Seems to be a great product but.... This new product may be one of the compliant players for Blu-rays 1.1 profile but how about 2.0 or 3.0 for deep color in the future?
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I could have sworn that I read somewhere that a future firmware upgrade would indeed make this player 2.0 profile -- I wonder if they decided to stick a gig of memory in it, and that's why it's taking so long to come out to market - they had to wait for the profile to be finalized before they could produce the product. EDIT: I just read this: "The Blu-ray Disc Association has specified that all hardware sporting the official Blu-ray logo that hits the market after the Halloween holiday must be able to play back picture-in-picture video via BD-Java. The mandate also decrees that all Blu-ray players must hold a minimum 256MB of persistent memory storage, which will help power the picture-in-picture feature. Finally, any Blu-ray player that features an Internet connection is required to have 1GB of such memory, in order to hold whatever content users decide to download from the Web." Therefore, since this player has an ethernet port, I would think that it would have to have that 1 GB of memory.
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blu ray player greetings to improve the image of the dvd? this must 4k upscaling much better image of dvd? greetings .......... hope your ready for answerssaludos un jugador blu ray mejoras la imagen de los dvd? , este 4k upscaling debe mejorar mucho mas la imagen de los dvd? saludos espero su repuestas..........
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Can't comment more on the Blu-ray aspect as had same experience. But as for the color mine is black with like a clear panel over the top of the lid, probably reflective. I thought it was going to be blue but I think we're getting misled by the color of the screen-purple-in the website pictures. The website never actually gives a color and "Graphite" would indicate "black" as in pencil lead. The Blu-ray mention is the more serious problem and very misleading.
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I'm using game mode as well for gaming & it looks good, had to tweak the color saturation some though. I will be trying standard on my blu-ray input hopefully in the next few days, im hoping it works. I thought i had tried that but i honestly dont remember now if i did or not. Thanks for your input on your experience. I would have sent it back by now if I had not run across this post.
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John - you have been incredibly helpful and i appreciate your knowledge. My receiver does support all of the lossless sound formats regarding DTS HD masterauduio and tolby True HD. I am thinking that the PS3 does as well. In your opinion, what are the best looking Blu rays that you have personally seen or own regarding visuals and effects? Thanks Again!
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I had the same question about my BD-C6500. After scouring the web without finding anything, I e-mailed both Amazon (no info) and Samsung (no reply), then called Samsung, who said that for now only their TV's support Amazon's streaming, but suggested that I keep checking their site for updates; so maybe they have plans in the works to add Blu-rays so they stay competitive with Sony and Panasonic, some of who's models ARE supported? Wish I better better news!
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Thanks R. Oxhorn and Noaxtogrind. You asked and answered my question. Just got the Samsung BD5700 for a gift and hope Samsung does update the Blu-ray to access Amazon's streaming.
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I do not have an update as of this time, but I am told the Pioneer will be capable. They seem to be the one on the cutting edge. So I would check for a Firmware update for your unit. I am not in desperate need of triple or four layer Blu-ray, but will probably update just the same. Usually, they have more than one item or capability in each update. That generally means improvement on several fronts.
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I've been told it does not work with 3D. I'm presuming the reason Sony is dropping the price now is that a new version is coming out that fixes the gracenote problems (hard to deal with discs that are not on gracenote) AND the next version will be 3D capable. This is strictly a guess, but every other Sony Bluray player is now 3D capable except this one. And since all the 3D movies aren't coming out unitl later this fall...I should just go and put in a 3D movie and see though. Sony's support on this player does seem to be a bit weak.
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I think you're correct and would stay with current firmware. I didn't realize they were coming out with a 10" frame. I'd be interested in more info on that. Is it posted anywhere? Thanks
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Where are you from Scott Meek? From what I've read, the BD-P1500 only has a divx firmware update for players in the UK. That kinda screws everyone else. And if you want to use blu ray 2.0, you need to update the firmware and have at least a 1 gig flash drive attached in the back. I hope Samsung will eventually release firmware to make all the Bd-P1500's divx capable.
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I've learned not to mess with it. I would just stick with standard because it still looks great, then I use "game mode" for games which automatically moves it to standard, and does some other things to enhance processing and sound. I haven't played around with the modes since, but I may go back and do the Pixar settings test they have on their Blu-Ray movies to modify standard a bit for more contrast...
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I checked with Samsun yesterday re access for Amazon Video and was told that it is not a current applications for their smart tvs - never thought to ask about a samsung blu-ray. However, after reading the comments here, where Samsung indicated they were working on it - and here we are October 2012 - wouldn't hold out much hope.
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I bought the BD-30K about a week ago after reading way to many tech reviews and forums.I chose it because it's the latest version and have been very happy with other Panasonic components as well as the connections for 5.1 Dolby accomodate my older Sony Receiver. Set up was easy, picture and sound are great. There is a flicker upon initial upload that takes a few seconds to stop, not sure if this will be taken care of with firmware update 1.2 that I haven't done yet. The best part of this is the upscaling of older standard def DVD's they look so good I have no interest in updating any to Blu-ray. Hope this helps
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Nope not the one. I'm waiting for a solid state True Full HD (1920x1080) 30p solution. I couldn't care less about HDDVD BlueRay compatibility. I'll be playing the files from HDD of HTPC. I'm considering Sanyo VPC-HD2 as interim camera.
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I've been told it does not work with 3D. I'm presuming the reason Sony is dropping the price now is that a new version is coming out that fixes the gracenote problems (hard to deal with discs that are not on gracenote) AND the next version will be 3D capable. This is strictly a guess, but every other Sony Bluray player is now 3D capable except this one. And since all the 3D movies aren't coming out unitl later this fall... I should just go and put in a 3D movie and see though. Sony's support on this player does seem to be a bit weak.
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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