Solid BD-P1000 review - Blu-ray Forum

AV_Integrated · 07-26-2006, 01:38 PM

I definitely thought it was weak on the points that the Samsung misses on. Unless he got an updated player with the chip fix in it and saw movies other than the ones I have seen - and others as well. It seems that the article skimps a bit on the current issues that everyone is well aware of with Blu-ray and the Samsung.

More specific omissions? That the Samsung downconverts to 1080i, then upconverts to 1080p before passing the 1080p signal. The lack of AVC/VC-1 usage on Blu-ray discs. The lack of 50GB Blu-ray discs. The sub-DVD quality seen on many Blu-ray discs.

Those are all major issues that are basically not even touched upon within the article. I did think that the detailed review of the hardware in comparison to the Toshiba was a good one. But, where the Samsung was better, and Toshiba was worse, the reviewer specifically pointed to the Toshiba. But, where the Toshiba was better, and the Samsung was worse, the reviewer specifically did NOT mention the Toshiba.

A bit biased, unfortunately, for sure. Yet I would expect fanbois to flock to it. I wish people could just review the player, give an assement and not state their opinion of the format war. I know I couldn't... But, I sure as heck would be struggling to review the Samsung as nice as that reviewer was.

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07-26-2006, 01:38 PM	#2
AV_Integrated Senior Member Member since:Jan 2005	I definitely thought it was weak on the points that the Samsung misses on. Unless he got an updated player with the chip fix in it and saw movies other than the ones I have seen - and others as well. It seems that the article skimps a bit on the current issues that everyone is well aware of with Blu-ray and the Samsung. More specific omissions? That the Samsung downconverts to 1080i, then upconverts to 1080p before passing the 1080p signal. The lack of AVC/VC-1 usage on Blu-ray discs. The lack of 50GB Blu-ray discs. The sub-DVD quality seen on many Blu-ray discs. Those are all major issues that are basically not even touched upon within the article. I did think that the detailed review of the hardware in comparison to the Toshiba was a good one. But, where the Samsung was better, and Toshiba was worse, the reviewer specifically pointed to the Toshiba. But, where the Toshiba was better, and the Samsung was worse, the reviewer specifically did NOT mention the Toshiba. A bit biased, unfortunately, for sure. Yet I would expect fanbois to flock to it. I wish people could just review the player, give an assement and not state their opinion of the format war. I know I couldn't... But, I sure as heck would be struggling to review the Samsung as nice as that reviewer was.

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