Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player Review

Fans of high-definition will find a lot to like with the Samsung BD-P1500. It outputs video at "Full HD" 1080p resolution, for exceptionally vivid, lifelike images from high-definition Blu-ray Discs — the best HD source available.

A high-definition picture practically begs for matching sound, and the BD-P1500 is more than up to the task. Built-in decoding for Dolby® Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD makes it easy to enjoy detailed, nuanced audio using any home theater receiver with an HDMI input. And if you have a newer receiver with DTS-HD™ and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, you can take advantage of this player’s bitstream output for even more surround sound options.

The ‘P1500 supports the latest Blu-ray enhancements, which include picture-in-picture with compatible discs. It also has Ethernet and USB ports for downloading possible future upgrades. And Samsung’s Anynet+ feature simplifies your home theater by giving you complete control of compatible HDMI-equipped Samsung components using only the BD-P1500’s remote.

Features

Playback formats: VC-1, MPEG2, H.264
BD profile 1.1
HDMI 1.3
Ethernet port and USB 2.0 for firmware upgrades
Compatible discs: BD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, AVCHD, Audio CD
DVD upconversion
DTS Decoder (no HD Decoder)
Dolby Digital Plus Decoder
Dimensions: 16.9 x 3.3 x 10.8″
Weight: 8.6 pounds

Review By i4u.digitaltrends

Like many of Samsung’s home theater components, the BD-P1500 adopts a glossy black fascia, a minimalist front panel, and a slim profile at just 3.3 inches tall. Besides the disc tray, only an illuminated power button, one-line LCD display and four-way control pad adorn the face. While it doesn’t scream Blu-ray like some of Sony’s units, we appreciated the understated look and found that it fit in with the rest of our home theater gear just fine.

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Review By amazon

HDTV, or high definition television, is a new broadcasting format that offers widescreen, high resolution images offering 6x the resolution or image detail of DVD, with up to 5.1 channels of digital audio. Until now, the signals were only available through over the air transmissions (via an antenna), or through digital cable and satellite signals. You can not get HD signals from a standard video tape or DVD. An HDTV is a high resolution video display that is capable of receiving and displaying these HDTV broadcasts or images. Blu-ray is a complement to your HDTV. It’s a disc media format that has enough storage to include an entire movie, plus soundtracks and bonus materials, recorded in the high definition format. You can play Blu-ray discs back on your HDTV and see the same, if not better image and sound quality as you do from HDTV broadcasts.

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Review By trustedreviews

There are three audio output options on board to cater for the needs of different audio systems when playing BonusView discs. By selecting PCM, the deck decodes the Primary and Secondary tracks into PCM and outputs it from the HDMI port. Bitstream (Re-encode) decodes both streams into PCM, then re-encodes it into a single DTS bitstream that’s available from the optical output, allowing those without HDMI-equipped receivers to enjoy BonusView audio. Finally, the Bitstream (Audiophile) option outputs the Primary soundtrack via HDMI for your AV receiver to decode, but you won’t be able to hear the Secondary audio track.

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Review By reviews.cnet

Connectivity overall is slightly below average for a Blu-ray player. The most important connection is the HDMI output, which is capable of carrying both high-def video signals up to 1080p and high-resolution audio. For analog high-definition video, there’s also a component video output, but note that Blu-ray Discs are limited to 1080i over component and DVDs to 480p. There’s also a composite video output, but of course it’s limited to standard-definition, and like a few such players, the Samsung is missing an S-Video output.

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Review By pocket-lint

The P1500 also fits into the Anynet+ system, so integrates seamlessly with other Samsung devices. This is good in theory, but you’ll find that most existing TV remotes don’t natively support the Blu-ray player, but the supplied remote does feature main controls for your TV. However, all the clever functions work, like if you start the player, it switches your TV to the right input, and if you switch off the TV, your player also shuts down: little features that are not unique, but make things easy.

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Review By bigpicturebigsound

The Samsung BD-P1500 combines a robust feature set with a great-looking design. With a BD-Live firmware update and DTS-HD decoding in this player’s future, the player makes a reasonable option for good, but certainly not outstanding BD playback. The Sony BDP-S350, Panasonic DMP-BD55 (and presumably the DMP-BD35) offer similar features with slightly better video playback and faster load times at the same price point giving this Samsung player a run for its money. The P1500’s one advantage over the Sony player is the promise of a firmware update to activate DTS-HD decoding, but that may not be enough to make it a clear choice over the competiton.

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