Anyone having issues with their Sammy BDP-1600? - Blu-ray Forum

MCT · 02-19-2010, 08:40 PM

I haven't had a single issue with this thing until today. Received two movies from Netflix, Bronson and Law Abiding Citizen. LAC is working fine, but Bronson will not load. I'll get a quick "spinning loading image" that goes away after 2 seconds, then....nothing. Is there supposed to be a new firmware update coming for the 1600? I hope this doesn't become a problem with future new releases.

dvs1270 · 02-19-2010, 11:19 PM

i have gotten bad discs from netflix, just send it back & say that you had a problem.they will send another copy.
my only issues were from bad discs. one purchase & one netflix.

MCT · 02-20-2010, 02:28 AM

I'll try that. Thanks.

sdicomp · 02-23-2010, 02:10 PM

I contacted Samsung several times about playback problems for the 1600. I was told a firmware update was coming. That was back in January. I thought turning BD-Live off fixed the problems I am having, but they resurfaced, even on some blurays that have not caused problems before! I am not on Netflix. These are blurays from my collection!

I have a Sony 570 on order. The 1600 is my second(and last!) Samsung bluray player!

shadow72 · 02-23-2010, 02:15 PM

After suffering many, many issues with playback problems with my 1600, and tired of Samsung not admitting it was a firmware issue - called them several times, I bought a SONY BDP-S360 and all I can say is that I'm glad I did!

thecaptain · 02-23-2010, 02:56 PM

I've had nothing but problems with my 1600. After a few moths it stopped reading blurays discs. Everything else worked fine. I called Samsung and their fix was to reset the player and reload the firmware. It worked.....for about a day. Then the problem was back. The fix continued to work, but I had to do it every time I payed a disc. Then, suddenly, the fix stopped working. Then it started working again, but only if the first disc I put in after the reupdate was Sons of Anarchy (no, Im no making this up.) If I updated again and put SoA in, that would trigger something and any other disc would load fine afterwards. Until I powered off, then I had to do it again. Now, even that does not work. Samsung just feeds me the same thing everytime I call, despite the calt Ive told them their fix does not work.

As soon as I can afford it, IM buying an Oppo. Until then I have an expensive paperweight and 128 unwatchable movies.

dvs1270 · 02-24-2010, 04:09 AM

are either of you using a usb thumbdrive for memory back-up. since i added my 2gb drive, i haven't had anymore trouble. mine never was problematic. my firmware has not needed an update for months. i have only had trouble with a couple of bad rented discs & one store bought disc that was warped.

Mendoza · 02-25-2010, 12:12 AM

My player has worked mostly fine except for one significant issue: it will not load the disc menu of some DVDs (e.g. Dexter Season 3, Moon, etc..) The screen just goes black. The DVDs can still be played but none of the features--including chapter menus--can be accessed. Fortunately the player is sitting on top of my Toshiba HD-A2 which has worked flawlessly for the last 4 years.

jlafrenz · 02-25-2010, 01:52 AM

I have only ever had one disc that would not play in my player. I tried multiple discs and still had no luck. I don't have the 1600. I have the Pio. I called their tech support and they told me that once in a while that some players will not play certain discs because of the format it was recorded in. It makes sense, but from what I can tell my player is able to play both formats and I have played other movies from that same studio. Kind of strange, but I took it for what it was.

hitmanhart408 · 02-26-2010, 12:04 AM

The only movie I can't get to play on my 1600 is American Pycho. I have the latest firmware and I tried sticking in a USB drive for memory or whatever and nothing. Its not connected to the internet or anything. I just get a loading screen and it goes away, leaving a black screen. Very sad about it.

thecaptain · 02-26-2010, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitmanhart408

The only movie I can't get to play on my 1600 is American Pycho. I have the latest firmware and I tried sticking in a USB drive for memory or whatever and nothing. Its not connected to the internet or anything. I just get a loading screen and it goes away, leaving a black screen. Very sad about it.

And see, before my player decided it wasn't a blu-ray player anymore, I never once had a problem playing American Psycho.

Daaark · 02-26-2010, 12:15 PM

The Samsung forum at CNet is like a disaster zone these days.

Beware of Samsung firmware upgrades. They often introduce new problems instead of fixing the existing ones. That's if you don't brick your system trying to upgrade it. Then they want 80$ to fix it.

Lots of title compatibility problems too. Watchmen is a mess on it. It jumps all over the place.

--edit--

Firmware 2.06 just recently came out. Said to improve playback with certain titles, but that's as far as they go detail wise. Usual vague patch notes. I'm watching Watchmen to see if the skipping problem remains...

sdicomp · 02-26-2010, 03:48 PM

Where do you see NEW firmware for the 1600? Last update on the website was October 2009. I was promised by a tech back in early January that there was an update coming, but I haven't seen it, and am tired of waiting!

That is why there's a new Sony 570 at home!

Daaark · 02-26-2010, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdicomp

Where do you see NEW firmware for the 1600? Last update on the website was October 2009.

The US version of the firmware may not be up yet.

I got mine on the Canadian site. I believe the UK version may be up too.

So far, I'm halfway through Watchmen, and it's not skipping around randomly through the chapters like it was before the update.

Just wait a few days.

Edit: Maximum Movie Mode on Watchmen loaded up and is working too!

hitmanhart408 · 02-28-2010, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daaark

The US version of the firmware may not be up yet.

I got mine on the Canadian site. I believe the UK version may be up too.

So far, I'm halfway through Watchmen, and it's not skipping around randomly through the chapters like it was before the update.

Just wait a few days.

Edit: Maximum Movie Mode on Watchmen loaded up and is working too!

what happens if I download the firmware from the canadian site and try to install it? will it work fine?

Daaark · 02-28-2010, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitmanhart408

what happens if I download the firmware from the canadian site and try to install it? will it work fine?

I wouldn't recommend it. The different regions have different options in the firmware. Canadian doesn't support Blockbuster or NetFlix. Not sure of what else is different.

Just wait until your version gets posted.

cvammen · 03-07-2010, 08:46 PM

Looking for help on a samsung player. BD-1600. This is the only place I could find where my post fits.

it has been working beautifully for 2 months. no problems, internet and netflix are perfect. up until today, that is.

Here goes:

Most of the remote buttons and the buttons on the actual player have stopped working. The only thing that works is 'Power' and 'Eject'. It will play a blu-ray, but you can't control anything. Even pressing 'Stop' on the front of the player does nothing.

On the display, it constantly says either 'CLOSE' or 'LOAD', depending on if I opened the tray or not.

When the movie is playing, it also only displays 'CLOSE' and not the timecode.

So I can watch blu-rays but I can't control anything. I also cannot access the Blockbuster/Netflix/Pandora/YouTube functions because those buttons do not work anymore.

Batteries have been changed twice and I went by the manual where it says to remove the batteries and run the microprocessor down by holding a few remote buttons for a minute or two.

If anyone can help or tell me if this is a defective machine, I would appreciate it!

02-19-2010, 08:40 PM	#1
MCT Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:499 Blu-ray reviews: 8 Trading Score:1	Anyone having issues with their Sammy BDP-1600? I haven't had a single issue with this thing until today. Received two movies from Netflix, Bronson and Law Abiding Citizen. LAC is working fine, but Bronson will not load. I'll get a quick "spinning loading image" that goes away after 2 seconds, then....nothing. Is there supposed to be a new firmware update coming for the 1600? I hope this doesn't become a problem with future new releases.

02-26-2010, 12:15 PM	#12
Daaark Active Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Ottawa, Canada Blu-ray collection:487	The Samsung forum at CNet is like a disaster zone these days. Beware of Samsung firmware upgrades. They often introduce new problems instead of fixing the existing ones. That's if you don't brick your system trying to upgrade it. Then they want 80$ to fix it. Lots of title compatibility problems too. Watchmen is a mess on it. It jumps all over the place. --edit-- Firmware 2.06 just recently came out. Said to improve playback with certain titles, but that's as far as they go detail wise. Usual vague patch notes. I'm watching Watchmen to see if the skipping problem remains... Last edited by Daaark; 02-26-2010 at 03:10 PM.

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02-19-2010, 11:19 PM	#2
dvs1270 Active Member Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Columbus, GA Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:59	i have gotten bad discs from netflix, just send it back & say that you had a problem.they will send another copy. my only issues were from bad discs. one purchase & one netflix.

02-20-2010, 02:28 AM	#3
MCT Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:499 Blu-ray reviews: 8 Trading Score:1	I'll try that. Thanks.

02-23-2010, 02:10 PM	#4
sdicomp Member Member since:Sep 2009	I contacted Samsung several times about playback problems for the 1600. I was told a firmware update was coming. That was back in January. I thought turning BD-Live off fixed the problems I am having, but they resurfaced, even on some blurays that have not caused problems before! I am not on Netflix. These are blurays from my collection! I have a Sony 570 on order. The 1600 is my second(and last!) Samsung bluray player!

02-23-2010, 02:15 PM	#5
shadow72 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Illinois 4K collection:100 Blu-ray collection:1085 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:37 iTunes collection:3	After suffering many, many issues with playback problems with my 1600, and tired of Samsung not admitting it was a firmware issue - called them several times, I bought a SONY BDP-S360 and all I can say is that I'm glad I did!

02-23-2010, 02:56 PM	#6
thecaptain Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Tacoma Blu-ray collection:371 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	I've had nothing but problems with my 1600. After a few moths it stopped reading blurays discs. Everything else worked fine. I called Samsung and their fix was to reset the player and reload the firmware. It worked.....for about a day. Then the problem was back. The fix continued to work, but I had to do it every time I payed a disc. Then, suddenly, the fix stopped working. Then it started working again, but only if the first disc I put in after the reupdate was Sons of Anarchy (no, Im no making this up.) If I updated again and put SoA in, that would trigger something and any other disc would load fine afterwards. Until I powered off, then I had to do it again. Now, even that does not work. Samsung just feeds me the same thing everytime I call, despite the calt Ive told them their fix does not work. As soon as I can afford it, IM buying an Oppo. Until then I have an expensive paperweight and 128 unwatchable movies.

02-24-2010, 04:09 AM	#7
dvs1270 Active Member Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Columbus, GA Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:59	are either of you using a usb thumbdrive for memory back-up. since i added my 2gb drive, i haven't had anymore trouble. mine never was problematic. my firmware has not needed an update for months. i have only had trouble with a couple of bad rented discs & one store bought disc that was warped.

02-25-2010, 12:12 AM	#8
Mendoza Member Member since:Dec 2009	My player has worked mostly fine except for one significant issue: it will not load the disc menu of some DVDs (e.g. Dexter Season 3, Moon, etc..) The screen just goes black. The DVDs can still be played but none of the features--including chapter menus--can be accessed. Fortunately the player is sitting on top of my Toshiba HD-A2 which has worked flawlessly for the last 4 years.

02-25-2010, 01:52 AM	#9
jlafrenz Special Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Columbia, MO Home Theater Gallery:48 Trading Score:4	I have only ever had one disc that would not play in my player. I tried multiple discs and still had no luck. I don't have the 1600. I have the Pio. I called their tech support and they told me that once in a while that some players will not play certain discs because of the format it was recorded in. It makes sense, but from what I can tell my player is able to play both formats and I have played other movies from that same studio. Kind of strange, but I took it for what it was.

02-26-2010, 12:04 AM	#10
hitmanhart408 Member Member since:Feb 2010 Blu-ray collection:6	The only movie I can't get to play on my 1600 is American Pycho. I have the latest firmware and I tried sticking in a USB drive for memory or whatever and nothing. Its not connected to the internet or anything. I just get a loading screen and it goes away, leaving a black screen. Very sad about it.

02-26-2010, 03:48 PM	#13
sdicomp Member Member since:Sep 2009	Where do you see NEW firmware for the 1600? Last update on the website was October 2009. I was promised by a tech back in early January that there was an update coming, but I haven't seen it, and am tired of waiting! That is why there's a new Sony 570 at home!

03-07-2010, 08:46 PM	#17
cvammen New Member Member since:Mar 2010	Looking for help on a samsung player. BD-1600. This is the only place I could find where my post fits. it has been working beautifully for 2 months. no problems, internet and netflix are perfect. up until today, that is. Here goes: Most of the remote buttons and the buttons on the actual player have stopped working. The only thing that works is 'Power' and 'Eject'. It will play a blu-ray, but you can't control anything. Even pressing 'Stop' on the front of the player does nothing. On the display, it constantly says either 'CLOSE' or 'LOAD', depending on if I opened the tray or not. When the movie is playing, it also only displays 'CLOSE' and not the timecode. So I can watch blu-rays but I can't control anything. I also cannot access the Blockbuster/Netflix/Pandora/YouTube functions because those buttons do not work anymore. Batteries have been changed twice and I went by the manual where it says to remove the batteries and run the microprocessor down by holding a few remote buttons for a minute or two. If anyone can help or tell me if this is a defective machine, I would appreciate it!

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