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Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray Disc Player
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$202.10
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: dcrystal01
Updated:04-30-08
Duration of ownership:65 Days
Strengths: Very good viewing quality, ease of use, energy efficient feature. Easy to use menus.
Weaknesses: Need to upgrade firmware out of the box, a task that is difficult for some folks.
Overall Evaluation: very good price, player does a fantastic job with blu-ray, a very good job with regular dvd. Be aware that to create the firmware update cd you must be able to burn an iso file. Other than that, a wonderful player. Energy saving feature comes on sooner than I like. I have gotten very good support from Samsung on the phone.
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5 Star Review
Reviewed by: NYCshopper2008
Updated:04-05-08
Duration of ownership:15 Days
Strengths: Easy to operate, great picture quality, relatively inexpensive
Weaknesses: A bit slow
Overall Evaluation: This is my second purchase of this player - good product. Rememeber to update the firmware. I purchased it as a gift several months after buying one for myself. After a review of what is available on the market I decided on the same model.
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5 Star Review
Reviewed by: krazeemexykan
Updated:04-04-08
Duration of ownership:2 Months
Strengths: fast load time, great picture & audio. Affordable & reliable.
Weaknesses: none
Overall Evaluation: I have not had a single problem/issue with this player. from day one, it has performed like a champ. the images and audio produced by it are unmatched. Outperformed my PS3 and my friend's Sharp hands down. Would strongly recommend this to anyone.
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1 Star Review
Reviewed by: Bungle
Updated:03-30-08
Duration of ownership:3 Days
Strengths: Havnt found one yet.
Weaknesses: Poor build quality
Overall Evaluation: I bought one of these players and couldnt wait to set it up. I got it home and immediatley unwrapped it. I set it up and switched it on. I first tried the film "300" and it played. I switched to off and then placed it neatly amounst my other players. I was disapointed to see that upon switching it on for a second time, the player "froze" and displayed "loading". I turned it on and off hopeing the player would sort itself out. NO! It didnt. Each time the samsung screen displayed and the player said loading. Nothing happened. I let it load several times for up to 20mins. Still nothing. I even tried other films just in case it was the film error and not the player. Still nothing. Dont buy this product. Too many problems noted by other users.
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Overall Rating
1 Star Review
Reviewed by: mikeasbell
Updated:03-17-08
Duration of ownership:24 Days
Strengths: Great Picture easy to setup, you can update the firmware on this one.
Weaknesses: noneUPDATE: 3 weeks later only plays blue ray DVDs, won't play standard DVD or even a CD. Samsung says send it them to be fixed.
Overall Evaluation: Picture looks fantastic. Sound is dolby digital. I've put 3 new blue ray discs in, and all of them have worked, and so have the old standard DVDs. Firmware can be updated through an ethernet connection for future Blue Ray formats, and any potential problems. Easy to use. UPDATE: 3 weeks later only plays blue ray DVDs, won't play standard DVDs or even a CD. Also will not reconnect to the network. Samsung says send it them to be fixed. They didn't even want to pay to ship it to them, so I had to call them back for that and complain once I received the email. At this point this gets an unacceptable rating I am out a DVD player for at least 3-4 weeks which will include shipping it to New Jersey, plus over $300 on a DVD player that's already failed once. I hope it continues to work after they send it back.
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Overall Rating
3 Star Review
Reviewed by: buckett18
Updated:03-11-08
Duration of ownership:4 Months
Strengths: - Relatively affordable- 1080P Output- Decodes new audio formats and outputs via LPCM
Weaknesses: - Requires frequent firmware upgrades to play certain movies- Slow load times
Overall Evaluation: For the price this player is OK. I have purchased many Samsung products in the past, including other BD players and TVs. This will probably be my last. Their build quality and performance standards just aren't acceptable for the investment. Overall I am fairly satisfied with this unit though. I have it paired with a Sammy 50" 1080P DLP, H/K AVR 247, and Infinity Primus speakers. The unit's performance in this setup is very good (after firmware upgrades). With those firmware updates it has played everything that I have thrown at it (after long load times). Make sure that if you buy a Sammy BD player that you get the 1400 or later, as the 1000 and 1200 are terrible (personal experience).
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1 Star Review
Reviewed by: ironskull
Updated:02-15-08
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Strengths: Quality picture
Weaknesses: build quality lacking
Overall Evaluation: I set up the player and it performed well until I rented Trapped on blu-ray. When I loaded the disc it displayed a screen indicating the disc would not play without a software upgrade. I plugged in a phone-line and did a firmware upgrade. I then attempted to play the movie a second time whereupon the the tray lock up and no amount of resets would get it open.I was so disgusted I took out my revenge by destroying it with a sledge hammer and then tossing it into the dumpster.When they build a real blu-ray player for under $200.00 I'll think about buying another one.
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Overall Rating
1 Star Review
Reviewed by: heedaf
Updated:01-05-08
Duration of ownership:15 Days
Strengths: Good Picture
Weaknesses: Won't play some Blu-Ray Disks
Overall Evaluation: I've gone through 2 Die Hard disks and the player just locks up. I've downloaded new firmware without any luck. Looking at some forums, everyone is having these problems with certain disks. It is hard to believe that Samsung would release a player that doesn't work with all the movies and that an upgrade to the firmware doesn't take care of the problem. DON'T BY THIS PLAYER!
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: x0lliex
Updated:11-22-07
Duration of ownership:1 Months
Strengths: Fantastic picture with a 1080p LCD, faster loading times that with other high definition disc (HDDVD/Blu-ray) players, nice aesthetics
Weaknesses: Loading times still somewhat slow, some adjustments needed to make signal pass through A/V receiver, dim display
Overall Evaluation: This player provides a fantastic picture, 1080p looks amazing. The player is also a nice looking player and not as big and boxy as some of the older blu-ray (Sony) players. The picture with standard DVDs also looks great. Once set up properly the picure cannot be beat.There were some problems setting up the player though, it seems it needs to detect a supported device for it to output 1080p. To do this I had to enable HDMI control on my TV to override the receiver. It seems it wont output 1080p if it detects a receiver and not a TV. This means that if my TV isn't on before I turn the player on it reverts to 1080i and I have to re-enable it in the menu. Also, the display on the front of the player is very dim and it is very difficult to read when the room is not totally dark.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: OhioLefty
Updated:11-01-07
Duration of ownership:2 Weeks
Strengths: Firmware updates, excellent picture quality, upscales SD-DVD better than expected, great audio.
Weaknesses: Prices needs to come down on these units to compete with HD-DVD.
Overall Evaluation: One of the better choices out there for Blu-Ray. I updated the firmware right out of the box and it has played everything flawlessly. Blu-Ray movies look incredible and it does a better than expected job of upscaling SD-DVDs. Audio sounds just as impressive. You have a choice of either having the player decode the new audio codecs (PCM)or have the audio sent to your A/V Receiver (Bitstream) to be decoded. Hopefully Blu-Ray prices will soon follow HD-DVD prices and these players will become more affordable.
