Samsung BDP1400 Disussion Thread - Page 285

yea, I remember it now. BA is like The Punisher for Travolta. I wanna give those two a rent. Haven't seen these in years. Stay tuned ... Same bat channel... same bat time .

TWBB was a stupid movie ... agreed, the Daneil Lewis guy is much better in Gangs of New York, as the ruthless Irishman killa!

speaking of TWBB, member Benny from The Mummy? We'll he was in TWBB. oh yea, that's ol' Benny.

Same here, and also Spiderwick Chronicles with the kids. OTOH, the Other Boleyn Girl dropped out video and audio for about 4 seconds; twice.


Seems I'm still getting many more glitches than I should. And my unit was new from Amazon (not refurb) 12/31/2007, I have FW 1.8, and I have the Maxell DVD cleaner disc the Purple One tipped us off to a little while ago. I don't know what to do next, except open her up and operate.

John Travolta (bad guy) and Christian Slayter (good guy). I liked it because it was action packed the whole time.

Magmatic,
I was getting those dropouts every once in a while. I tried different things, even opening it up to clean the lens and grease the rails.

Now I don't know if there's anything too this, or maybe I've just hit a string of good luck...
I now turn on my display FIRST (front projector). I let it warm up for a good minute or so. Then I power on the receiver, giving it a minute as well. Then I power on the 1400, with the power button ONLY. I give it a minute to cycle on a warm up... THEN I open the tray and put the BR disc in.

Since I have been doing that routine, I have watched 8-10 BR discs with no problems or dropouts what-so-ever.
I also make sure that the HDMI cable on the back is nice and securely pushed in and squared up as best as possible.

Good luck

Magmatic, I have played The Other Boleyn Girl with zero drop outs.

Smarty, I have re-programmed the Harmony 1 after a discussion with Barney & cdman. I now do what you do and I have enjoyed a very long run of problem free viewing.

Larry

I want to thank you Larry, buddy, for another great recommend. Another easter egg for me ! The whole family enjoyed The Bucket List.

Now to catch it on sale .

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You're welcome Barney. Yes, I'm waiting for a sale to add this title to the collection!

BTW, your reviews are really top notch. You have accurately captured the joy of this movie. I look forward to reading each movie that you review and I hope you continue to provide a wonderful service to all of us here in Sammy Land.

Larry

I just finished watching "The Signal". It wasn't too bad for an indie flick made on a 50K budget with mostly first time actors. I picked it up because it's never in stock at my local Blockbuster, so when I saw it in stock late last night as I was returning "The Devil Wears Prada", I figured I'd give it a shot. Would I buy it - no, but its an ok rental for 1:45. The three different sections of the movie were directed by 3 different people, and even though it's one story, I think that's why it sort of jumps from being a thriller to dark comedy to horror and back. Definitely do a little reading on this one before you pick it up - not really a blind buy or blind rental. Pic and audio quality is pretty good for such a low budget film.

I think it's a good idea for all 1400 owners to share what joy or pain their 1400 has brought them. Some are technical info, and other just opinion. The good thing is we can all discuss them as 1400 owners .

Man you really love TSK don't you Barn?
Maybe I was in a bad mood when I watched it way back when. I'll have to give it another viewing just to see. It'll have to be in SD though ... for now .

aww man, OT... just watching Balls of Fury in HD DVD Combo version...

Can't wait to review this on BD! One of the most memorable quote is;

"It is better to die like a tiger, than live like a pussy [cat ofcourse]."

K, back on topic.

mood had a lot to do with it. How well you enjoy the movie ... My sister said Batman The Dark KNight wasn't any good.

I asked why? Did her boyfriend enjoyed it?

She said, "Well he just got off work and was very tired. Fell asleep most of it."

No wonder why. You gots to at least give it a spin in BD on your 1400... while in a good mood... Kelly Hu is hotttt!

Barn, that had to be one sucky theater for someone to nod off during DK.. There are some posts over on the DrPainMD's bass thread that are calling DK the next 5 star, classic, bass movie.

Larry

that's a good point, buddy. Even though the kids at the movie were having more fun talking about him snoring than actually watching the movie, noticed the other two or three categories I added to the review.

The separation and distinction between bass from the surrounds (this is more like the dynamic range between bass and treble) and LFE from the discrete .1 channel.

Also very important, at least to me, is how well the subtitles are presented. Very critical sometimes for the home theater enviroment. Also the requirement of BD Profile 1.1 and 2.0 players to have the ability to display "highlighted" text base subtitles. This requirement I believe has been overlooked by the BDA and CE manufacturers. Swept under the carpet, as you might put it !

Has anyone had problems with the latest filmwear? I have tried many times to burn the upgrade to a CD and everytime I get a error with the disc message. I have tried nero and active ISo burner and still get the same message. Is there someone who can send me a upgrade CD that works.
Thanks in advance.
Jeremy

I have had the very same experience you did (never had this CD problem with previous updates). But the online update was done in reasonable time and without a glitch.

Your reviews keeping getting better, Barney. It seems like with each review, you add some new information. I really appreciate the subtitle information as The Wife requires this with every movie.

BTW, I completely agree with your comments on TWBB.

Larry

Just has to revamp myself a little each time to make it interesting... else they'll call you an old dinosaur !

FW 1.8 I have done it both ways... ahh get your mind out of the gutter and not like both of those ways.

The CD method, I've great success with Nero Express. I sometimes use Roxio, Sonic, and IMGBurn depending on the laptop or desktop I am using at the moment. All three ways ... it's easy as taking candy from a baby or it's so easy, a caveman can do it.

Let me know if you're using Nero Express or Roxio to create the image on CD, and I or someone else here can you out buddy.

I have a 60% chance of getting through a movie htese days, so maybe I should ask y'all how to program a Harmony 880 to perform the staggered and delayed turn on sequence? I'll try anything at this point.

I used to think it was the Netflix discs, but now after thoroughly cleaning each one received, and still getting glitches I felt it was more. Now days, even my own BD's may or may not play through without errors. Yes, they get cleaned too. They all look factory new when I put them in the tray.

Thanks for the suggestions to everyone, and the continued hope.

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Hi Magmatic,

I am sorry you are having so many problems.

If my player was acting like your 1400, I would be tempted to do this procedure:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...9#post14011189


Also, I would try another HDMI cable (if that is what you're using) from Monoprice.com like this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

It is nice and blue and keeps the mojo the same with your BR player.

Larry

Magmatic,

What is the problem?

My 880 powers up the 1400, the TV with the proper input, the HDMI switch box, the a/v receiver, the Zektor multichannel switch box.

It is important to keep aiming the 880 in the direction of those 5 devices until all IR commands get delivered.

Just picked up Water Horse and it won't play for me. I get the Samsung loading screen, but after that it does nothing. I am on the latest firmware 1.7, does anyone have the same problem?

Well, You could try fw 1.8 . Is it a rental?... or new? Rental may be fubar .
However, I think that the 1400 may be trying to do you a favor if you know what I mean .

Yep, I'm trying to avoid the 'surgery' method. I was hoping it was dust on the lens and that Barney's recommended Maxell Blu-ray disc cleaner would cure the ills. Neither it nor FW 1.8 did. I am still under warranty though, if it is only 7 months old? I'd hat eto void that by opening her up at this time.

Oh, and I do already have lots of monoprice HDMI cables, including the Blu one.

I have 3 LCD TV's, 2 HD-DVD decks, one Blu-ray, one DVR/DVD recorder, and two Oppo SD DVD players; all of which use HDMI cabling. It's the first thing I change when problems arise, but have yet to have that be the problem.

My 880 powers up the Philips LCD first, then a couple seconds later the 663, followed shortly thereafter by the BD-P1400. Then the TV is ready to have it's input set. I get frequent errors in playback. Someone suggested letting these components completely boot up (or more!) and be set before starting the next one in sequence. Talk about having to point at the component rack for a long time! I'm not sure if the 880 can do it, but how if it could was what I was wanting to know.

Yes, it is under a parts warranty for 1 year (labor is 90 days). I believe other members have reported an $89.00 labor charge + shipping to NJ for warranty service.

I would be curious if "updating" back to FW 1.5 would help. Just make sure that you update back to FW 1.8 before sending the 1400 to Sammy. Sammy is known to only install the latest FW and send it back to you.

Larry