Review by modsynergy
The Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Disc Player is competitively priced and creates its own niche. Someone looking for a solid basic Blu-Ray player on the cheap but doesn’t need the extras like BD-Live may want to place the Samsung BD-P1500 on the shortlist.
The Samsung BD-P1500 is a good basic Blu-Ray player. It may be a bit limited on its features and a bit slow to respond during operation, but once you get it up and running, image quality is very good for Blu-Ray movies and will do what you ask of it without much problem.
The Pros:
- + Very good image quality for Blu-Ray, actually stunning
- + Very quiet drive under operation
- + No fans makes unit quiet under operation
- + Elegant design simplified
- + About $100CAD cheaper than the competition
- + Takes care of most High-resolution audio formats
The Cons
- - Profile 1.1, not the newer profile 2.0
- - Sluggish GUI system
- - DTS-HD Master Audio decoding not present
- - Standard DVD upscaling
- - I really get annoyed with the sluggish feeling
What I Liked About The Samsung BD-P1500
By Robert Silva, About.com
There is a lot to like about the Samsung BD-P1500, including:
1. Very fast start-up, disc load, and disc eject time compared to previous Blu-ray Disc Players.
2. Very Good Blu-ray Disc Video Playback. Except for a slight over-saturation of reds, the image quality was on par with the other comparison Blu-ray Disc players.
3. Good standard DVD upscaling. Although there could be some improvement, the video upscaling of standard DVDs to 1080p was acceptable in comparison to the other Blu-ray disc players used, but not as good as the Oppo DV-983H upscaling DVD player used as a baseline reference.
4. Excellent audio performance. The audio quality was top-notch. This player also provides flexible internal audio decoding and bitstream output. However, the lack of 5.1 channel analog outputs is worth noting.
In addition, out-of-the box, the BD-P1500 does not provide on-board DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, but does provide a bitstream output for external decoding for this surround sound format by a DTS-HD equipped home theater receiver.
5. Ethernet Connection provides direct access to firmware upgrades. This should have been a requirement for all Blu-ray Disc players from the beginning. Having a built-in ethernet connection makes it much easier to access firmware updates, without having to make or use an update disc made on a PC or ordered from the manufacturer.
6. HDMI 1.3a connectivity. This makes the BD-P1500 up-to-date for any audio and video source codecs now in use, as well as in the near future.
Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Disc Player: Review By Brandon A. DuHamel
Samsung has been steadily releasing Blu-ray players since the format's launch. In fact, it was their BD-P1000 Profile 1.0 Blu-ray player that was the first to market in June of 2006 when Blu-ray first launched. The P1000 rather infamously arrived to market amidst much criticism for having what many videophiles saw as a flawed video processor that had its DNR (Digital Noise Reduction) circuitry turned on by default, thereby resulting in a softened image playback. It didn't help that the first crop of titles from Sony, such as the original BD release of The Fifth Element, were less than spectacular as well.
Now, over two years and a few generations down the product line later, Samsung has released the BD-P1500 BD-Live ready Blu-ray Disc player at a SRP of $299.99, but have they learned anything and improved their video playback?
With the high-def format war between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD finally relegated to the past, the makers of Blu-ray players have been able to concentrate on smoothing out the rocky path that early adopters encountered with some of the first models. The days when you couldn’t just assume that a given player would play your old CDs (let alone some of your new Blu-ray Discs!) might finally be gone. The good news is that the manufacturers are now focusing on adding features, lowering prices, and eliminating the various compatibility issues that cropped up with some discs on certain players.
Review By trustedreviews
The BD-P1500 looks very different to the BD-P1400 – out goes the curved fascia and in comes a flat front panel and a slimmer chassis. The gorgeous gloss-black finish remains (a must for any self-respecting BD player) and buttons are kept to an absolute minimum, making this deck a real piece of eye candy.
Around the back, the lack of 5.1 or 7.1 analogue audio outputs is unsurprising at this price, but it means that you’ll need an AV receiver with HDMI inputs to enjoy HD audio soundtracks. Otherwise it offers all the basics, including HDMI, component, composite, optical digital and stereo audio outputs.
Review By hometheater
On the audio side, the BD-P1500 offers both on-board audio decoding and bitstream output for compatible home theater receivers. One disappointment, however, was the lack of on-board DTS-HD MA decoding. Also, Samsung has chosen to remove the 5.1 channel analog audio output option, which decreases its connection flexibility with non-HDMI home theater receivers.
Review By techradar
The P1500 can match its pricier peers in image processing both with DVD and Blu-ray. When tested with the Silicon Optix HQV Blu-ray benchmark disc, it exhibited overt video noise – the player clearly has no HD noise reduction technology – but its deinterlacing on the jaggies test was excellent.
DVD playback, including upscaling via HDMI to 1080p, is very good. It sailed through jaggies and text crawl tests on DVD without stumbling.
Review by engadgetHD
There's a lot to like about this player, but it's hard to believe that after 2 years and 5 players, Samsung still doesn't have a "full featured player." Sure BD Live isn't for everyone -- and in fact, many don't even have internet connectivity behind their HDTV -- but with BD Live and DTS-HD MA currently missing from this one, the only thing really left to like over the previous model is the price. And since the PS3 sells for the same -- unless you find the BD-P1500 on sale -- we wonder who'd prefer the BD-P1500 over Sony's multifaceted console. The good news is we don't have anything exceptionally bad to say about the BD-P1500; in fact, it works as advertised in every way. So if you're in the market for a standalone player, and don't care can wait for BD Live and DTS-HD MA decoding, this is currently the player to beat.
Review by Overclockers Online
Samsung's fourth generation Blu-ray disc player appears to be a huge success. It's not nearly as expensive as buying a PlayStation 3 but some will argue that the PS3 has superior video out. I can't judge since I don't have a PS3. Given the time I've had with the BD-P1500, I'm eagerly awaiting for my favorite movies to come out on Blu-ray. The playback is great and the problems I experienced were minor in the grand scheme of things. As the market begins to mature
Review by Hifi-ring
Samsung just announced its new fourth-gen Blu-ray player dubbed the BD-P1500. It features HDMI 1.3 port with CEC, built-in Ethernet connection for BD profile 1.1 discs and firmware downloads, and 7.1 PCM, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution and Master Audio. The video processor upconverts standard DVDs to 720p, 1080i and 1080p resolutions and offers Full HD video playback capabilities.
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