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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-417 Anonymous Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:55:09 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-417 <strong>A great ADD-ON to my viewing system</strong><br />I think my Online search really paid off, and I am proud of the 'homework' I did. I have been following the 'bluRay' tech for quite <br />sometimes and the different players from Sony, Samsung, Panasonics etc. <br />(visited electronic stores merchants and Online sites too). My final <br />decision was indeed an easy one as I have the 'perfect match' ( the Samsung LN 46 A950 and the Samsung BD2500.)Not forgeting the better deal, order process, and delivery made possible by Amazon where Reviews <br />of the other Players were available too. To date I can't still get over <br />how much I am enjoying this new Tech!(View the'Planet Earth' with this player, what an 'Amazing Education' deligh ! A great ADD-ON to my viewing system
I think my Online search really paid off, and I am proud of the ‘homework’ I did. I have been following the ‘bluRay’ tech for quite

sometimes and the different players from Sony, Samsung, Panasonics etc.

(visited electronic stores merchants and Online sites too). My final

decision was indeed an easy one as I have the ‘perfect match’ ( the Samsung LN 46 A950 and the Samsung BD2500.)Not forgeting the better deal, order process, and delivery made possible by Amazon where Reviews

of the other Players were available too. To date I can’t still get over

how much I am enjoying this new Tech!(View the’Planet Earth’ with this player, what an ‘Amazing Education’ deligh !

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-418 Anonymous Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:48:55 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-418 <strong>BD-P2500 Samsung BluRay Player</strong><br />Excellent product! You can't beat the streaming feature with your NetFlix account, and the ability to update software from the web is very helpful. A quality Samsung product with plenty of features and adds dramatically to your entertainment experience. BD-P2500 Samsung BluRay Player
Excellent product! You can’t beat the streaming feature with your NetFlix account, and the ability to update software from the web is very helpful. A quality Samsung product with plenty of features and adds dramatically to your entertainment experience.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-419 Anonymous Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:58:39 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-419 <strong>Excellent Blu-Ray Player with Video Store Built In</strong><br />I was planning on purchasing the Samsung BD-P1500 but decided to go with the 2500 instead when I found it at a electronics retailer that was going out of business for substantially less than retail. After using it for a full month and had the decision to make over again, I would not hesitate to spend full retail price for this player. <br /> <br />I was not expecting to be able to take full advantage of the Anynet+ function but it works well with my Onkyo 805 receiver and my Panasonic DVD recorder/VHS player with HDMI out. I thought it would only work if connected directly to my Samsung 550 LCD tv. But the TV "sees" the 2500 through the Onkyo 805. <br /> <br />The Standard DVD upconversion is excellent. Enough so that I cannot see spending the extra money to upgrade most of my DVD library to Blu-Ray. <br /> <br />Connection to the internet took just a couple of minutes, my firmware updated with no problems. Downloading the firmware did take some time though so be patient, with a 5mbs connection it took close to 15 minutes. <br /> <br />Blu-Ray Disks do take a little while to load but given most players take a similar amount of time it is nothing to complain about. If you can't wait 45 seconds for a disk to load you probably don't have enough time to sit down and watch a movie anyway. <br /> <br />Saving the best for last...The Netflix player is the crowning jewel of this player's features. I live in a rural area (Nearly an hour to the nearest Video Rental store) but am fortunate to have a 5 mbs internet connection. This player streams the HD content from Netflix with no problems, I have had no dropouts, pauses or bobbles after watching around 20 movies from Netflix online. I have the $8.99 plan which allows 1 disk out and unlimited streaming. It is a great deal for me considering it would cost more just to drive to the video store than the plan costs. The Netflix streaming video service allows you to explore and seek out hose hidden gems that you wouldn't necessarily find in a video store. They have lots of Indie and foreign films that you might not want to spend $4.50 to rent at the local video store, but cost you nothing but time to watch via netflix streaming. I have discovered a few hidden gems that I never would have taken the chance on in a video store. (Also a few dogs as well that I would have had severe buyers remorse had I rented them!) <br /> <br />If I was forced to say one thing bad about the player, the only thing I would change would be to make the remote a bit more substantial, it does feel light and not up to the build quality of the rest of the machine. I wish it was lit for controlling the player in the dark. The Remote from the Samsung 550 LCD TV can operate the 2500 as well. <br /> <br />I am very pleased with the 2500 and very glad I went ahead and purchased it over the 1500. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a blu-ray player with excellent DVD upconversion, Anynet connectivity, and wants an in-home, on-demand video rental store via Netflix streaming. Excellent Blu-Ray Player with Video Store Built In
I was planning on purchasing the Samsung BD-P1500 but decided to go with the 2500 instead when I found it at a electronics retailer that was going out of business for substantially less than retail. After using it for a full month and had the decision to make over again, I would not hesitate to spend full retail price for this player.

I was not expecting to be able to take full advantage of the Anynet+ function but it works well with my Onkyo 805 receiver and my Panasonic DVD recorder/VHS player with HDMI out. I thought it would only work if connected directly to my Samsung 550 LCD tv. But the TV “sees” the 2500 through the Onkyo 805.

The Standard DVD upconversion is excellent. Enough so that I cannot see spending the extra money to upgrade most of my DVD library to Blu-Ray.

Connection to the internet took just a couple of minutes, my firmware updated with no problems. Downloading the firmware did take some time though so be patient, with a 5mbs connection it took close to 15 minutes.

Blu-Ray Disks do take a little while to load but given most players take a similar amount of time it is nothing to complain about. If you can’t wait 45 seconds for a disk to load you probably don’t have enough time to sit down and watch a movie anyway.

Saving the best for last…The Netflix player is the crowning jewel of this player’s features. I live in a rural area (Nearly an hour to the nearest Video Rental store) but am fortunate to have a 5 mbs internet connection. This player streams the HD content from Netflix with no problems, I have had no dropouts, pauses or bobbles after watching around 20 movies from Netflix online. I have the $8.99 plan which allows 1 disk out and unlimited streaming. It is a great deal for me considering it would cost more just to drive to the video store than the plan costs. The Netflix streaming video service allows you to explore and seek out hose hidden gems that you wouldn’t necessarily find in a video store. They have lots of Indie and foreign films that you might not want to spend $4.50 to rent at the local video store, but cost you nothing but time to watch via netflix streaming. I have discovered a few hidden gems that I never would have taken the chance on in a video store. (Also a few dogs as well that I would have had severe buyers remorse had I rented them!)

If I was forced to say one thing bad about the player, the only thing I would change would be to make the remote a bit more substantial, it does feel light and not up to the build quality of the rest of the machine. I wish it was lit for controlling the player in the dark. The Remote from the Samsung 550 LCD TV can operate the 2500 as well.

I am very pleased with the 2500 and very glad I went ahead and purchased it over the 1500. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a blu-ray player with excellent DVD upconversion, Anynet connectivity, and wants an in-home, on-demand video rental store via Netflix streaming.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-420 Anonymous Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:27:15 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-420 <strong>Works as advertised...streaming Netflix is awesome!</strong><br />The quality of Blue-rays vs. DVD is definitely noticeable, and Samsung does a great drop capturing this quality. Add the ability to stream Netflix videos from over the internet, and you've got one great machine. Works as advertised…streaming Netflix is awesome!
The quality of Blue-rays vs. DVD is definitely noticeable, and Samsung does a great drop capturing this quality. Add the ability to stream Netflix videos from over the internet, and you’ve got one great machine.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-421 Anonymous Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:02:42 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-421 <strong>Perfect Blu-Ray player</strong><br />This blu ray player is perfect! I'm upgrading my old home theater and I was convinced I needed to get the $1500 Model 3808 Denon blu ray. Well, I researched every blu ray player on the planet. This one won due to the HQV chip, the onboard analog decoder, and the Netflix interface. The picture quality of blu ray discs is flawless. Just PERFECT. We get Netflix and often times regular DVDs are scratched and my old DVD player (first generation upscaling Samsung DVD player but works great) would often lock up. Not this one, it seems like it could actually play a broken disc - just amazing at the robustness. We've watched about 20 movies with it so far without a hitch - everything from Batman to Star Wars to Wall-E. Upscaling of regular DVDs is amazing and blows away my old unit on every level. Optical output to my older Yamaha receiver is perfect. No lip sync issues or anything. It took about 1 minute to hook up the HDMI cable and the optical cable and voila, up and running. I don't know what people are complaining about load times - this player loads and starts playing pretty quick - like by the time I close the tray and walk 15 feet to my couch it has already started playing. Tray is a bit noisy on opening and the machine vibrates a wee bit when it first starts spinning, but in operation cannot be heard. In contrast, the Denon is wisper quiet all around. I have not interfaced Netflix yet as I am waiting on my wireless bridge to arrive. This is serious bang-for-the buck player. I could afford almost anything I want, and I am very critical of my video and audio, so this has exceeded my expectations. I'm an engineer and a musician, so my eyes and ears are rather picky and critical. I also have a Sammy 67" LED DLP that rocks and this is a match made in heaven - turn the player on and it starts up the TV and selects the blu ray input - nice. No complaints what so ever from me on this. At this price point you cannot go wrong. Save your money buying $1K+ blu ray players - when played through an HDMI cable you will not ever ever ever be able to tell the difference either in audio or video. 1080p is what it is, decoding over optical is what it is, and the HQV chip is just amazing for DVDs. I have not tried the analog output but I believe this unit has high end DACs in it so you should be OK going analog to an old receiver. Very happy with this unit. Good luck. (I think the Panasonic 55K is a good unit too, but I did not like the skinny form factor - plus no Netflix). Perfect Blu-Ray player
This blu ray player is perfect! I’m upgrading my old home theater and I was convinced I needed to get the $1500 Model 3808 Denon blu ray. Well, I researched every blu ray player on the planet. This one won due to the HQV chip, the onboard analog decoder, and the Netflix interface. The picture quality of blu ray discs is flawless. Just PERFECT. We get Netflix and often times regular DVDs are scratched and my old DVD player (first generation upscaling Samsung DVD player but works great) would often lock up. Not this one, it seems like it could actually play a broken disc – just amazing at the robustness. We’ve watched about 20 movies with it so far without a hitch – everything from Batman to Star Wars to Wall-E. Upscaling of regular DVDs is amazing and blows away my old unit on every level. Optical output to my older Yamaha receiver is perfect. No lip sync issues or anything. It took about 1 minute to hook up the HDMI cable and the optical cable and voila, up and running. I don’t know what people are complaining about load times – this player loads and starts playing pretty quick – like by the time I close the tray and walk 15 feet to my couch it has already started playing. Tray is a bit noisy on opening and the machine vibrates a wee bit when it first starts spinning, but in operation cannot be heard. In contrast, the Denon is wisper quiet all around. I have not interfaced Netflix yet as I am waiting on my wireless bridge to arrive. This is serious bang-for-the buck player. I could afford almost anything I want, and I am very critical of my video and audio, so this has exceeded my expectations. I’m an engineer and a musician, so my eyes and ears are rather picky and critical. I also have a Sammy 67″ LED DLP that rocks and this is a match made in heaven – turn the player on and it starts up the TV and selects the blu ray input – nice. No complaints what so ever from me on this. At this price point you cannot go wrong. Save your money buying $1K+ blu ray players – when played through an HDMI cable you will not ever ever ever be able to tell the difference either in audio or video. 1080p is what it is, decoding over optical is what it is, and the HQV chip is just amazing for DVDs. I have not tried the analog output but I believe this unit has high end DACs in it so you should be OK going analog to an old receiver. Very happy with this unit. Good luck. (I think the Panasonic 55K is a good unit too, but I did not like the skinny form factor – plus no Netflix).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-423 Anonymous Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:55:32 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-423 <strong>Awesome Blu-Ray - BDP2500</strong><br />The main reason I bought the Samsung Blu-ray was because it got great reviews by consumer reports, I already had a Samsung HDTV, and I have a Netflix membership. <br /> <br />This blu-ray player has exceeded all expectations. It integrates seamlessly with my Samsung TV and Home Theater System, and the streaming Netflix option is great! I used to use an S-video cable and audio cord to plug my computer into my TV to play netflix movies, but NO LONGER!! I'm very happy with this purchase. Awesome Blu-Ray – BDP2500
The main reason I bought the Samsung Blu-ray was because it got great reviews by consumer reports, I already had a Samsung HDTV, and I have a Netflix membership.

This blu-ray player has exceeded all expectations. It integrates seamlessly with my Samsung TV and Home Theater System, and the streaming Netflix option is great! I used to use an S-video cable and audio cord to plug my computer into my TV to play netflix movies, but NO LONGER!! I’m very happy with this purchase.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-422 Anonymous Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:31:35 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-422 <strong>Great player but NetFlix feature sucks!</strong><br />Great Blu-ray player. Lots of great features for the price but Netflix feature would not work. Wot a load a rot! <br />Samsung taking such liberties with me! Seemed to be a problem with the ethernet connection as it would not connect to the internet. Done the sofware upgrade to DVD drive and uploaded, still no joy. Bollox to that! Dissapointed because that was the main reason for purchase. Contacted Samsung to troubleshoot, no help!. Bunch of wankers! Contacted my internet provider, very helpful told me my best option was to contact my net router manufacturer. Netgear then troubleshot it with me and we finally discovered that it was the ethernet port or software from the blu-ray player. not my provider or the internet router. Solid! Sent it back to Amazon and ordered the identical model. I am willing to give Samsung a second chance. My overall view of this player is that one should be able to take it out of the box. plug it in and PRESTO! the damn thing should work on all features including Netflix. You shouldn't have to go through the liberty of downloading new software to a disk or flash drive. That's daft! It should connect to the net and download any upgrades through the remote. Hopefully I won't have any issues with the replacement when it arrives. Better not! or I will not be happy if Samsung try to take liberties with me again... Great player but NetFlix feature sucks!
Great Blu-ray player. Lots of great features for the price but Netflix feature would not work. Wot a load a rot!

Samsung taking such liberties with me! Seemed to be a problem with the ethernet connection as it would not connect to the internet. Done the sofware upgrade to DVD drive and uploaded, still no joy. Bollox to that! Dissapointed because that was the main reason for purchase. Contacted Samsung to troubleshoot, no help!. Bunch of wankers! Contacted my internet provider, very helpful told me my best option was to contact my net router manufacturer. Netgear then troubleshot it with me and we finally discovered that it was the ethernet port or software from the blu-ray player. not my provider or the internet router. Solid! Sent it back to Amazon and ordered the identical model. I am willing to give Samsung a second chance. My overall view of this player is that one should be able to take it out of the box. plug it in and PRESTO! the damn thing should work on all features including Netflix. You shouldn’t have to go through the liberty of downloading new software to a disk or flash drive. That’s daft! It should connect to the net and download any upgrades through the remote. Hopefully I won’t have any issues with the replacement when it arrives. Better not! or I will not be happy if Samsung try to take liberties with me again…

]]> By: isbruck http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/samsung-bd-p2500-review-first-impression-2461/comment-page-1#comment-425 isbruck Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:34:58 +0000 http://www.buyblurayplayers.com/?p=2461#comment-425 <strong>Great Blu-Ray Disc Player - Super Easy to Use, Slow to Load</strong><br />Just received the Samsung BD-P2500 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player. Connection through HDMI is a breeze. The user interface is intuitive. Discs are a somewhat slow to load, but the quality is superb. Up-conversion of non-blueray discs also results in a quality image. I watched my entire collection of Planet Earth regular DVDs and was blown away by the color depth and smooth motion. Pixelation was minimal considering. Some reviewers have complained of having to upgrade the firmware to get Netflix working. My unit came with the latest firmware (even higher number than the one offered on the Samsung Website) and netflix was waiting as an icon on the startup page. Signing up couldn't be easier if you have connected the device to the internet. <br /> <br />Pros: <br />- Quality 1080p image <br />- 7.1 channel audio <br />- Excellent Upconversion of DVDs <br />- Netflix onboard <br />- Stylish finish (though picks up fingerprints easily) <br />- Quiet performance <br /> <br />Cons: <br />- Slow to flip through menus and chapters <br />- Slow to load a disc <br />- The remote is a bit uncomfortable to use as the shape is odd. <br />- Construction of the remote feels cheap compared to the quality device. <br /> <br />I would highly recommend this Blu-ray player for the price. If you watch the prices for a couple of days you can even catch it for $299. Shipping was fast and the device was well-packaged. If you are looking for a netflix capable device this is the way to go. I do not have 7.1 channel audio available, so was unable to test this feature. Nice to know that it is here if I upgrade! Great Blu-Ray Disc Player – Super Easy to Use, Slow to Load
Just received the Samsung BD-P2500 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player. Connection through HDMI is a breeze. The user interface is intuitive. Discs are a somewhat slow to load, but the quality is superb. Up-conversion of non-blueray discs also results in a quality image. I watched my entire collection of Planet Earth regular DVDs and was blown away by the color depth and smooth motion. Pixelation was minimal considering. Some reviewers have complained of having to upgrade the firmware to get Netflix working. My unit came with the latest firmware (even higher number than the one offered on the Samsung Website) and netflix was waiting as an icon on the startup page. Signing up couldn’t be easier if you have connected the device to the internet.

Pros:

- Quality 1080p image

- 7.1 channel audio

- Excellent Upconversion of DVDs

- Netflix onboard

- Stylish finish (though picks up fingerprints easily)

- Quiet performance

Cons:

- Slow to flip through menus and chapters

- Slow to load a disc

- The remote is a bit uncomfortable to use as the shape is odd.

- Construction of the remote feels cheap compared to the quality device.

I would highly recommend this Blu-ray player for the price. If you watch the prices for a couple of days you can even catch it for $299. Shipping was fast and the device was well-packaged. If you are looking for a netflix capable device this is the way to go. I do not have 7.1 channel audio available, so was unable to test this feature. Nice to know that it is here if I upgrade!

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