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| | Features | Experience vivid, crystal-clear visuals that are more natural, more realistic and simply stunning with Blu-ray's full 1080p HD resolutionStream Blockbuster, Netflix, YouTube & PandoraMulti-format playback lets you enjoy Blu-ray Discs, DVD, CD, MP3/WMA, JPEG, AVCHD and moreEnjoy BD-Live support for accessing fresh contentDolby TrueHD / DTS-HD MA technologies for high-definition audio
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| | Description | Plays Blu-ray high-definition discs (selectable output resolution: 1080p signals available through HDMI output only; 720p/1080i signals available through HDMI or component video). There is selectable 720p/1080i/1080p video upconversion for DVD (upconverted video available through HDMI output only) and built-in audio decoding to PCM for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential * Netflix video and Pandora music streaming (subscriptions to these services required). There are 2 USB ports (1 front, 1 rear) for storing downloaded BD-Live material. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 7.8 inches | | Product Width: | 16.9 inches | | Product Height: | 2.1 inches | | Product Weight: | 4.9 pounds | | Package Length: | 20.5 inches | | Package Width: | 12.5 inches | | Package Height: | 6.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 7.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 402 reviews |
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 Works well, when it works... Jul 30, 2010
More often than not, it's a struggle to get this thing to work. After placing a disc into the tray and pressing "close" on the remote, the disc tray retracts into the player but the player remains in "close" mode (instead of going into "menu" mode), and even though the menu screen is being displayed on my TV, the player refuses to respond to any inputs (like "play" for instance) because it thinks it's still "closing". Likewise, if I press "play" first, the tray will close and the menu screen will appear on the tv, but the player will not respond to any remote control inputs because it is in "play" mode.
The only thing I've found that seems to get this player out of it's obstinacy, is to unplug it from AC power, wait a few minutes or so, then plug it back in. Needless to say I'm not prepared to go through this routine everytime I want to watch a movie. I would like to return this piece of junk, but unfortunately I just got through destroying it.
Having been a very satisfied Samsung customer over the years (I've bought their computer monitors, DVD players, cell phones, HDTVs), I am extremely disappointed in this piece of junk. I expected much better from Samsung. I have no hesitation in recommending Samsung monitors, DVD players, or HDTVs to anyone, but you'd do well to avoid their Blu-ray players in my opinion.
 Decent product - pray you never have to contact customer support Jul 22, 2010
I've had this unit for over a year - It's a little quirky, but easy to get used to (TV has to be on and on the right input for anything to display if "regza link" is disabled in the Blue Ray. NetFlix has a decent menu (better than Tivo's) and Pandora works well.
I've heard of many people losing their unit (turns to a door stop) when Samsung installs an update with no option of getting it repaired under warranty. I've contacted customer support and spent no less than 15 hours on the phone over a few days (when Bangladesh picks up, ask to be escalated to executive support immediately - they are completely useless as would be expected from someone that may never have seen the product and has to follow a script.) Executive support is not much better, but at least they can answer questions without putting you on hold. Again, support was by far the worst I've ever experinced, and for that, I will NEVER give Samsung another penny of my hard earned cash.
WARNING! Some unethical vendors (possible examples include Regal Camera, and maybe others) have offered this product for a lower price, I purchased a second unit from them for my better half... only to find out that it was a Canadian Unit! No warrantly is valid in the US, and Samsung Canda will not give me the time of day since I am not calling from Canada! Buyer beware, Regal Camera claimed that they had a disclaimer saying that it's an imported unit, well, no doh, aren't all units imported??? The disclaimer should read "sold without a factory warranty", just a warning to save the next trusting person out there the trouble I went through.
This unit does not play Sherlock Holmes (personal experience, 2 netflix bluerays in a row force me through 9 previews (skipping is disabled) and locks up while trying to load the movie, I've tried all suggestions from many helpful folks, but to no avail. I've read similar complaints regarding Avatar.
Bottom line - buy Samsung if you do not mind throwing the product away when it breaks, even if it's under warranty - their mission statement seems to be "if we keep em on the phone long enough, transfer them to enough clueless people, they will get tired of us and hang up after a few hours, and it will only cost us 50 cents an hour in India"
If you happen to be a Samsung executive, and are reading this - please consider restructuring your whole support organization, and replacing the executive leadership in charge of customer support with people that are not hell bent on destroying your company's reputation.
Dead after 15 uses Jul 22, 2010
The first sign that my BD-P1600 was a piece of junk was the loud whine that came from it when watching a disc. Then it stopped working after about 15 uses over the course of six months. All I can do is turn it on and off; otherwise it is completely unresponsive. I can't even reset it because all of the buttons on the remote control and the front panel, other than the power and open buttons, are unresponsive. Samsung says it will fix it for $50, but I'm done with Samsung. What a piece of junk.
Only worked 1 year Jul 18, 2010
Had no issues for the first year, and had a good picture. But now the player faults on a regular basis, with the front-panel completely losing (internal) comms with the main board. Happens mostly after a Netflix pause timeout/poweroff. Sometimes it can be resurrected by power-cycling repeatedly via remote, many times needs a complete power disconnect to have a prayer at getting it back. Other reviews state this is a fairly common problem that Samsung is aware of, it's a manufacturing problem and they will not fix it for free even if the fault happens while under the 1 year warranty. Guess that is why this model is being discontinued. Too bad was a good player when it worked.
Spazzes out during DVD playback Jul 18, 2010
It plays blu-ray discs fine. It however spazzes out during DVD playback. The screen will blink white and the speakers will pop every few seconds (minutes if you're lucky). This does not happen during blu-ray playback. I tried every possible audio and video option combination and it does not solve it. Stay away from this player. You will thank me.
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