I just played a blu-ray video through our regular blu-ray player, and the pic quality was awful? Do blu-ray dvds not work on this tv?
315967
Unless you received a defective TV it sounds like a setting needs adjusting. Have you looked at the output settings on the BR player? Also, are you connecting it via HDMI? Other cables will give a lousier image. Also, you may need to adjust the color, contrast, etc., settings on the TV to make it look better.
1795826
Mine was working great until a few weeks ago it quit playing BD's after upgrading the firmware to the 169 version. No problem with DVD's. I've done the firmware upgrades to version 179 and still having the same issue. Nothing on the Sony website about this issue.
1776097
I don't understand your comment. I have a Samsung Blu ray 4k upscale DVD player and it has performed very well. I number of blu rays DVD's look better than on a normal HD tv especially the 4k mastered ones that I have are excellent. I think the blu rays DVD's upscaled to near 4k rival the best movie theaters I have been to. With regular DVD's, there appears to be some upscaling but you tend to not get the color brilliance and definition that you get with blu rays.
95916
First, check the back of your Blu Ray component output. It should but it wouldn't be 1080p only 480i picture quality. HDMI cables to your Blu-Ray and HD Television that's the best way to go. I hope I help answer your question. Happy Holiday and New Year.
2033700
Sorry, I've never used Blu-Ray, but I don't believe it is. This unit has worked very well for dubbing DVD's and tapes to DVD, but I can't find my owner's manual - I just moved and it's in one of many boxes. I did some online Googling and the specs I found that said what formats are playable did not include Blu-Ray.
1369356
the blu-ray must have a different/unique frequency. different than others i would try ordering the remote from the company that made the dvd player(i am a certified microsoft programmer ask away i love to answer)
1166407
I have and do; in fact, it's been the best Blu Ray player I've used for a computer. I have a Mac and use a downloadable player. Try Different software; if that doesn't work, it might be a faulty unit.
2125418
Not me but I am using hdmi cable with a samsung 46" LCD LN46B640. It was definitely near HD quality. Watched a regular dvd of inglourious basterds and district 9 this week and the picture quality was nothing short of amazing. In district 9, the helicopter shot over the alien camp was so crystal clear that it looked like 3-d. I'm gonna have to rent the blu-ray version to compare them. I've been happy with the upconversion. I also have a regular sony dvd player (dvp-ns700h/b) that got great reviews and I still use in my bedroom. Is that the one you have? You could even see my 5/14/08 amazon review of the sony dvd player to see how much I love my sony dvd player (dvp-ns700h/b). The Sony dvd player does an amazing job of upconverting. Probably the best outside of an oppo. Maybe even slightly better than the panasonic blu-ray player. Not really sure though because I have been really impressed with dvds in the panasonic. Maybe I will set up both with my television and really compare them. I do suggest you to connect an hdmi to your television though. That may fix your problem. Maybe the sony converts better than the panasonic with the component cables but the panasonic may convert equally well with an hdmi.
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Isnt that a shame? so you're saying that it will look grainy on any blue ray player? I wouldve thought any encoding problem wouldve been fixed by now, i mean 300 just came out on blue ray.Do stores offer refunds or something? Have you tried a different blue ray? or a different TV? Im going to take mine to my friends house and test it on his LCD TV.thxThank you.
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Hi Wise 1, You can view blu-ray (and *probably* NON-upconverted standard DVD but I'm not sure of this) output using the component outputs. Assuming your TV has component inputs. There is also an RCA video output but this will be very low-fidelity. At least the specs on this TV say those outputs exist (I don't own one of these players ... yet). I say NON-upconverted for standard DVDs, since upconversion only makes sense over HDMI. You won't be getting the most out of your blu-ray player but it will be useable. You will eventually want to upgrade to a TV with a 1080p HDMI input. If you do not need analog outputs for multi-channel decoding (this is usually the case for most people, but not for me) then you can save a bit of money by buying the Panasonic DMP-BD60 instead. If your TV does not have component inputs then don't bother until you get a new TV (but yes you *could* use the RCA composite video option). Hope this helps.
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I don't know. I haven't been able to get the dvd part of the tv to work. My son - the electronics "expert" - has not been able to get it to work. He says I should contact the manufacturer. I bought the tv online, it's not worth my time and effort to dig" just to get the dvd player to work, so I just don't use the dvd part. The tv is fine. I can probably contact Amazon, but I have not -- too much trouble for such a small amount of money. The moral of the story is, "You get what you pay for" ???? ...or maybe I should contact Amazon. I don't think a stand-alone dvd/blue player costs that much. The price (even for just a tv) was good, I thought.
959945
I guess my question is: will this blue-ray player, play regular dvds, as well as others? I'm not that big into the movie scene, but it would be nice to watch my reuglar dvds, in HD quality. I do have an 1080p HDTV with all the works if that helps...please...I don't need a top of the line, just a decent blue-ray player..thanks! Note: I don't do streaming & special downlaods for movies, I just need something simple to use, yet that is good quality. I'm not a techno-person!
1034897
There are no further firmware updates for this model. I ran into a similar problem, although my unit wouldn't load a Blu-Ray at all, much less play it. After much frustration looking for a non-existent solution, I got a nice Panasonic Blu-Ray player - that does Internet TV *much* better, I might add - and now can enjoy my Blu-Rays while still using the rest of the Samsung unit's "home theatre" functions, which pretty much boil down to the sound system at this point. The short answer is yes, it's crap.
90632
i upgraded as well and have had no problems with previously unviewable blu-rays. Until tonight...the mummy returns is the first movie that doesnt play since i upgraded the firmware. anyone know anything about this?
1246487
I just downloaded the latest firmware update from the samsung website to a flash drive and went through the steps to update the BD player. Now, I'm having the same problems that everyone is reporting - it won't play a Blueray disc. It get's stuck in the "load" mode. It will, however, play a DVD without a problem. So, like many others before me, I will be taking it back to the store. Samsung wanted me to send it to them, but I don't think I'm going down that nightmare road.
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to try and offer some advice: i just upgraded from the BDP83 to the BDP93, i have only watched 1 Blu on the new one (BDP93) but was amazed at the pic quality i had the BDP83 for almost a year before upgrading and the only issue i had was watching LOTR extended versions on DVD and would see a 'hiccup" every so often - i believe this was where they added the extended footage in - otherwise i NEVER had a single issue with my player with an Oppo or PS3 OR whatever bluray player you have or decide to buy i always make sure the firmware is updated to resolve any 'issues" you may have best of luck to you
793474
I have a "stupid" question. My LCD sets are only 720p. Will I get a markedly better picture from my DVD player that I currently have when I put in a Blu-Ray disc on these sets?