If you have a Samsung BD-UP5000, life is not all that bad! Yes, your player won’t be seeing many HD-DVDs anymore but you now can upgrade your player to profile 1.1 with the new firmware v1.3 Samsung released. Even though you bought a Combo player compatible with Blu-ray profile 1.0, you can upgrade it to profile 1.1 (BonusView). The firmware was released 2 days ago and it is available!

This is a list of changes you will get with the new firmware:

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1. Upgrades current BD-UP5000 to profile 1.1
2. Upgrades BD-UP5000 with HD audio bit-stream output function.
3. Updates User interface based on BD profile 1.1
4. Improves playback compatibility in some movies

Click here to get the BD-UP5000 v1.3 firmware!

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Popularity: 41% [?]

Samsung BD-P1400 is currently available with a list price of $500, but selling for less than $300 online. If you are looking for an affordable blu-ray player, the Samsung BD-P1400 is a great choice. On the contrary of what you may think and in spite of the the low price point, this is not a piece of garbage. The player clearly doesn’t have all the most current available technology but it delivers on what it has. It has excellent support for high-resolution audio soundtracks, 1080p output at 24 frames per second, and an Ethernet port for upgrading the firmware. We can vouch for solid image quality on Blu-ray discs.

As mentioned before the BD-P1400 does not have the latest and greatest. It only supports Blu-ray Profile 1.0, which means it will NOT play some special features such as Bonus View (PiP) and BD-Live. But overall, the BD-P1400 represents something buyers have been longing for: an affordable, standalone Blu-ray player without a deal-breaking flaw.

The good: Great image quality on Blu-ray movies; terrifc soundtrack support with onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution and bitstream output for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio; relatively low price compared to other standalone Blu-ray players

The bad: Only Blu-ray Profile 1.0 compliant, so it will not play some bonus features on some newer discs; below-average performance with 1080p output at 24 frames per second; some annoying small operational issues.

The bottom line: The Samsung BD-P1400 delivers a mostly capable Blu-ray player at an affordable price.

Compatibility

• Playback Media- BD-ROM/DVD-ROM/DVD-R/DVD-RW/Audio CD/CD-R/CD-RW
• Playback Formats- VC-1/MPEG2/H.264/HD JPEG/MP3

Specs

• DVD Upconversion of 1080p
• Dolby Digital Decoder
• DTS Decoder
• Dolby Digital Plus Decoder
• 1.0 Profile
• HDMI CEC
• Composite Video Outputs
• Component Video Outputs
• S-Video Outputs
• 1.3 HDMI Outputs
• Optical Digital Audio Outputs
• Coaxial Digital Audio Outputs
• Analog Audio Outputs
• Network (for SW Upgrades only)

Popularity: 6% [?]