just wondering whether I am the only one experience the issue or there are others too. Samsung support did not have any solutions to offer me.
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2009-01-04
Definitely worth the money if you have a Netflix subscription...
Although this is is my first Blu-ray player, the main reason why I purchased this was for Netflix streaming, which already being an avid Netflix lover, makes me love it even more. Being a huge film buff, always searching for new films/TV, this player is great because you can never run out of things to watch!
Although a lot of people have commented on the lengthy load time, it doesn't seem to bother me, nor does the fact you have to add Netflix selections to your add instantly queue from your computer. I also think that the quality of regular DVDs is enhanced a bit on this player and I like the feature of it shutting off automatically after standing idol for a while because I've heard of these blu-ray/netflix players burning out (more specifically in the LG version, not the Samsung). Also, the pause/rewind/fastforward/resumeplay is a great feature on the watch instantly selections. Having all these films/TV shows at your fingertips is like owning them, at least for the period that they're offered as watch instantly, plus Netflix is ALWAYS adding more stuff to watch, so it's very difficult to run out of watching something new everyday.
The reasons why I rated this 4 stars and not 5 are:
- On some of the Netflix options, the syncing doesn't match up. It may not bother some people, but I can't watch something when the sound is a few seconds behind the picture.
- The first time I installed the firmware, it took over an hour, which was very discouraging seeing how excited I was to see how the player worked. It turns out that the system froze and being the first time it was ever used, made me a little weary, but it worked after rebooting and I haven't had a firmware problem since.
- On certain Blu-rays, the sound is a little off. For instance, on Wall-e, the music was really loud compared to everything else and you couldn't hear anything that Wall-e was saying. I messed with the sound options on the player and nothing seemed to work. I don't think this problem, however, is the player's fault seeing that I don't have and HD tv nor do I have surround sound. I think this problem could be easily fixed with these things, which I am planning to get in the near future, but am pleased the Netflix and regular DVD player worked, for the most part, without them.
Overall, I'm so pleased with this player, and although it's a little more pricey, it's refreshing being able to watch something new everyday with Netflix streaming, play your DVDs, your Blu-rays (and more!) for just the price of this player and a Netflix subscription. Highly recommended!!
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2009-01-04
Yes, I bought this one.
I bought this player for the bedroom and it's fine. I have this as the only stand alone and a Playstation 3 (better value, but a pain) as the player in the home theater. I like this player and give it 4 stars. Only 4 because of the trouble with the 2 year old Philips plasma and HDMI issue. I'm pretty happy with the quality of the Netflix download service on a 42" screen. Falls apart in dark and high motion like most MPEG downloads.
While I've got your attention, let's get a few things straight:
1. Blu Ray is slow.
2. Blu Ray is very sensitive to dust,scratches, and fingerprints.
3. Your BluRay player may not play all BluRay discs. Sorry if you opened it before figuring this out.
4. If you have a TV that suuports HDMI but not BluRay, you may have to use Component cables. You did know that HDMI was cooked up for digital rights management, not quality, right? Apple had to have something to do with it . . .
5. The online update works fine on mine but takes forever. By forever I mean 10-15 minutes. This is on a internet connection that's fast enough to not buffer video.
6. You can't tell it's in High Def on anything less than 50".
7. They haven't found a good use for BDLive(The internet tie in).
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Samsung SCH-B500 - a Breakthrough Camera PhoneHiya! As I’ve promised this post is going to be about camera phones! Great, isn’t it?:) Here we’ll debate their efficiency and usability as photocameras.
I’d dare to say that among a range of all camera phones currently in existence we can distinguish several generations. They differ in their functionality, capacity and workability: in the amount of megapixels, memory storage and type of a zoom.
It won’t come as a surprise to you if I conclude that all the above-mentioned parameters of these “magic” cell phones influence:
- first, resolution (or quality) of their shots
- and, second, their price.
Quite naturally, both of these factors can be viewed either as their attractions or as their drawbacks. I’m sure, you are sober enough to guess that
- pluses are when resolution is high and when price is low
- and minuses are when everything is the other way round.
Unfortunately, for the moment there’s no such a camera phone that will combine both the pluses:(( And even more… Until recently there haven’t been one with such an advantage as good resolution!..
Why until recently? That’s easy! Simply because only on January 30 this year the electronics giant Samsung has announced their revolutionary phone featuring a 7.7 megapixel digital camera with 3x optical zoom (!!Note, that all camera phones have digital zoom!!) - Samsung SCH-B500. Moreover, it has a Transflash card slot enough to store high resolution pictures! Besides, its large display functions in a landscape mode, so you can take pictures like using a real digital camera.
But I won’t say a word about this camera’s DMB TV reception, TV-output and MP3 audio playback (all packed in a 18.5 mm body)… as it’s not our domainJ))
Well… My resume:
Normally, camera phones have outdated features if compared to modern digital cameras. But this is not the case with Samsung SCH B500! It resembles more a camera than a mobile phone. Both, in its looks and… its most probable sky-high price:( which is still unknown, but as I see it, will reach the price of an excellent professional digital camera…
So it’s up to you to decide how to spend the same amount of money: on a phone with poor camera or rather on a jolly good amateurish photocamera…
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