Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray Player

Pros: Good picture, allows all audio signals to pass through, Profile 1.1 - promise of upgrades
Cons: Nothing really, unless Samsung decides to not upgrade this player with profile 2.0

Are you telling me that it has only been slightly over a year since I have purchased my first blu-ray player? Worse yet, I have upgraded this piece of home theater equipment already. Am I really this crazy with money? ...

Pros: Plays Hi-Def Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs; easy to set up and use
Cons: Blu-ray discs are pricier; players are more expensive than DVD players

I wasn't really planning on getting a Blu-ray player for a while yet; I still remember both the exhilarations and frustrations of the transition from VHS to DVD only a decade ago and I really didn't want to start replacing my entire 100-title DVD library ...

Pros: Affordable price, decent load time, Profile 2.0, Ethernet jack for updates
Cons: Requires your own flash drive for BD-Live, no analog 5.1 output, no digital coaxial audio

If you haven't got on the Blu-Ray bandwagon, then good for you because you've waited for the right moment – NOW! Previously, you would have to spend around $300 for one these new fangled players.  At that price, you were better off ...

Pros: Plentiful firmware updates, decent startup time
Cons: Remote

Having been invited over to a friend's for a movie night this weekend, I got the chance to have a firsthand look at one of the more actively evolving Blu-ray players on the market today.  While it was formerly considered expensive for its ...

Pros: Great Picture/Plays normal DVD's.
Cons: Hard to run without remote.

I have always been one of those guys that always think that as technology gets better and better I don’t need to rush out to the stores and continue to buy each and every new electronic, but let me tell you something. The Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray ...

Pros: Quick & fool-proof setup, versatile video formats, excellent video quality
Cons: None

I got my Samsung BDP1500 Blu Ray player as part of a package deal with my Samsung LN40A530 40" LCD tv (see review).I have found this unit to be fool proof to setup, simply plug it in and connect the cable and you're done. Literally a 30 ...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Cheap materials
Lacking in features
Ineffective firmware updates
Awful technical support

I bought the BD-P1500 blu-ray player because it was discounted with my new Samsung TV.  From the beginning, it didn't play certain blu-ray discs, but the store told me that maybe the discs were defective.  It also did not take ...

Pros: Cost, good picture, easy initial setup.
Cons: Having to update firmware,quit playing regular DVDs,overheats halfway through the movie then skips.

Very unhappy with this product! I upgraded the firmware once before when I kept getting the "no disc" error on any DVD other than a BluRay disc. The upgrade fixed it. It played all discs up until 5 days ago, then started with the same error on regular DVDs. I upgraded the latest firmware again, downloaded it again, tried it twice, but even after the upgrade, it still is giving the "no disc" error. I finally unplugged it and have switched back to our Sony HDMI DVD player. It shouldn't be this hard to just watch a DVD. I'm very unhappy with the product. I don't think you should have to be a computer engineer to keep the thing going.  I just want to plug the thing in and have it work. Also it over heats and then starts skipping. We have had to put cold packs underneath it to get through most movies.