Samsung BD P2500 1080p Blu ray Disc Player
The ultimate interactive experience is here. The Samsung BD-P2500 is BD-Live 2.0 Ready so you can enjoy special interactive features, download extra content from the internet and more. You’ll also enjoy bold color and crisp details with full 1080p resolution. Movie night just got even more exciting with the highest-quality audio and an incredible picture.Get ready for the ultimate interactive film experience. The Samsung BD-P2500 lets you take full advantage of interactive features like downloadable video content, ringtones, games and more. Download additional content from the internet or even chat with friends when watching the same movie.You’re in full command with the BD-P2500. Anynet+ delivers streamlined, one-touch control over all your Anynet+ compatible devices such as the TV, AV receiver, and home theater. You can operate all of them with a single remote control. A true “plug and play” product, it comes with a Consumer Electronics Control feature that lets you operate Samsung HDMI products with one remote control.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Excellent player for the money
I’ll keep this brief as there’s plenty of detail in others’ posts. Bought this player about a month ago and so far I’ve been more than satisfied.
As mentioned by a lot of people, the video quality for BR discs as well as standard DVDs (upscaling) is exceptional. I use it on a fairly old Sony Grand Vega 42″ LCD HDTV with no HDMI capability – so I’m limited to 1080i (with component video) – but it still blows me away, especially older DVDs. For instance, I’ve compared the standard “Planet Earth” DVDs that I have with someone else’s Blu-Ray version (using HDMI etc…) and can barely see any difference.
Haven’t used the Netflix feature or gone online yet but very happy so far. I haven’t seen any slow load times so far either.
4 Stars Yes, I bought this one.
I bought this player for the bedroom and it’s fine. I have this as the only stand alone and a Playstation 3 (better value, but a pain) as the player in the home theater. I like this player and give it 4 stars. Only 4 because of the trouble with the 2 year old Philips plasma and HDMI issue. I’m pretty happy with the quality of the Netflix download service on a 42″ screen. Falls apart in dark and high motion like most MPEG downloads.
While I’ve got your attention, let’s get a few things straight:
1. Blu Ray is slow.
2. Blu Ray is very sensitive to dust,scratches, and fingerprints.
3. Your BluRay player may not play all BluRay discs. Sorry if you opened it before figuring this out.
4. If you have a TV that suuports HDMI but not BluRay, you may have to use Component cables. You did know that HDMI was cooked up for digital rights management, not quality, right? Apple had to have something to do with it . . .
5. The online update works fine on mine but takes forever. By forever I mean 10-15 minutes. This is on a internet connection that’s fast enough to not buffer video.
6. You can’t tell it’s in High Def on anything less than 50″.
7. They haven’t found a good use for BDLive(The internet tie in).
5 Stars Great Picture, Best Choice for Netflix Subscibers
This is a great machine at a great price for those looking to update to Blu-Ray and have Netflix. You need an USB wifi adapter or ethernet cable to update the firmware and use the Netflix features. Yes, it’s a pain to hook up initially (my firmware update took over an hour to download and install), but I couldn’t be happier now. Just be patient.
1) Blu-Ray discs look amazing – as they probably do with all players
2) DVD’s look unbelievable. Great upscaling!
3) Sound quality on movies is great , but you can’t expect everything from one machine. Audio CD’s and Audio DVD’s are pretty bad. I have a NAD cd-player also hooked up into my Denon receiver and the sound quality is not close to the sound on the Samsung. Music is important to me and this machine is NOT GOOD FOR AUDIO.
*AUDIO SIDE NOTE – If you like listening to music, spend $150-$300 and get yourself a Denon DCN-370 (5-disc changer, about $275) or any of the NAD CD Players (T-215BEE’s can be had for $150-$200).
4) NETFLIX is really, really fun. Much better quality video than on my laptop hooked up to the same internet connection. HD movies are DVD quality, normal movies are a little worse than DVD. It was easier to set-up and use than described by a lot of people and had a one-time set-up with the netflix website. The future of TV is right in front of our eyes.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
4 Stars Definitely worth the money if you have a Netflix subscription…
Although this is is my first Blu-ray player, the main reason why I purchased this was for Netflix streaming, which already being an avid Netflix lover, makes me love it even more. Being a huge film buff, always searching for new films/TV, this player is great because you can never run out of things to watch!
Although a lot of people have commented on the lengthy load time, it doesn’t seem to bother me, nor does the fact you have to add Netflix selections to your add instantly queue from your computer. I also think that the quality of regular DVDs is enhanced a bit on this player and I like the feature of it shutting off automatically after standing idol for a while because I’ve heard of these blu-ray/netflix players burning out (more specifically in the LG version, not the Samsung). Also, the pause/rewind/fastforward/resumeplay is a great feature on the watch instantly selections. Having all these films/TV shows at your fingertips is like owning them, at least for the period that they’re offered as watch instantly, plus Netflix is ALWAYS adding more stuff to watch, so it’s very difficult to run out of watching something new everyday.
The reasons why I rated this 4 stars and not 5 are:
- On some of the Netflix options, the syncing doesn’t match up. It may not bother some people, but I can’t watch something when the sound is a few seconds behind the picture.
- The first time I installed the firmware, it took over an hour, which was very discouraging seeing how excited I was to see how the player worked. It turns out that the system froze and being the first time it was ever used, made me a little weary, but it worked after rebooting and I haven’t had a firmware problem since.
- On certain Blu-rays, the sound is a little off. For instance, on Wall-e, the music was really loud compared to everything else and you couldn’t hear anything that Wall-e was saying. I messed with the sound options on the player and nothing seemed to work. I don’t think this problem, however, is the player’s fault seeing that I don’t have and HD tv nor do I have surround sound. I think this problem could be easily fixed with these things, which I am planning to get in the near future, but am pleased the Netflix and regular DVD player worked, for the most part, without them.
Overall, I’m so pleased with this player, and although it’s a little more pricey, it’s refreshing being able to watch something new everyday with Netflix streaming, play your DVDs, your Blu-rays (and more!) for just the price of this player and a Netflix subscription. Highly recommended!!
4 Stars Good Unit
I would recommend the BDP2500 because of the netflix compatability. The feature which allows you to instantly stream to your tv from netflix through the BD player is fantastic. And I haven’t compared first hand to other players, but the picture quality of BD’s and regular dvd’s(upconverted) seems to be very good.
