The Official Samsung BD-P1500 Owner's Thread - Page 41

I really think that the problem is with the Enchanted disk. I have had the same issue using the Panny BD30. I returned the disk and got another copy and the problem was resolved.

On another note, I hope you guys are watching Enchanted because of your gf/wives/daughters, and not by yourselves

Watched Spiderwick with the kids and had 2 audio dropouts. The first about 2 seconds the second stayed out until I paused and played the film. I did rewinf the film and had it happen multiple times. so Ithought it was the disc until I played it in another Player (Denon) and it worked without isssue

I also think it added brightness to the disc. When played in my other player no drop outs and the picture was darker and more chrisp. Granted I am talked about a 1k player so its not fair.
O am running newest firmware

Did the update via ethernet last night. Was having a problem with POTCBP with dropouts. Watched the movie again last night with no problems. Will try Rat tonight to see if I still have the audio drops.

Also, seems (in my feable mind) that the picture was better than I remember. POTC looked grainy before the update, now looks very"3D" like.

is there a plan for a DTS HD MA firmware update ?

Thought I read somewhere they are talking a fall timeframe for MA update. Don't remember where I saw it though

Yo, Yo! The princess is hot! I liked the movie.

It is on the CNET review and I believe I read it on the Samsung site in the Blu-Ray info section. They quoted October for the 2.0 and decoding of MA.

I have a large collection of "archived" standard DVD's. Many have been made using DVD RB rebuilder, CinemaCraft encoder and HD FabDecrypter. They have been "shrunk" to fit on a 4.7GB DVD. When I tried to play one of these on my very fancy Oppo 983, upscaling DVD player, I got multiple images and a non-watchable image.( Setup is HDMI in and out of my Onkyo 705 to my old Sony 1080i CRT). I then tried it in my P1500 and it played and had a remarkably good picture. I really think it did some upscaling. I was very pleased !!!!! Kudos to the 1500!!!!!

Just watched Cloverfield on my 1500 and the picture only took up the upper left quarter of the screen. This was a bluray from netflix. It is only the second Bluray I have watched. The first being Spiderman 3 which played fine. Also on a related note, the LFE on Cloverfield is earthshaking. I have my Samsung in the Masterbedroom system and have my satellites sitting on shelves on the wall. The two speakers closest to the sub were blown off the wall during this movie!!!!! I will have to secure them to the shelves apparently.

wonder if theres any beta firmware before October

Hi DouglasR,

I believe you watched the movie in Special Investigation Mode. Did you have the GPS Tracker & Creature Radar showing as well?

Larry

On the remote you can turn off bonus view by hiting the cursor button. I did this on sunshine I hope this works for you I have the Samsung-5000

Returned my 1500 to Wal-Mart yesterday morning after having it about 45 days. Only problem I had was lip sync issues. If not for that I would have probably kept it. The Panny BD30 is doing very well in it's place though. I may revisit the 1500 again down the road but for now it was just unwatchable for me.

How do you do it

Well, I just gave all my new HT stuff (Samsung Series 5, Samsung 1500, and Pioneer 5.1) a good workout.

I'm a Rambo nut, and I waited 10 years for the last one to come out. Today I received my boxset and final blurays, so I spent the day watching them all.

First Blood - I can't believe how well they converted this into blu ray. The quality was incredible (for I've seen the SD versions) and I had no audio dropouts. I could definitely tell though how they really forced the dialogue through the center channel; I had to play with my system a little bit to sound a little more full. I just found it funny though how at the end of the movie it says "Dolby Stereo - In Select Theaters" lol.

FB Part II - This movie from the beginning was a little odd in the PQ. There are certain times in the disc, even the very first second of the movie, where the video is shaky, like if the camera had parkinsons. Does anyone else have this problem with their Part II bluray? Do I have a messed up BD, or was this just a really bad conversion? This was the movie that "made" the whole story for me too... The sound was also the same as Part I.

Rambo III - PQ was also great and so was the sound. Now that it's in high def, I'm actually noticing all the movie mistakes, like at the end when Crenna is laughing as they start the final gun battle against the Russians.

Rambo (IV) - This was great PQ, but it's also using today's new technology. I only had two quick dropouts, and even my Pioneer system said so. DTS un-displayed itself those two times. I undid my receiver settings, and you could definitely tell how this was filmed in surround sound. I remember when I saw the ending the first time in the theater, and thought wow, how powerful. Again tonight, watching that ending, is just so powerful. I guess you need to be a nut like me to really get it.

Regarding the audio dropouts, I can live with. The vibration problems though in Part II kind of bug me though. If it's only my disc, I fear returning the discs to Amazon and getting another batch that is the same. I'm thinking about maybe contacting Lionsgate and asking them what's up.

Also, I'm still unsure how these new codecs work. I have a normal DD and DTS decoder, but all of the sound choices that were available were DDEX, DTSHD, and DTSMA. Somehow, they still played just fine on my system. I'm sending everything via bitstream.

All in all, the player performed beautifully, even though the bottom is SUPER hot after it playing 8 hours today.

And btw, the bottom of the case that the player uses as a "heatsink" actually seems to work really well, because after 30 mins of having my player off, it's completely cold.

Viper, I'm a Rambo nut myself and really loved the transfers I've seen so far (haven't watched III yet, although the dvd is the best of those transfers, so I'm sure the blu-ray transfer will also be the best of the 3).

Be sure to check out the audio commentary on First Blood. It's very interesting and informative...Sly knows how to give a commentary!

I didn't notice any audio dropouts on my PS3 40GB.

Seems like my 1500 died today.

Watched Ratatouille last night and I recognized the time on the display freezing at 1:19:xx, but the movie continued playing. After that I could switch to the BDs menu and play some of the extras. The player would not take all IR commmands at the first click and the time still said 1:19:xx in the display.

Today the player loaded Ratatouille until the language selection screen appeared. After that the 1500 would not take any commands but open/close. And this was all the display said: open/close.

Now it doesn't even load until that screen. DVDs did not play either.

The unit did get very hot at the bottom (trust me, there somewhere is a very hot spot). Don't know whether this could have been the problem...

RIP

Hello!

I think my 1500 is also broken. After the posting from Merkor I tested some blu-rays. At first Ratatouille - many audio dropouts during the trailers and the movie. Second disc was Wild Hogs - also audio dropouts (less than with Ratatouille). Newest firmware was installed...

My unit will go back tomorrow to my dealer.

Udo

Do you have the BD for FBP2? If so, can you check if you have screen "jitter" or shakyness during the very beginning of the movie, and throughout scene 4?

Viper, I will check and let you know.

BDP-1500 came out in Italy just a few days ago.
It comes at a very good price with three FOX BD included: Men of honor, League of extraordinary gentleman and Chain reaction.

Sadly, it seems the player has an issue with League of extraordinary gentleman BD, since after loading the menù (very quickly indeed) it just go black-screen after any selection. Many other users have already reported the same glitch.

Is this an already known issue here? I tried to search inside the thread but didn't find anything. I'd like to know if this is only affecting the european version of the player or the US too.

Thanks for any answers!

The display lighting on the front panel of the unit is incredibly dim. Have not found a way to brighten it up.

EaglePC, it's even funnier that the player setup options even include an option to make it even dimmer! lol. Unless you already have yours set that way - go to the player setup menu (without a BD), and in the Setup tab you should see something in there.

Also regarding Rambo, I just finished watching all of the bonus features (not bonusview). There's a certain way where if you start playing with the menus, you can completely make all the menus go blank, and then you can't do anything else. Oh well, BD isn't perfect yet

I have another question:

So this player allows you to output 24p or 60p material. If you output 24p, then your tv will handle the conversion process (for example, if you have a 3:2 60 Hz pull down set). But what if you choose it to output 60p? Will the player do the 3:2 60 Hz pull down for you in the same way?

Found it Display Bright,Dimmer,and Auto LOL Bright ,and Auto still dim ,guess it is what it is.

Rambo be here in the next couple days ,hope it plays.

Viper...... I did noticed that shakey scene you described in Rambo 2, I don't think this is a problem with 1500 I think the movie itself. I am glad you like it. If you read this thread back in a few pages people here are talking about the notebook cooler that can be placed underneath it is not needed but I thought you might want to try.

Hi all, i just took the plunge into blu-ray, have a Toshiba a35 as well. I was wondering if anyone has had an issue with their Insignia displaying 1080p/24. My LCD Philips 47PFL7432D displays 1080p/24 however when I hit the display button on the Insignia it will only read 1080p. My Toshiba a35 displays 1080p/24 on my Philips, no problem. I connected my blu-ray player with a monster ultra high speed HDMI just to see if that mad a difference. Still no 1080p/24. I have the Insignias resolution set for resolution 1080p/24 and that comes up on the players display but not the TV's. What am I doing wrong? Any idea or suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks

Looks like someone moved your thread to the wrong place.