Updated Samsung BD-P1000 Shipping

[Mr C]

Here is some information for you potential Samsung BD-P1000 buyers:

I had one of the first Samsung BD-P1000 players. It showed a lot of grain and poor picture quality in most of my BRD movies, just like most of you have reported here. When I did my first report on this site, I only had one movie (Underworld) which seemed to be sharp and have very little grain.

I called Samsung yesterday, and they confirmed that many of the first units off the line had the chip problem of grain/noise and softness. They also said that a production change was made (they couldn’t tell me when) and that all of the current units coming off the line had been fixed. I called the retailer and informed them of this. They offered to exchange my unit for what they hoped would be one of the newer ones.

I played all of the movies that previously showed a lot of grain and poor overall picture quality on my first player, and I have to tell you, that I did see a difference (hardly any grain) in the picture quality between the old and new players.

The only thing that doesn’t make sense is that if a production change was made, how could have it been manufactured, shipped overseas, got to the retailers’ warehouse, shipped to the store and in my hands in a little over 30 days?