Samsung now $499! - Blu-ray Forum

hyperdine · 03-20-2007, 11:32 PM

http://www.tvpredictions.com/samblu032007.htm

There are now 2 Blu-Ray players on the market at $499 (the other being the 20 gig PS3).

There goes the price argument...

Shin-Ra · 03-20-2007, 11:41 PM

Great stuff, but I'd rather have the 20GB PS3, or better still the 60GB.

HDTV1080P · 03-21-2007, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Great stuff, but I'd rather have the 20GB PS3, or better still the 60GB.

I agree, The Sony PS3 is much better quality and has a better picture and is the same price as the Samsung. I strongly believe that the Samsung BDP-1000 will be selling for $399 in about another month once the BDP-1200 is released. The BDP-1200 in theory should have a better picture then the PS3 since it has a 1080P/24 output.

jorg · 03-21-2007, 12:11 AM

sorry to burst your buble but some places have been selling it for 499 for over a month i posted one just like this lol

BTBuck1 · 03-21-2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

The Sony PS3 is much better quality and has a better picture and is the same price as the Samsung.

and off of what do you base this?

I own both, and while I think they are both great, 1) I don't think the ps3 has a better picture, if they aren't a dead tie than the samsung probably has a slight edge in sharpness. 2) I don't understand how you can say one is "better" quality than the other. IMO they both offer unique features. Would I give up my analog outsputs for uncompressed 5.1 in favor of a bitrate meter on the ps3...probably not.

They are both great units, but truth is the samsung is a little slower. Hower it has never glitched, froze or skipped on me once. And has In my setups proved to be the more referance & more dependable player of the two.

Value is easily handed to the ps3 though.

HDTV1080P · 03-21-2007, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by BTBuck1

and off of what do you base this?

Even with the improved Samsung BDP-1000 firmware update many newsletters and magazines make the claim that the PS3 is still a little sharper when watching BLU-RAY movies.

Here is just one quote from Ultimate AV and the link

“…the PS3 was entirely consistent in providing excellent performance that was just a bit sharper and more detailed than Samsung's BD-P1000 BD player.”
"Fox's release of </I>X-Men: The Last Stand</I> is AVC encoded on a 25GB BD. On this disc I could see better fine detail in facial hair and skin texture (Wolverine sports a lot of both at all times!) on the PS3 than the updated Samgung BD-P1000, and the colors seemed to jump out just a little more."

http://ultimateavmag.com/hddiscplayers/1206ps3blu/index2.html

I do think the new Samsung BDP-1200 once reviewed will be better quality then the Sony PS3 in terms of picture quality.

The picture quality on BLU-RAY players are so close that it sometimes can be one persons opinion over another. I love the picture quality on the Pioneer Elite which Sound and Vision and the Perfect Vision magazine claim this player is clearly by far the world’s best BLU-RAY player in terms of picture quality.

elwaylite · 03-21-2007, 01:10 AM

Ordered mine with a 2 yr warranty yesterday, can't wait till it arrives Thursday.

BTBuck1 · 03-21-2007, 01:48 AM

many have said the firmware 1.1 has given the samsung improved PQ once more.

I got a 1080p set around the same time, so I can't say if it was the tv, the update or both but somethings definately much better than when i first got the bdp1000 months ago.

Anyone saying their is any appreciable difference either has a microscope out, or a serious case of placebo.

hyperdine · 03-21-2007, 11:20 PM

I have both the Sammy (w/firmware upgrade) and the PS3 and I can honestly say, in terms of PQ, I can't see any difference. Granted, I'm not a professional reviewer and my screen size is only 60", FWIW...

BTBuck1 · 03-21-2007, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by hyperdine

I have both the Sammy (w/firmware upgrade) and the PS3 and I can honestly say, in terms of PQ, I can't see any difference. Granted, I'm not a professional reviewer and my screen size is only 60", FWIW...

only 60" lol to most people thats flippin huge!

blitz6speed · 03-21-2007, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BTBuck1

only 60" lol to most people thats flippin huge!

we are not "most people" lol

BTBuck1 · 03-21-2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by blitz6speed

we are not "most people" lol

my biggest TV is 46" thats plenty for now.

blitz6speed · 03-22-2007, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BTBuck1

my biggest TV is 46" thats plenty for now.

104" here, 56" at my parents place.. How do you guys watch movies?!

Gremal · 03-22-2007, 12:43 AM

Some of us have a tiny room for HT.

Because of the location of walls, windows, foot traffic and other practical considerations in my relatively big living room, I cannot set up an HT system there. In my HT room, anything larger than my 50" plasma would be completely ridiculous. I'm barely sitting 7' 6" from the screen.

elwaylite · 03-22-2007, 12:50 AM

Mine's 46", plenty big until I get a larger home. Probably go with a 60" then.

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hyperdine Senior Member Member since:Sep 2006	Samsung now $499! http://www.tvpredictions.com/samblu032007.htm There are now 2 Blu-Ray players on the market at $499 (the other being the 20 gig PS3). There goes the price argument...

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03-20-2007, 11:41 PM	#2
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Great stuff, but I'd rather have the 20GB PS3, or better still the 60GB.

03-21-2007, 12:11 AM	#4
jorg Power Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:2	sorry to burst your buble but some places have been selling it for 499 for over a month i posted one just like this lol

03-21-2007, 01:10 AM	#7
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Ordered mine with a 2 yr warranty yesterday, can't wait till it arrives Thursday.

03-21-2007, 01:48 AM	#8
BTBuck1 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Oceanside, CA. Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:1	many have said the firmware 1.1 has given the samsung improved PQ once more. I got a 1080p set around the same time, so I can't say if it was the tv, the update or both but somethings definately much better than when i first got the bdp1000 months ago. Anyone saying their is any appreciable difference either has a microscope out, or a serious case of placebo.

03-21-2007, 11:20 PM	#9
hyperdine Senior Member Member since:Sep 2006	I have both the Sammy (w/firmware upgrade) and the PS3 and I can honestly say, in terms of PQ, I can't see any difference. Granted, I'm not a professional reviewer and my screen size is only 60", FWIW...

03-22-2007, 12:43 AM	#14
Gremal Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Daddyland Home Theater Gallery:49 Blu-ray collection:184	Some of us have a tiny room for HT. Because of the location of walls, windows, foot traffic and other practical considerations in my relatively big living room, I cannot set up an HT system there. In my HT room, anything larger than my 50" plasma would be completely ridiculous. I'm barely sitting 7' 6" from the screen.

03-22-2007, 12:50 AM	#15
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Mine's 46", plenty big until I get a larger home. Probably go with a 60" then.

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