Home audio & video forum: Blue Ray Firmware Upgrades

I've updated only 3x on my twice-superceded player, one problem ever which was at the end of Sunshine (and that was due to using most ancient 1.1 FW, skipping the next 5 updates until my first at 1.6). I very well likely have the largest BD collection here among cnet posters as well.

DRM may very well be the issue, but believe it or not, it will most likely be worse when titles are to be DL'd.

If I had only one complaint, it would be that titles load a tad bit faster. I don't mind waiting 30 secs for the best PQ/SQ available to my knowledge, and that includes the local theater. Don't have to sit thru X # of of ads, for the local paper and charity, let alone previews, and during those 30 secs I could go pee or grab a beer.

Oh yes, FWIW, the sammy 1500 is probably the poorest performing player among its peers at its time. Also known for lack of fw support. It failed TWO hqv test at the shootout ive linked here, whereas the Panny was the only to pass all. even the ps3 did not pass all.

I'd wait for one of these
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10135953-100.html

the bd35 or 55 are the last iteration, but they're hard to find at the prices formerly available. The newer iterations are always cheaper than the last, at the time of release, at least historically.

I have a b30. Sometimes, rarely, I sorta hope it would die so that I can upgrade, but of course I don't really wish for that. Works perfectly fine for me. Please note that all I watch is pretty much BD. No DVD since 2007, nor any TV since that time either.

The 60 is MSRP of $299 & can be picked up for $269 on amazon.
The 80 is MSRP of $399 & can be picked up for $319 on amazon.


I just ordered the 80 yesterday to replace my Samsuck 1200, that is a junk BD player & even has troubles playing DVD's with this 'new' FW update. I may still use the Samsuck 1200 depending how good the Panasonic does at DVD play back & revert the FW to one that can play DVD's with out frezzing & pause play issues.
Now I will get all the HD audios not just PCM & fast load times.... Do NOT complain to me about 'slow' load times until you owned a sammy 1200, it normaly take 10-15+ minutes to load a Blu Ray disk, the longest was 6 hours over a 3 day time spand.

I am one of the frequent posters on AVS and that samsung 1200 player is why I am there 95% of the time. I even sent (email & snail mail) a nice 1 and one half typed letter to the President of Samsung with full contact info, also including 7 other owners of this player; about the troubles we had under and out of warranty, lies that were told to us by samsung reps when under warranty and why we have talk so may people out of buying any samsung player. That was 3 weeks ago... they got our money, they do not care about there reputation and do not care if I cost them a dozen+ sales, not including the other 7 people in that letter.

Now it is starting all over again, the new 1600 & 3600 looks like there going too be a problem player from reading the posts on AVS. The 1500 & 2500 were nice players, the only troubles was with the netflix part, not a big deal, I have the 1500 (it was just $220 & included the Matrix BD trillagy free) never had any troubles with it, BUT the 1st player only lasted 30 minutes, the 2nd one has had zero problems and I have had it 4 or 5 months.

I'm a lil surprised you didn't spring for the oppo for $180 more. It's still $180. I can more easily see saving if going for the 60, not needing the mch analogs. Anyways, you wouldn't have to worry about DVD playback, and you get sacd, dvda as well. It's a real universal.

I added you as a friend over there.

And if you consider yourself a frequent poster over there, I'm not sure how to qualify myself.

Someone should as "Mr. Samsung" in the Samsung forum why they make such crappy Blu-ray players.