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Samsung BD-P2500 Review – First Impression

As the manufacturer to first release a Blu-ray disc player, Samsung has enjoyed the status as one of premier manufacturers when it comes to Blu-ray disc player. Most of us don't need introduction to Samsung as they make great consumer electronics. The korean company has come very far in reaching and perhaps surpassing Sony as the most recognized consumer electronic brand. As such, we come to expect solid, if not great players from Samsung. Their previous main consumer player, BD-P1500, has been pretty popular player with solid performance at a great price. This player builds on the success with added features such as Profile 2.0, ethernet and USB connectivity, and added audio supports.

The player looks pretty identical to the BD-P1500. You have the tray on the left side of the player. The LCD display is positioned in the middle with basic playback function buttons on the right side. The glossy finish welcome change from the BD-P1500's finish. Other than that, it is pretty similar player with different connectivity. The player comes with ethernet and USB connectivity. This is handy for updating firmware as well as enjoying the BD-LIVE feature on the new blu-ray movies. One thing that is missing is the SD card reader. The SD card reader would have been nice little addition as most consumers have digital cameras.

The video quality is just amazing on this player. All the blu-ray discs played without any flaws. No jaggieness, motion blur, or choppy sequences were detected in any of the blu-ray movies I played. I played the entire Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy on the player and detected no artifacts. If there is any defects, I doubt anybody can notice it without trying. The audio options are great. It has your standard analog 7.1 channel audio ports should you not have a receiver. It can natively decode DTS-HD, Dolby digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD. Rest of the high definition audio formats can be bitstreamed to your receiver for decoding. If don't have receiver for your audios, this player might be pretty good choice.

Overall, this is solid successor to the BD-P1500 player from Samsung. At this time, this player can be pruchased at less than $400.00 in various retail outlets as well as internet. There are no visible flaws with this player in terms of video or audio quality as well as solid construction. Highly recommended!

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List of Profiles on Current Blu Ray Players

Consider this: We do not recommend profile 1.0 blu ray players as they are outdated and some are unable or downright not possible to update the firmware. Save yourself some hassle and avoid profile 1.0 blu ray players. These are the first generation blu ray players and we were told by some consumers that a lot of latest blu ray movies will not work with profile 1.0 blu ray players.

Furthermore, some profile 1.1 blu ray players are confirmed upgradeable by manufacturer to profile 2.0.
We highly recommend going with profile 2.0 blu ray players as they can be easily updated in the future via the Internet. We understand that buying a blu ray player is an investment for your home theater system so it would make sense to buy something that will last a while. Make an educated decision!

Profile 1.0 Players

LG BH100

Pioneer BDP-95FD

Sharp BD-HP20U

Samsung BD-P1400

Samsung BD-P1200

Samsung BD-P1000

Samsung BD-UP5000

Sony BDP-S300

Sony BDP-S1

Sony BDP-S2000ES

Profile 1.1 Players

Denon DVD-2500BTCi

Denon DVD-3800BDCI

Denon DVD-1800BD

Insignia NS-BRDVD

LG BH200

Marantz BD8002

Memorex MVBD-2510

Panasonic DMP-BD30K

Panasonic DMP-BD30K

Philips BDP7200

Pioneer BDP-51FD

Pioneer BDP-05FD

Samsung BD-P1500*

Sharp BD-HP21U

Sharp BD-HP50U

Sylvania NB501SL9

Sony BDP-S350*

Yamaha BD-S2900

Profile 2.0 Players

LG BD300

Panasonic DMP-BD35

Panasonic DMP-BD55

Samsung BD-P2500

Sony BDP-S550

Sony BDP-S5000ES

* Confirmed upgradable to Profile 2.0

NOTE: Any blu-ray player models that have been released in 2009 will be have profile 2.0.

If you have any comments or suggestions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Blu Ray Player Profile Explained

Introduction

We wrote this article in response to many e-mails we received lately in regards to 3 different profiles that are available on today's blu ray players. It is confusing and sometimes difficult to understand the difference between these profiles especially to those who are making that "leap of faith" into high definition area. If you ever googled for the "profiles" you will see many technical jargon which will not help you understand differences among the three versions of profiles. Therefore, we decided to write an article that makes sense and hopefully educate you, the consumer, enough that you can go out and make an informed decision in buying blu ray players.

We have witnessed amazingly efficient yet fast transition that is taking place as far as latest technology implementation goes with blu ray players. Who knows how many more profiles will be released in the future but new ones seems to be coming at us very quickly, and some blu ray players are already becoming archaic and thing of the past.

We have broken down this article into 2 sections. The first section explains everything about profiles and the next section lists blu ray players and their profiles.

Implementation of Standards

In order to standardize Blu-ray formats, the Blu-ray Disc Association implemented Blu-ray Profiles for Blu-ray disc players. The three profiles include 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0. All of the profiles must be have BD-J capability. BD-J supports better interactive bonus contents that are superior to the regular DVD contents.

Characteristics of Profiles

Before we go over each profiles, you must understand the characteristics of profiles which will help you understand the difference between profiles.

The built in memory allows for video and audio file storage as well as updating of title informations. You can store digital pictures and digital music on the built in memory.

The secondary video decoder is used for Picture In Picture. You can watch the main movie while viewing other video contents. Also, the secondary audio decoder is mainly used for extra contents such as director or actor commentary along with the main audio.

Virtual File System allows the player to communicate with other systems within the player without problem. This includes the interaction of main movie and the bonus content. It allows for seamless integration of various features and future features added to the player.

The internet connection allows for BD-LIVE contents on the newer Blu-ray movies. It includes features that are only accessible via internet.

Profiles Explained

The initial profile 1.0 represents the first profile set by the Blu-ray Disc Association. The players with Profile 1.0 must have 64KB of built in persistent memory. However, the Local storage, secondary video decoder, secondary audio decoder, and virtual file system are optional and can be implemented by the manufacturers.

The Profile 1.1 was a mandatory on all players manufactured after November 1, 2007. It must include 64KB of persistent memory, 256MB of local storage, secondary video decoder, secondary audio decoder, and virtual file system. These are the minimum specifications required to be certified as a Profile 1.1 player.

The Profile 2.0, BD-LIVE, is the latest Blu-ray Profile. It must support all the specification of Profile 1.1 as well as have 1GB of local storage space and mandatory internet connection for the BD-LIVE contents on the Blu-ray movie discs. The BD-LIVE discs contain extra contents accessible via internet.

Notes: Some Profile 1.1 players with ethernet connectivity can be upgraded via firmware upgrade or downloading the upgrade via the manufacturer's website then burning the upgrade on the blank dvd disc. Also, the BD-LIVE feature on latest blu ray movies can be played on Profile 1.0 and 1.1 players. However, the BD-LIVE contents will not be accessible.

If you want to know how to update the firmware by downloading the upgrade from manufacturer's website then click here.

If you have any comments or suggestions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Click here to read part 2 of this article.

New Blu-ray player Sony BDP-S301 reviewed by Tim Tatum

I bought a Sony BDP-S301, and PS3. In the 1 week that I've had this player, it's done a marvelous job on video and audio quality. I'm running it on a 55" Samsung connected through HDMI. I've never had any of the stutters or other audio/video glitches that others have mentioned. I went with this player due to positive reviews and how I feel about the the brand. The BR players are all updatable so it's possible to play the latest movies. However, this player has a VERY difficult failure mode and upgrade procedure. But once you get that 1080p flat screen there's just no other way to watch video. Even with the problem it is worth getting this player for 1080p picures.

I have only had significant problems with one disk that I own and that was "Lord of War". It played the first 3/4 of the movie just fine and then started freezing up every 1-2 minutes making the movie unwatchable. For those who wonder if it will play homemade Blu-Ray DVDs I can report that I have sucessfully created a Blu-Ray DVD with menus on a 25G Single Layer BD-RE (Rewritable) disk using the LG GGW-H20L burner. Other firmware updatres are available but I haven't needed them yet. This player is good as far as disks that work on it but it does not support 48kHz/24-bit HD true sound that few blu-ray disks come with. The sound will pop out of sync with the visual. Before you buy call the manufacturer and ask if they have solved this problem by issuing a firmware (disk to put in the machine to update the harddrive) or not.

Upconversion on this player is pretty good, which is very important if you have large library of DVDs. I figured instead of spending $100 or so on upconvert DVD player to work with my new TV, I decided to go directly to Blu-Ray, since the Blu-Ray is now standard of HD DVDs. The Upconversion of standard definition DVDs is defnitely a strong point for this player. Overall, I found this player to be competent Blu-ray player and a great upconverting DVD player.

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