Samsung BDP1400 Disussion Thread - Page 300

Yes, but in this thread earlier it said that the frequency's below 100hz would be lost on a 5.0 disc under such a set-up. Only that bass intended for the LFE (which in the case of 5.0 is nothing) would be present. So you are saying that this has been fixed since the 1400 originally came out?

Actually I just realized that I had a Frank Zappa DVD-Audio disc that is also 5.0. It has a DTS stream which I could try this on.

For those of you who are not happy with the BDP-1400, Costco has great prices on the Panasonic DMP-BD30K @ $309.00, the Sylvania NB 500SL9 for $279.00 and the Sony BDPS301 for $326.00. So far the only issue I have had with the BDP-1400 is the requirement to increase picture Brightness whenever I play a disc. The Sony BDP-S1 or either of my HD-DVD Toshiba units do not have this issue.

wasn't aware that that was the problem. Barney knew that earlier someone mentioned the LFE is outputted low. Not really a bug per se. some BD players has a +5 autoboost for the subwoofer output through analog (Panny BD30). The 1400 doesn't. Just adjust the gain knob on you sub for this.

Now if the 1400 doesn't redirect any frequencies below 100 hz if your front left and right are set to "Small" to the subwoofer analog output , then that's something new to Barney... My apologies for taking the manual literally and as published. I can do some analog tests tonite and we shall see...

thanks for the heads up, buddy. Barney still waiting on a good sub 200 bux player. Whatever it is, it is highly unlikely to be a Samsung, aBS - anything but samsung !

Sorry for the noob question.

I have an Onkyo H805 that I am using for SD playback as well as my HD DVDs. I have a lite-on BD drive for my HTPC.

I am looking to move away from my HTPC and just go back to standalone.

Reading through the profiles, it seems that all you really need is a 1.0 to play any disk and that the 2.0 basically as the web content type features that I had with HD DVD (I never used that feature anyway).

Is that correct?

Wil I still be able to access the on-disc extras with a 1.0 player like the 1400.

I have seen these as low as 220 refurbed and it seems to be one of the more reliable players.

ive had my 1400 for almost a month with no issues (so far). but i just watch the movie and turn it off.
no extras, etc for me.

and it was a refurb from secondact.com, same price like you mention.

without listing a price (cuz AVS appreciates that we don't), I can say that at big river the Panny BD30K is going for $58.69 less than the price you're showing...

looked at the 1400 technical review for miami vice. it should give you an idea of what "special features" the 1400 is capable of playback. definitely, not the true PiP stuff. But like the director commentary or how the movie was made extra stuff (not in true PiP) you can access with the 1400. hope that helps some, buddy.


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...3#post14570673

Now that you've mentioned it, I vaguely remembered the situation. The 1400 "small" speaker setting did not stick. It reverted back to large everytime you turn it on. This problem has been confirmed to be fixed with FW 1.5. I will still test out the double bass effect of the 1400 later...

Awe Barney come on?!?!? You love Corpse Bride but think that TNBC was just ok?!?!?
I'm the opposite on this one. I absolutely love TNBC. If you like the stop-gap animation, or if you like Tim Burton movies, it is an absolute MUST HAVE. Everyone must at least watch the movie once, that's all I ask . This movie must look unbelievable on Blu-ray. I can't wait till I can get it.

This is a huge thread. Having just purchased this player I am wondering what outstanding issues there are with it since I have seen no problems so far. I have only played 8 discs in it though. I also left it for over 10 minutes yesterday on pause. I came back and it was stopped and showing the SAMSUNG screen. I pushed the play button and the disc went right back to the spot where I put it on pause. Isn't this counter to issues being reported on this thread. Now mine was a brand new unit built in July it seems so I don't know if this makes any difference.

Hi Ali,

What was the title? What is your Firmware version?

Almost All BD-Java discs will not resume from a stopped state.

Larry

good for you! did you get a new one or a refurb?
just curious.

It's a new one. Man I have to remember now. I think it was the Elton 60 concert. But the same thing happened to me I am sure the other day when I was playing the first disc in the Blade Runner set.

Barney, i'm not a big fan of Nightmare either. I want to like it, but it's too slow - and the lipsync'ing isn't that great IMO. it's neat to look at, but only for a little while. kinda boring...

That is funny, I have been waiting for BB to send me the Elton John Concert!

If you look at the 1400's display window (after the five minutes of pause) and see the time displayed where you paused the movie, the title will resume from the stopped state.

Try it with Nightmare before Christmas.

Ali mentioned that is a brand new unit with a July Mfg Date.

yes, i know. his reply to me is 3 posts above yours. thanks anyway.

true buddy. Probably have to watch it more than once to gain an aquired taste feel, I guess. anyhoo, here is the updated 1400 audio chart.

All the 1400 technical reviews I've done list the disc as resume play "No" or "Yes". The nightmare before christmas, no resume play. A corpse Bride, resume play "yes". Like my buddy Larry said, it not really a specific 1400 problem, but a general all BD player problem. Click on my signature for resume play to touch base on what's going on with that. The generic answer is resume play will not work for BD-Java titles. Recently, not only that, someone said specifically that there are no events and objects in BD Java to handle the pause or stop state of secondary audio and video streams. In other words, a BD with the Profile 1.1 PiP feature, activated or not, will not resume play. Other topic of discussion about resume play is discovered recently here in this thread that involves Universal implematation of their own screensaver and resume play. That includes their discs with BD-Java. kinda resolves everyone's delima with the Samsung short pause problem bs and the whole BDA problem with resume play for BD-J titles. Now if the BDA will spend the time to develop it, that will have to be seen. hope that clears it up a little .

That makes everything perfectly clear. So because this is a standard problem, I'm okay with the way the 1400 operates even if at some point I get a Java enabled disc which I guess I don't have yet. So are there any other issues with this player at this point. The lack of a distance setting for the speakers is annoying. I am use to having this feature as my other player, the Oppo 980 (that I now usef or my large collection of SACD's and DVD-Audio discs), has this functionality. However, this is only temporary as when I get an HDMI capable receiver it won't matter.

yea, I can see this being a nuisance as for analog audio not being able to set speaker distances, like the HD DVD players. but that something your receiver can do.

The only problem with the 1400 is the short 5 minute pause issue. I still fail to this day to 1) confirm if it is fixable and 2) to understand why they're not being proactive at fixing it. Maybe they don't understand the problem? Maybe they do not have any Samsung Engineers that know how to fix it? or maybe they just don't care?

But folks have found workarounds for time being. The simple solution is Samsung give us the option to turn this 5 minute pause to stop screensaver condition off or increase the pause state time period from 5 minutes to 30 minutes with the bouncing Samsung logo screensaver (for burn-ins). Simple !?

TRANSFORMERS

"Is it fear or courage that compels you, fleshling?"

CASE COVER



MOVIE IN A NUTSHELL SUMMARY
The All Spark has been reported to exist on Earth, and now it is up to Sam Witwicky to help the good guys, the Autobots, obtain this before the bad guys Decepticons get their hands on it first... and fullfill the usual build an evil army to rule the world plot.

OTHER MOVIE COMPARISON
The Iron Giant meets Independence Day meets Armageddon and a little bit of King Kong

BARNEY'S BOOMOO RATING FOR HOME THEATER EXPERIENCE

Overall Home Theater Experience
Movie Stupid So-So [Spectacular]
Video 1080p/24fps Off *
Audio 5.1 Dolby TrueHD **
Subtitle Legibility ***

AUDIO SOUNDSTAGE SUB-CATEGORY
Center Channel Dialog Clarity
Balanced Surround Sound Volume
Surround Sound Detail
Surround Sound Dynamics (Bass, Treble, Separation, and Transition)
Low Frequency Effects

* Reference Material PQ
** Bitstreamed to Onkyo 805 | Nite Listen Mode: Auto | Re-EQ: Off | 7.2 Surround Sound Setup (7.5 w/ LFE Connected Fronts?)
*** Did not use the bottom black bar area.

1400 TECHNICAL DATA

Video Problem: No
Audio Problem: No
Load Problem: No
Total Loading Time: 2 min 01 sec | PS3: 1 min 15 sec| A35: 1 min 21 sec
Skip Previews "Shortcut" Works: No
Resume Play Works: No
Annoying Menu Button Sound or Option: No
Main Menu or Popup Menu GUI Intensity Rating: Simple [Moderate] Complex
Dynamic Compression: Off
FW: 1.9 | PS3: 2.42 | A35: 3.0

EXTRA FEATURES WORTH NOTING

1) BD-Live- As expected, this error message is displayed when you tried to access the BD-Lived content with the 1400.


Barney consulted 1400 manual and for all intentions, it states you're just screwed!

2) Transformers H.U.D. - Head Up Display. You get the following message with the 1400. Basically what it is saying is no, you can not access the PiP feature. But only the factoid and trivia popups are capable of playback.


3) Commentary by Director Michael Bay - I didn't feel like listening to his mouth and probably proud of himself over the fact that his life long dream and prediction to have Transformers on BD is now a reality... oh brotha !

4) Disc #2 - Knock yourself out about and anything you always wanted to know about Transformers, presented in HD. Note that this BD version has the same items on the the second disc as the HD DVD version, minus (but not have) the Transformers Tech Inspector found in the HD DVD version.

5) Bookmark Feature - Works when you reload the movie, and YES even you have powered off and on the 1400 again! The bookmarks are stored in persistent memory until you clear it or pop in another movie.

WHADABOUT THE MOVIE BARNEY
Rent: Yes
Boomoo Collection: Yes

What can I say? Wow, Transformers, awesome! Get it and add it your boomoo collection as soon as you can. Fans of the DVD and HD DVD versions will not be dissapointed with the PQ, SQ, and the overall home theater experience on this BD version. All in all first class and top notch, off the chart, out of this world ratings. Get it now! Nuff said. Period!

i can't speak for the 1400 compatability, but Baby Mama has the Universal screensaver, so no worries on pausing

I have not forgotten about your recommend for the next technical review buddy. Problem is I just picked up Kill Bill vol. 1 &2 ! So many good flicks this week... soo little time ! I got a good feeling about KB's since enjoyed the DVD sooo much!

did it worked on the Pio too?

the U screensaver came on the Pio too. but the Pio never stops from pause unless you want it to after 30 min. but I leave that function off.

brotha Hans, I watched Transformers 50+ times because I'm a nutjob... and proud of it buddy !


This reminds of the movie White Noise. So alone in the middle of night, I will not be listening for something I shouldn't be hearing in the first place... buk buk buuuk!

No x-files freaky white noise heard at the helicopter getting off scene Merlin, buddy.

that's good news buddy. Now if the BDA can take this example as what to do for the pause problem and the fix for resume play for BD-J titles, then everyone's problem solved. Universal, the savior of BD! (my hero !)