Samsung BD-P1500

September 10, 2008

Manufacturer's overview

Experience the blu-ray difference with the SAMSUNG BD-P1500. You’ll get incredibly detailed images with brilliant color in full high definition 1080p resolution. Amazing picture quality isn’t the only benefit. This blu-ray disc player comes with SAMSUNG’s Anynet+ technology which lets you control all your SAMSUNG AV devices from just one remote. The BD-P1500 lets you have it all - watch your favorite DVDs and blu-ray discs or listen to CDs with the highest-quality audio.

Our take

This is an affordable player that is cheaper than most other popular Blu-ray players. The player forgoes the Profile 2.0 for the earlier Profile 1.1. This might turn off some buyers. However, Samsung has promised to upgrade the Profile in near future. This is possible because the player does have network connectivity via its ethernet port.

The player includes standard connectivity options. It has the standard HDMI output for 1080p video output. It includes component and composite output for standard definition output. It lacks the analog 5.1 or 7.1 channel analog outputs. More importantly, it has ethernet port as mentioned earlier. This will allow firmware update or Profile update in future.

The overall video quality is perfectly acceptable according to many user reviews and various review sites. Some have reported seeing some chopiness and blockiness. But these instances were minimal hard to notice unless you are looking for it. The upconversion of existing DVDs were reported to be outstanding.

The audio option is somewhat limited when it comes to high definition audio decoding. The player can deocde Dolby TrueHD but lacks the deoding capability of DTS-HD Master Audio. The good news is that it can output both of these format in bit stream format which can be decoded via receiver. If you already own a quality receiver, the lack of decoding capability should not deter you from this player.

The remote control is fairly standard. It can operate other components. However, people have complained about its lack of backlit buttons which can be pain when viewing movies in the dark environment.

Overall, it is an excellent player with great price point.

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