The Official Samsung BD-P1500 Owner's Thread - Page 174

In the spirit of Halloween, I just picked up Sleepy Hollow, which was released this year in Blu ray. Watched it the other day and had no problems. My blu ray library now has some twenty titles ranging from early BD days to the lastest titles to be released. Version 2.4 is, for me problem free. Am very happy with this one. JoeB

My 1500 is still on firmware version 2.1 (bought the player in October of 2008) and the only issue I have ever had with the player was when it was on 2.0 and would not play "From Russia With Love" (which affected almost every Blu-Ray standalone player, not just Samsung due to a BD-J bug). The thing has been a tank. It is mostly used by the kids (I use either a PS3 or a Panasonic BD35 for my Blu-Ray playback). I actually find that the Samsung is slightly faster at loading movies and is more responsive than the Panny BD35.

I do wish Samsung would offer Netflix streaming for the 1500, I think my kids would use it more than me (the quality is not very good on a 100" screen, but fine on the kids 32" flatpanel).

I was reluctant to buy the 1500 after briefly owning a 1000, but it has been a great player so far and I would buy one again. I do keep a USB mem stick plugged in at all times and I have also disabled BD Live. I really think this has caused issues for a number of folks who think the player is defective.

What was the issue you had with From Russia with Love? I bought that BD a few weeks ago, but haven't watched it yet. I played the first 5-10 mins of the film, that's it, and didn't run into anything.

Firmware v2.5

Watched GI Joe last night. Played fine for first 35 min, 10 minute block in the middle with sound dropouts and stuttering then played fine for the remainder of the movie.

Had no problems with any other discs up to this point with 2.5 and none with 2.4 previously.

Popped the disc out just to make sure no scratch or smudges (Netflix disc) but it was fine.

does anybody gets very slight pauses/stutter when the player is panning over something.
Also when the credits of a films scroll up the screen I can notice a very slight pause.
I'm on the latest firmware, any ideas?

had audio problems with this title

The issue was that it would freeze on the main menu and would not load the movie. Firmware version 2.1 fixed the issue for me. That is the only Blu-Ray title I have encountered with the player that would not play. This player gets used almost everyday in our house.

Ok, thanks. I am on version 2.4 and was able to load the film without problems. If I had no problems with the first 10-15 mins of the film I should be alright. Thanks ack_bk

I did try a downgrade, but honestly, didn't try very hard. It didn't work first try with a USB key and so I left it. I've never had any issue with discs playing, but did get a tiny scare when setting up my new Home-Theater-in-a-box and randomly throwing on discs to hear it. My Iron Man Blu-Ray wouldn't play, just hanging at the beginning after trying to load and then sitting on a black screen, refusing to do anything.

Turns out it was the USB key, which failed to be recognized unless I unplugged and plugged it back in again. Even formatting it in the player didn't help, so I formatted it on my MacBook in Fat32 and Master Block Record partition and then it was fine and hasn't had an issue since.

I guess Iron Man's menu's require that extra memory on the USB key or else it can't do anything, which is kinda nuts, but whatever, happy it was just a hiccup.

How do you turn BD Live OFF? Do you simply go into the munu and select "Prohibit"?

Or you can unplug the internet cable...?

What you describe is probably the displays motion blurring (AMP to Samsung) affecting the pans.
You have an LCD w/120Hz or 240Hz processing for motion?
(try turning this off on the display and, probably, the scrolls/pans don't pauses/stutter)

Good evening,
I'm new of this forum and I'd like to solve my problem, because I didn't find any solution in web.

I bought the player P1500 last year, more or less this period, and I used it with its original firmware (version before 2.0). I haven't ever tried to use internet connection, but last week I decided to try it for updating firmware in order to have BD-Live functionality and other BD titles compatibilities.

I wasn't able to do it or configuring manual connection (DHCP = no and DNS = manual) either configuring automatic connection (DHCP = yes and DNS = AUTOMATIC). My Ethernet configuration is done by Netgear router, already used for Xbox and 2 personal computer. I used the ethernet cable of Xbox in order to be sure not to use a cross-cable...The result was no good, the IP remains 000.000.000.000 in automatic mode and router doesn't show macaddress in attached devices and, even if I set manual IP in bluray player setup.

So I updated the firmware to version 2.5 by ISO method, why? Because USB port seems doesn't respond!! I tried a USB key of 512MB and 2GB, I extracted in it only the file .RUF and put the key in USB port...Leaving it for some minutes, nothing happened...

Now, player is updated to firmware 2.5, but it seems that Internet connection doesn't live....

Please help me, because I begin to think that it's an unlucky model....

Thanks
Massimo

Hi, bought the player 11 months ago...

I've seen the following issue on many blue-ray disc. The music track plays fine but the voice gets cut, actuallky muffled , when there is no music you hear something but it's faint. Audio is connected via optical cable to receiver.

I updated to the latest firmware, no change.

As I mentionned, I have a bit less than a month on the warranty, but cannot locate the receipt (silly me).

Edit: Seems it is the same issue as mentionned in the thread on page 54.
Is there a resolution to this?

If you registered the player with Samsung, not having the receipt may not matter. Worth it to contact them about it.

I bought my player from Best Buy and got a 2 year extended warranty. Best Buy keeps records of purchases through them.

Hope you resolve your problem.

Like the previous poster stated, once you register your player, Samsung has the serial number, and can verify the purchase. You shouldn't have any issues regarding the legitimacy of your complaint. JoeB

We just picked up the new Star Trek blu-ray disc and tried to play it in our BD-P1500. No dice. Wouldn't play.

Downloaded the version 2.5 firmware from Samsung and updated our player. Tried the movie again... same result. Player cannot play the movie.

Has anyone else experienced this? Looking for confirmation that it's a player/firmware problem and not just something wrong with our particular unit. Thanks.

bruno wouldn't play, samsung...grrrrrrr..

I seem to remember a previous poster not being able to play Star Trek. I would search this thread, you might find some more info on your problem.

Remember that after a firmware update you have to reset all player settings. Disable anything you do not use. And if your dvd allows you to select different sound options, select the one your receiver can use.

FWIW, Star Trek plays fine on my 1500. I haven't yet updated to FW 2.5.

there are some bad discs out there, i had bought star trek and it wouldnt play in my 1500, 1600 or lg, i exchanged the disc and it played fine

STAR TREK also worked fine for me. Sounds like a disc problem. Great release of an amazing film, by the way.

The only real hassles I've run into with the BD-P1500, outside of the awful loading times that seem to be a "feature" of Blu-Ray players, occurred when I was forced to switch the player over to an old 27" Sony Wega CRT. It was the result of my 42" Samsung Plasma deciding to get a lovely, thick, black vertical line down one side of it. I'm so glad that this problem can be fixed by simply replacing the ENTIRE DISPLAY PANEL so that pesky things like repairs don't have to be dealt with. Bitter much? Me? Yup. The current economy means I don't have the money to even consider replacing my HDTV for a long while. That's neither here nor there. Sorry for the diversion.

Now, when I update the firmware or reset the settings, I have to make sure to hook the player up using composite cables, else it automatically defaults to 480p. I panicked the first time this happened, until I figured out the workaround. Once I'm using composite cables, I can enter the menus and tell it to default to 480i. Then I can hook it up again using component cables and all is well. Sort of. It still starts up in 480p mode initially, before switching over to 480i after six-or-seven seconds. It's a minor hassle for me, but I'm sure that anyone who is forced to use an old SD television and isn't quite as well-versed in video tech as I am would assume the player was broken. Also, and this is primarily the fault of the content providers, watching an older 4:3 film is frustrating, because there is no way to set it to zoom the picture in to fill up my screen. It's like watching a tiny TV inside my TV. I know that it's only a problem for those of us who are stuck using the player on older sets, but it's still a problem. Again, I realize that the content is encoded that way on the actual BD discs, but it would have been nice to have some sort of zoom feature on the machine to eliminate the pillar boxing.

Other than that, I haven't had any problems playing any discs as long as I'm on the latest firmware.

No issue with Star Trek here, using Firmware 2.5.

Ver. 2.5
Just finished the Star Trek movie. Slow to load main menu, but other than that, no problems.

thx

Sounds like it could be a hardware issue. I would be giving Samsung a call, if you haven't already. JoeB

Star Trek works fine on mine with 2.4. I've given up on 2.5 -- I tried both the online and CD updates, and doing a reset after, but I still get DVDs (like Dr. Horrible) with "no signal" on the HDMI when the DVD is on its menu.

My copy of Trek would not play on 2.5. It would seek and then lock up. I rolled back my player back to 2.3 and it worked w/o any problems. I also had audio dropouts at the end of Monsters, Inc. that went away, too.

A few weeks too late, I'm sure of that but I still haven't the receipt... I bought the player two weeks after the TV which I bought on October 27 2008. The T, Samsung LN40A650 which I love.

Looks like I'll have to buy a new unit...