The Official Samsung BD-P1500 Owner's Thread - Page 99

Originally Posted by dakar80124

Well it "sounds" like the bdp-1500 is a decent enough player but all the little issues etc. of not being able to play certain titles and constant firmware updates are big reasons to NOT get a bd player. On Friday several places are selling this unit for 199. Although the Sony BDP-S350 is also going to be marked down as well. Is the Sony worth $30-40 more?

Originally Posted by Matt1966

Have you ever calibrated your display?

Originally Posted by marlabone

I bought my father the Samsung BD1500 a month ago and hooked it up to his Samsung LN52A630 LCD. Downloaded the latest firmware and WOW! I could not believe the image quality. It almost looked fake it was so real. It was like watching movies in 3-D. The smoothing and clarity was simply unbelievable. I also go him the Monster Ultra 1000 HDMI cable because the guy told me he would need it since his TV uses Auto Motion Plus 120 hz.

So, I went out and got myself the same BD1500 and hooked it up to my Samsung PN58A650. Also downloaded the latest firmware but was using a regular HMDI cable. The picture looks OK but nothing like my fathers. I don't see the same transition smoothing like his and the movies do not look 3-D at all. I even went out and bought the same Monster Ultra 1000 cable thinking that maybe that could be the problem, although I've read that cables don't really matter that much since data is just 1's and 0's. Still no difference in picture quality.

How could his LCD have a better picture than my Plasma? Is everyone happy with their picture quality? Am I missing something here? I think I've read every post here and Googled just about everything I could think of. This is driving me crazy. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Originally Posted by B&W700guy

Just purchased a 1500. Took less then 5 minuets to hookup: Power, HDMI, ENET Cable and 1 GIG Memory Stick. 1 minute to configure my 885 PREPRO.

Turned on the Samsung 1500, screen came up and went into the menu. Made my change....didn't even need the manual, very easy to do and good info on this thread from past reads. To this point, maybe 10 to 15 minuets. The firmware took about another 20 minutes. Needed to re-edit the menu, Very simple!

I have watched The kingdom/DTS HDMA, YES- Live in Montreux/ DTS HDMA, Iron Man/ DD TrueHD and the BD Live worked fine, Love Guru, 300 and 50 first dates. Not one skip, Great picture-Colors are fine, codecs worked fine. Except for the firmware download, It was fast and easy!

Originally Posted by Ingeborgdot

What is the 1 Gig memory stick for. I have not had a chance to read all the posts and must have missed that.

Originally Posted by marlabone

I bought my father the Samsung BD1500 a month ago and hooked it up to his Samsung LN52A630 LCD. Downloaded the latest firmware and WOW! I could not believe the image quality. It almost looked fake it was so real. It was like watching movies in 3-D. The smoothing and clarity was simply unbelievable. I also go him the Monster Ultra 1000 HDMI cable because the guy told me he would need it since his TV uses Auto Motion Plus 120 hz.

So, I went out and got myself the same BD1500 and hooked it up to my Samsung PN58A650. Also downloaded the latest firmware but was using a regular HMDI cable. The picture looks OK but nothing like my fathers. I don't see the same transition smoothing like his and the movies do not look 3-D at all. I even went out and bought the same Monster Ultra 1000 cable thinking that maybe that could be the problem, although I've read that cables don't really matter that much since data is just 1's and 0's. Still no difference in picture quality.

How could his LCD have a better picture than my Plasma? Is everyone happy with their picture quality? Am I missing something here? I think I've read every post here and Googled just about everything I could think of. This is driving me crazy. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Originally Posted by Ralarcon

Yes, in my opinion, despite what experts say, I think LCD looks much better than Plasma, and the LN 630 is one of the best.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by B&W700guy

BD live

Originally Posted by Ingeborgdot

Oh yeah. I need to download the updated firmware first to 2.0 right? Have they fixed the firmware update yet?

Originally Posted by BobTennis

As you found out the hard way, the cable has nothing to do with it.

I think what you are seeing is the 120 hz smoothing effect on the LCD. I have seen this in store demos before, and discussed it with a rep, the movie looks almost like a video tape instead of a film. This is actually a false image effect you are seeing, as the movie on Blu-ray is a movie, and should look like a film if recreated properly. It looks like a film if you saw it in the movie theatre. I think extended viewing of this may prove annoying, as it overemphasises contrast and edge effect at the expense of accuracy in the image reproduction (of course, this is my opinion only, you may think differently). I will say though, it caught my attention when I first saw it.

You can see if this is true by turning off the 120hz refresh, and I think you will see that the picture returns to looking like a film. The 120 hz feature is a technique developed to help smooth out the blurred movement inherent in LCD displays and absent in plasma sets. Again, my opinion from observation is it partially compensates for the LCD movement blur on a live source, like a football game, but there is still some movement blur present not seen on a plasma set. When the 120 Hz smoothing is left on with a film source, it gives the effect I think you are describing.

This is not saying the tv is good or bad, I was just trying to explain the effect I think you were seeing. It may look unreal good, because it is unreal.

Try the experiment, turn the 120hz refresh off on your father's TV and see if it returns to a normal film look on his set.

Please understand, I am not trying to flame LCDs or their owners with this post, both plasma and LCD can produce great results, but there are differences in the display technology. Assuming you set the plasma display up properly, there is probably nothing wrong with your plasma, it is not inherently inferior to the LCD picture produced by Blu-ray (or anything else), and you should get an excellent picture with both.

Originally Posted by mumulee

BD Live contents, where are the data stored? Is there a internal HDD in the BD-P1500??

Originally Posted by dan webster

I just updated my firmware to 2.0 from the origional and the player is barely responding to commands. It plays disks but the remote functions are freezing. I wish i never upgraded the firmware it was fine before.
I know i read somewhere here how to revert back to the previous firmware. I would appreciate any tips.

Originally Posted by BobTennis

As you found out the hard way, the cable has nothing to do with it.

I think what you are seeing is the 120 hz smoothing effect on the LCD. I have seen this in store demos before, and discussed it with a rep, the movie looks almost like a video tape instead of a film. This is actually a false image effect you are seeing, as the movie on Blu-ray is a movie, and should look like a film if recreated properly. It looks like a film if you saw it in the movie theatre. I think extended viewing of this may prove annoying, as it overemphasises contrast and edge effect at the expense of accuracy in the image reproduction (of course, this is my opinion only, you may think differently). I will say though, it caught my attention when I first saw it.

You can see if this is true by turning off the 120hz refresh, and I think you will see that the picture returns to looking like a film. The 120 hz feature is a technique developed to help smooth out the blurred movement inherent in LCD displays and absent in plasma sets. Again, my opinion from observation is it partially compensates for the LCD movement blur on a live source, like a football game, but there is still some movement blur present not seen on a plasma set. When the 120 Hz smoothing is left on with a film source, it gives the effect I think you are describing.

This is not saying the tv is good or bad, I was just trying to explain the effect I think you were seeing. It may look unreal good, because it is unreal.

Try the experiment, turn the 120hz refresh off on your father's TV and see if it returns to a normal film look on his set.

Please understand, I am not trying to flame LCDs or their owners with this post, both plasma and LCD can produce great results, but there are differences in the display technology. Assuming you set the plasma display up properly, there is probably nothing wrong with your plasma, it is not inherently inferior to the LCD picture produced by Blu-ray (or anything else), and you should get an excellent picture with both.

Originally Posted by Ingeborgdot

I will be hooking up my 1500 to my new panny 3000 this weekend. Are there any settings I should know so I can have a fast and easy hook up. I know I will read the manual but it is always nice when the experts give you some good advice and settings to use. Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by Deezul

I've found DHCP to not work well at all. Sometimes I'd have to power on the player without a movie, wait 5 minutes for it to get an IP, then drop the movie in. I set the player to a static IP address, and I've had zero problems since then. Just my two cents.

Originally Posted by bk

I just bought a 1500, hooked it up to my network, and DHCP worked fine.

Originally Posted by mumulee

im a douche. i just read a few post back and realized i need to pop in a usb thumb drive. d'uh! BD-Live worked. thanks!!

Originally Posted by marlabone

I bought my father the Samsung BD1500 a month ago and hooked it up to his Samsung LN52A630 LCD. Downloaded the latest firmware and WOW! I could not believe the image quality. It almost looked fake it was so real. It was like watching movies in 3-D. The smoothing and clarity was simply unbelievable. I also go him the Monster Ultra 1000 HDMI cable because the guy told me he would need it since his TV uses Auto Motion Plus 120 hz.

So, I went out and got myself the same BD1500 and hooked it up to my Samsung PN58A650. Also downloaded the latest firmware but was using a regular HMDI cable. The picture looks OK but nothing like my fathers. I don't see the same transition smoothing like his and the movies do not look 3-D at all. I even went out and bought the same Monster Ultra 1000 cable thinking that maybe that could be the problem, although I've read that cables don't really matter that much since data is just 1's and 0's. Still no difference in picture quality.

How could his LCD have a better picture than my Plasma? Is everyone happy with their picture quality? Am I missing something here? I think I've read every post here and Googled just about everything I could think of. This is driving me crazy. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!