Samsung BD-2550/BD-P2500 Master Thread - Page 103

Originally Posted by HappyFunBoater

I really doubt it. There's no mention of Best Buy on the Pandora website.

Originally Posted by thejez

do you know exactly how much bandwidth is required?

Originally Posted by jongig

Any opinions on if I should fork out the extra and goto BB or save some cash and buy the 2500?

Originally Posted by HappyFunBoater

I really doubt it. There's no mention of Best Buy on the Pandora website.

Originally Posted by WindForce2009

I bought a 2550 to get TrueHD audio on my Yamaha RX863 receiver. I have not yet upgraded my old 48 projection TV. It does 480p very well and will do 1080i with a little bit of color banding. My main focus was obtaining TrueHD sound.

To make a long story short

In order to get the 2550 to output TrueHD via the Bitstream (audiophile) setting you must pick a TV resolution of 1080i or 1080p. If the video output is set to 480i/p you will only get Dolby Digital out of the bitstream.

I was going crazy trying to figure out why my setup wouldn't give TrueHD. I tried firmware 2.4 from CD on the 2550. I obtained the latest E057U rev 4 firmware update for the Yamaha 863, and still nothing. By a fluke I set the output to 1080i and wham, I had full stunning TrueHD output. Upon setting the TV output in the 2550 back to 480p, I could only get Dolby Digital again.

I hope this helps some of the others out there having problems getting TrueHD to work.

Equipment: Samsung BD-2550 and Yamaha RX863

Originally Posted by Indyjones

I think that I've decided to pick up a BD-P2500, so that I can now have a standalone and plus that it has the REON chip in it, which would enable me to finally unload my XA2, if the dvd-upconversion comparison between the two are equal, or close, anyway.

Are there any issues I should be aware of, concerning the BD-P2500? I'm also planning on getting a new receiver, probably the Onkyo TX-SR806. I thought that I would add that, just in case there are issues with that combo. And out of curiousity, how does the 2500 compare to the PS3 as far as blu-ray playback goes?

Originally Posted by WindForce2009

In order to get the 2550 to output TrueHD via the Bitstream (audiophile) setting you must pick a TV resolution of 1080i or 1080p. If the video output is set to 480i/p you will only get Dolby Digital out of the bitstream.

Originally Posted by SteveCaron

I wanted to see if anybody else out there has noticed the following issue since the last FW upgrade. I should also mention that I am connected wireless to my Samsung. During Netflix playback occasionally I will notice a jump of a few frames in the picture that may happen once or twice during a viewing; it happens with both HD and SD viewing. The other thing I noticed is that on SD Netflix playback the last 3 bars are not filled where as with the prior update it was only the last 2; during HD playback they all fill. I can't honestly say that I can see a difference with the playback on SD with only the last 3 not being filled. Connectivity and speed has never been an issue with my set-up from day 1. Just wanted to see if anybody else has noticed this change and or problem?

Originally Posted by phases

Just to throw it out there, I didn't know what Pandora was either until I fired it up and said "hey, what's this." ...and now it's one of my favorite features of the player.

I use my Pandora account at work too.

But it's awesome, streams all the music I like right through my player into my 5.1 system. <3

Originally Posted by alokeprasad

But, apparently, the player had lost all its settings (not that I had changed anything major in the settings). It lost the Netflix streaming registration and I had to get a new code and re-register the player on the Netflix site.

Anyone seen this before? Should I be concerned?

Originally Posted by dvab

I too am on wireless G and have the same result - 3 bars unfilled in SD and all fill for HD. Never considered it a problem but if I had a 75' ethernet cable, I would love to see if there is any difference in bars/quality. As it is, even when quality level is supposedly the same, I can see huge differences in quality from program to program. Watched Weeds last night - looked near DVD - while I've watched other movies where some of the pixels were the size of sugar cubes.

Originally Posted by Dark Rider

Did you by chance hold in the FF key on the player itself? If you hold it in for about 5 seconds, it performs a hard reset, and wipes out the settings, just as you mentioned.

Originally Posted by alokeprasad

Quite possible. I use that to skip forward (press and hold the key that looks like >> ).

I still don't know why I did not have audio that one time. Maybe a one-time bad hdmi handshake?

Originally Posted by dvab

Couldn't agree more - it's the bomb. As an aside, the folks at Pandora think that the new 2.4 firmware may be the cause of the skipping that some of us have experienced. They deleted my account and had me reactivate the 2550 - I'll find out tonight if it solved the problem.

Originally Posted by nextoo

Perhaps. It happens with my satco stb.

The Bee Movie only has a TrueHD track. Maybe your HDTV cannot handle TrueHD bitstreamed via HDMI. If you did reset your player by pressing the >>| button this would set the audio setting back to the default - which is PCM. In this case the player will decode the TrueHD on and send it to your HDTV as PCM which could be why your audio returned.

Play around with the audio settings in the player. Set it to bitstream and see if you get sound from the HDTV. There will be no problem if the setting is set to PCM.

Originally Posted by alokeprasad

I'll leave it at PCM. I am using the speakers on my TV (no surround system) so why bitstream it from the BD player ..?

Originally Posted by dvab

problem solved

Originally Posted by Lordoftherings

Hi thebland,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to shoot about missing features of blu-ray players. I thought this thread was about the 2500/2550?
Master list for all the players! Sounds good to me, but shouldn't I post those
in their respective threads?

Anyway, I'll go for a spin (test drive). And see what happen.
Well, one major missing feature (or issue) of the Sammy 2500/2550, as you probably already know, is the bass management for the multichannel analog output.
Totally inexcusable! Why bother putting jacks for 7.1 ch., if you cannot
even set ch. levels, speaker's delay and absolutely obsolete test tones in
the player??? This have to be one of the greatest travesty in the history
of the Audio world!
Here you have it, one major issue; "entre-autre" from several other issues,
on this particular player and all other Samsung BD & COMBO players with
5.1 or 7.1 multichannel analog output.
If you are doing a Master list, I can keep going, but it will probably take
an encyclopedia (well, a book) to enumerate them all!

Please, explain how can I, and all of us, be of any help.

Your's truly,

Bob

Originally Posted by FoolintheRain

Sorry if this has been answered before, but does the 2550 have onboard decoding of DTS-HD HR/MA so that I could use the analog outs? I've seen conflicting reports. Some online reviews (cnet for example) say it can, while others say it can't

Originally Posted by ShrinerMonkey

So deleting your Pandora account and re-creating it fixed the skipping tracks problem? Can I do this myself or does Pandora have to delete my account?

Originally Posted by anti-socialite

::Grrrrr::
So I decided to get the 2550 and BB told me tonight that they might not be getting anymore since Samsung is about to release the "2650" to replace it...
I asked him if he was sure since the 2500/50 is their newest line and is just now getting the full functionality (ie Pandora) to which he replied yes, adding the 1500 is really new as well...

I really hate that place sometimes... but its not avail in any of the other BB's in the Omaha area either....

Originally Posted by Dark Rider

3 bars less than full is currently the max for SD and all bars filled with "HD" showing at the end is max for HD streaming, regardless of connection, provided you have sufficient bandwidth from the source. The encode quality does vary based on content. I watched "Cleaner" with Samuel L. Jackson the other night and was very impressed with the quality for SD. It was better than most DVDs i've seen, and as good as many of the HD feeds. I've found that most of the Starz movies SD feeds are horrible encodes though. The Netflix encodes have gotten progressively better though.

Originally Posted by thejez


**EDIT**
Ok i see that @ CES Samsung did announce the next gen players. the 3600 and the 4600. I assume that the 2550 being out of stock is a sign that these are realeasing soon???