BDP-S1000ES Blu-ray player

[BadAss]

Made for movie lovers, by movie makers. View movies in stunning Full HD resolution with the BDP-S1000ES Blu-ray Disc™ player. Along with unique video enhancements that provide superior picture quality, this Elevated Standard (ES) Blu-ray Disc player has built-in Wi-Fi and includes 4GB of external USB memory to support BD-Live™ enabled movies. Upscaling your standard definition DVDs to near HD quality is a snap thanks to integrated Precision Cinema HD Upscale technology. Designed for the complete HD experience, this Blu-ray Disc player is also compatible with advanced audio codecs including 7.1-channel Dolby® TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, dts®-HD Master Audio and dts-HD High Resolution Audio decoding and bit-stream output, as well as analog 7.1-channel output.

HD Reality Enhancer : Yes
Super Bit Mapping : Yes
Video Digital-to-Analog Converter : Composite (12bit/148.5MHz) Y/C (12bit/108MHz)
Dimensions (Approx.) : 16.9" x 2.8" x 9.6" (430x70x246mm)
Weight (Approx.) : 6.61Lbs (3Kg)
Menu Options : XMB® inspired media bar
Analog 2ch Output : Yes
Analog 7.1ch Output : Yes
Dolby® : Yes & Dolby® TrueHD bitstream out over HDMI™ (V1.3)
Dolby® Digital plus Decoding : Yes
Dolby® True HD Bitstream Output : Yes
Dolby® TrueHD Decoding : Yes
LPCM : Yes (multi channel decoder): Yes (HDMI™ bitstream out)
MP3 Playback : Yes (BD-R/RE/DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)5
dts® Decoding : Yes

[robertc88]

Not a single post afterwards. I don't know if I should take that as a hint given the price.

Any experiences with this player?

[RickER]

Almost 6 months since the LAST post...

I had looked at this player. I wanted something high end, and while this player had a high end price...i felt ehh.

Well, i just bought one at about $400 off its list. I guess they are moving them out to make room for this years player.

Beautiful picture, and now at a great price. Look around for deals on this machine, they are easy to find...for now.

I have only had it 2 days, and while i have not had much time to throw stuff at it, it does produce a nice Blu-ray, and DVD image.
My TV is a Sony 52" XBR LCD. The Blu-ray player and TV were meant for one another.

Just thought id throw a quick 2 cents out, if anyone had an interest in this player.

[BLURAYSONYES]

Is this advertising??

[RickER]

Originally Posted by BLURAYSONYES

Is this advertising??

LOL...not from me! I work in the medical field. I couldnt even sell shoes! Just wanted to share a great deal, on a machine that WAS over priced, but can be found for a great deal less than MSRP now.

And no...i dont have one to sell.

[sunchaser99]

Hello all, sorry to add this reply here but i dont yet have privelage to make new thread.

Hopefully somebody can help me with this decision. My question is simply, which would you get....the Samsung BD-C6500 for $224 or the BDP-S1000ES for $200.

The reason I am deciding between these two is 1. the price is around my budget and 2. I need a 5.1/7.1 analog hookup as I have an older receiver, and so basically rules out the new sony 570, or LG, or ps3 slim, or other more expensive units.

fairly equal in both (I assume): video/audio quality, wifi,

BDP-S1000ES Pros: cheaper, better build quality, looks nicer, comes with 4gig storage, 5 year warranty, componant video out, and coax audio out (i dont care about these last 2), DLNA Certified in ONLY photo (con)

BD-C6500 pros: DLNA Certified in audio/video/photo, video streaming software (pandora, netflix, etc)

So essentially, is the 50 dollar price difference, and better build quality worth it over DLNA certified, and internet streaming or should I sacrifice these useful features given everything else being equal?

Any feedback would be appreciated, especially those that have experience with these units.

[eeddings]

Originally Posted by sunchaser99

Hello all, sorry to add this reply here but i dont yet have privelage to make new thread.

Hopefully somebody can help me with this decision. My question is simply, which would you get....the Samsung BD-C6500 for $224 or the BDP-S1000ES for $200.

The reason I am deciding between these two is 1. the price is around my budget and 2. I need a 5.1/7.1 analog hookup as I have an older receiver, and so basically rules out the new sony 570, or LG, or ps3 slim, or other more expensive units.

fairly equal in both (I assume): video/audio quality, wifi,

BDP-S1000ES Pros: cheaper, better build quality, looks nicer, comes with 4gig storage, 5 year warranty, componant video out, and coax audio out (i dont care about these last 2), DLNA Certified in ONLY photo (con)

BD-C6500 pros: DLNA Certified in audio/video/photo, video streaming software (pandora, netflix, etc)

So essentially, is the 50 dollar price difference, and better build quality worth it over DLNA certified, and internet streaming or should I sacrifice these useful features given everything else being equal?

Any feedback would be appreciated, especially those that have experience with these units.

I replied to this in the other thread where you posted it -- FYI.

[BLURAYSONYES]

BDP-S1000ES is not for $200 unless its a beat up used one. lol but anways I would chose the sony than the samsung that been having some BD laser problems lately.

[Rich86]

I just picked up one of these on closeout from the local Best Buy for $89.99. It was a demo in a cabinet, but did not look like it had been used hardly at all (there was not even a remote for it out anywhere). I got the player, power cord and proper remote and it is under warranty as new.
There is a new firmware version on the Sony site, so I let it update itself over the internet. It seems to be working very nicely, so far - so it probably will be a permanent replacement for my S550.

[Tarheel72]

Originally Posted by Rich86

I just picked up one of these on closeout from the local Best Buy for $89.99. It was a demo in a cabinet, but did not look like it had been used hardly at all (there was not even a remote for it out anywhere). I got the player, power cord and proper remote and it is under warranty as new.
There is a new firmware version on the Sony site, so I let it update itself over the internet. It seems to be working very nicely, so far - so it probably will be a permanent replacement for my S550.

How funny, I just got one as a replacement for my S550 as well. My S550 has started being picky about what BR it wants to play. Sometimes I have to load the movie over and over to get it to load. I tried cleaning the lens and resetting the player, but nothing helps. I could not find a BB that had one left, so I got a new one from Vann's for $178, no shipping or tax. It is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I could care less about streaming, I have an xBox that gets Netflix and I hardly use it anyway. You never will have the video or audio quality on streaming that you can get on a BR disc, at least not until they make a huge upgrade to broadband, and I get 35/35 with Fios.

[Rich86]

Originally Posted by Tarheel72

How funny, I just got one as a replacement for my S550 as well. My S550 has started being picky about what BR it wants to play. Sometimes I have to load the movie over and over to get it to load. I tried cleaning the lens and resetting the player, but nothing helps. I could not find a BB that had one left, so I got a new one from Vann's for $178, no shipping or tax. It is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I could care less about streaming, I have an xBox that gets Netflix and I hardly use it anyway. You never will have the video or audio quality on streaming that you can get on a BR disc, at least not until they make a huge upgrade to broadband, and I get 35/35 with Fios.

I am happy to report that I had no issues with my S550 - it has worked just fine. But I most certainly do like the S1000ES a lot. I can't point to anything specific like saying the video quality is x% better or anything like that. But it is solid, works smoothly, is as fast as I would expect from a blu-ray player, it looks nice in my cabinet, the PQ and AQ are excellent and I am very happy to have it . . especially at the closeout prices we are seeing. I also do not care about 3D or streaming - or even the internal wi-fi for that matter as I have it plugged into a bridge setup that also handles the HD-DVD player and receiver for wi-fi.
I expect and hope you will be at least as pleased with yours when you get it.

[BestGuy]

Anyone have problems playing Criterion titles?

I rented Walkabout and Days of Heaven, both will not load, unknown disc message will appear.

I want to pick up some movies during Barnes and Noble 50% off sale but worried they won’t play.

[Rich86]

Originally Posted by BestGuy

Anyone have problems playing Criterion titles?

I rented Walkabout and Days of Heaven, both will not load, unknown disc message will appear.

I want to pick up some movies during Barnes and Noble 50% off sale but worried they won’t play.

You have posted the same thing in both a S550 and S1000ES threads. Do you have both players and these rented titles fail in both? Are the discs clean and undamaged? Do you have the current firmware installed in these players?

[HHX]

I just bought the 1000ES player myself about a month ago. I like it a lot, it was on clearance at Best Buy fro $100. Looks great, reg DVDs and Blu-Rays look amazing on my 46B640 Samsung. No complaints here. And while I own 3 Samsung TVs - I would go with a Sony or Panasonic Blu-Ray player...I had 2 Samsung Blu Ray players before and I had too many issues with them...
the 1000ES rules if you can get it for a reasonable price!

[Yodo]

Is this player able to play blu-rays 3D encoded movies?

[BestGuy]

Originally Posted by Rich86

You have posted the same thing in both a S550 and S1000ES threads. Do you have both players and these rented titles fail in both? Are the discs clean and undamaged? Do you have the current firmware installed in these players?

Yes to all your questions.

I’ve done some research on these titles and its been reported that these discs defective. I don’t know if there are new pressings out there but the ones I’ve rented were defective.
I also tried used copies of both movies from my local buy and sell store and they both failed.

[sptrout]

Originally Posted by Yodo

Is this player able to play blu-rays 3D encoded movies?

2D only, which is probably one of the reasons Sony did a firesale on this model. Great player for the price as long as you can live without 3D and video streaming. In my case, niether of these things mattered.

[howdydoody]

Just picked up the BDP S1000es for $200 a couple months ago.

It's my first blu ray player so I don't have much to compare it to, but so far I've been very very satisfied. Blu rays look fantastic but I'm really impressed with this unit's DVD upscaling. My family had been watching episodes of Six Feet Under on my old Sony DVD player, and one night I switched to the BDP; everyone noticed a huge upgrade in picture quality, which I didn't expect.

Load times are hard to judge since I've never had anything to compare it to, but they certainly haven't bothered me at all. The leap in quality over DVD is well worth the 10-15 second wait.

BestGuy: I just bought Seven Samurai, Yojimbo/Sanjuro, and Chungking Express from Criterion and have had no problems with playback.

The only Blu I havent been able to play was the Watchman. I rented it so it could have been faulty. The player indicated it couldn't read the disc. The firmware is up to date. Not sure what's up that.

Otherwise, it's a great blu ray player for us movie fans that don't need a bunch bells and whistles like 3D or video streaming.

[Rich86]

I am thoroughly enjoying my BDP-S1000ES, however, every now and then I run into a compatibility issue with menu programming on certain titles. Tonight's adventure involved the blu-ray title "Letters To Juliet". Sometimes when you click the menu item to play the movie, it would just start cycling through the main menu background video with no way out. If I restart it and go to select a scene, and pick the first chapter, then the movie would play. Other times, I can select "play" the movie in the main menu, and it plays just fine. All other aspects of the menu work fine (special features, set-up, etc.).
Is this the title? The firmware in the player?
The menu programming incompatibility issues which crop up somewhat frequently on blu-ray titles is an aspect of the format that is really annoying!

[E55 KEV]

Problem. I can not get audio on BonusView disc.