Samsung BD-P1400 question to owners

[perfectdark]

Hi all

first time poster, long time reader


I am thinking of buying the Samsung BD-P1400 today (on sale in canada for $199.99) but i am wondering if it still has the incombatible disc issue.. I read somoewhere that it cant play some newer blurays? is that fixed? or still oon going? I know the player is profile 1 or 1.1 , either way i dont like pip commentary or extras just the movie

thanks

ian

[squire23]

I have had my 1400 since November and have not had one problem playing movies. It has been great. Make sure you keep the firmware updated...current version is 1.9.

btw, Welcome to the forum!

[sptrout]

I have had my P1400 just one week short of a year as of today, and have never found a disk that would not play. Just keep the firmware current...

[MacDaddyOJack]

I think its a great player, no disc refusals for me.

[kpkelley]

The only time mine rejected a disc it was a rental from blockbuster...I think it just rejected it on principal. If you keep the firmware up to date you should not have any issues in playing the movies. Some of the extras will be inaccesible because of the profile, but that is not a concern of mine.

[perfectdark]

great thanks guys, to all who responded.. I love samsung and i love my samsung tv

I just picked it up $199.99 is a steal,, I think i'll rent a few of the "problem discs" i read die hard 4 and potc3 have problems , i'll see if they work and if problems i will upgrade firmware

quick question can i upgrade my firmware to v9? or do i need to upgrade to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and then 9?

[squire23]

Originally Posted by perfectdark

great thanks guys, to all who responded.. I love samsung and i love my samsung tv

I just picked it up $199.99 is a steal,, I think i'll rent a few of the "problem discs" i read die hard 4 and potc3 have problems , i'll see if they work and if problems i will upgrade firmware

quick question can i upgrade my firmware to v9? or do i need to upgrade to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and then 9?

You can go straight to 1.9. I've watched both those movies with no issues.

[MacDaddyOJack]

Originally Posted by perfectdark

great thanks guys, to all who responded.. I love samsung and i love my samsung tv

I just picked it up $199.99 is a steal,, I think i'll rent a few of the "problem discs" i read die hard 4 and potc3 have problems , i'll see if they work and if problems i will upgrade firmware

quick question can i upgrade my firmware to v9? or do i need to upgrade to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and then 9?

You only need to update to the most recent. The player should do that automatically if you do the update with a lan connection.

Word of advice: Do the update before you play any movies. I can almost assure you that newer movies will not play if you are using the very first firmware issued.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by perfectdark

Hi all

first time poster, long time reader


I am thinking of buying the Samsung BD-P1400 today (on sale in canada for $199.99) but i am wondering if it still has the incombatible disc issue.. I read somoewhere that it cant play some newer blurays? is that fixed? or still oon going? I know the player is profile 1 or 1.1 , either way i dont like pip commentary or extras just the movie

thanks

ian

it can play new blu-ray movies when added firmware cd from samsung
also has a fast loadtime
but it won't play dvd+r

[perfectdark]

thanks too all, quick reply to

thanks for the heads up on dvd+R, i use -R anyway

[perfectdark]

Originally Posted by squire23

I have had my 1400 since November and have not had one problem playing movies. It has been great. Make sure you keep the firmware updated...current version is 1.9.

btw, Welcome to the forum!

I just connected it to lan and did firmware update, now it shows 071026.01_XAA


is that 1,9? doesnt look like it to me

[Vlad44]

Originally Posted by squire23

I have had my 1400 since November and have not had one problem playing movies. It has been great. Make sure you keep the firmware updated...current version is 1.9.

btw, Welcome to the forum!

+1

[olds403]

Updating with the ethernet connection it will only update one version at a time. You will need to keep updating until you get to the 080808 version(1.9). If you do it with a CD you can just jump to the latest version.

[Blu-Benny]

only had a problem w/1 movie, Batman Begins. after i updated it, worked fine.

i have had some curious issues of my own though. sometimes it won't open/close unless i have the dvd input up on the screen showing the Samsung logo. and it stops in the middle of a movie once in a while.

other than that, very happy, this is my 1st blu-ray player.

[boz55]

Great player I`ve had no problems as long as firmware is updated!

[perfectdark]

i updated via cd to v1.9 from samsung website

i played "sunshine" (rented) fine, long load time

i bought troy dc and it loaded in 19 seconds.. then froze on the 2nd chapter.. then it froze at the main menu, then it froze at the 1st chapter and now it freezes and wont load at all


?????

[redlikefire02]

try to keep this in the players thread so everyone is aware...