Samsung Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player
Sep 25, 2009 in
Electronics
- BD Profile 2.0 (BD-Live Ready)
- Wi-Fi Ready
- BD/DVD/CD Full multi format DVD playback: BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-R (V mode only), DVD-RW (V mode only), DVD+R DVD+RW, Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW
- Instant Streaming from Netflix and Pandora
- AUDIO Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, Dolby Digital True-HD
The BD-P1590 Blu-ray player delivers brilliant images with 1080p high definition resolution and audio that’s of the highest quality. Special interactive features with BD-Live 2.0 keeps it all exciting while Netflix and Pandora streaming add even more entertainment possibilities. Can’t let go of your DVDs and CDs? You can take advantage of the technology and still enjoy all your existing media content with CD/DVD playback…. More >>
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5 comments
Lance Q. Homer on September 25, 2009 at 6:30 am
I bought the BD-P1590 from [...] on Saturday. Upon connecting it to the Internet and powering it on the screen notified me that an upgrade to the firmware was available. I immediately upgraded it. Shortly after that while trying out the different features, I noticed that Pandora was locking up after just a few songs. After Googling to see if this was just me or if others were experiencing the problem I found a thread showing that several other people started having the problem right after the firmware upgrade. Search these terms in Google “Samsung Blu-ray Player Firmware 9/3/09 Update Kills Pandora”. I called technical support this morning knowing that I was going to get much help but just wanting to make them aware that another person is having the problem so that as they monitor reasons for people calling in that it would start floating to the top. I spoke to two different customer service reps (due to them hanging up on me, on accident I presume). Disturbingly, both reps put the blame on me for Pandora locking up. They both said that I shouldn’t have upgraded to new firmware if I wasn’t having a problem with the machine already. I told them the screen saying that new firmware was available didn’t mention that warning and that most companies suggest you have the latest firmware. I also questioned them about blaming me, since their firmware broke the machine. I would think they would apologize. Neither seemed to be aware of any other customers having this problem. I begged them to not ignore this as just an isolated problem but to have a manager Google the issue so that they could see others were experience the exact same issue with Pandora that I was due to the firmware upgrade. I asked when a new firmware would be sent out to fix the problem and they said in 6 months. Again, what kind of company wouldn’t have had their developers there 24/7 until the problem was fixed and they could send out a new update. Pandora and NetFlix are the key differentiators of their Blu-Ray player and basically the reason I chose Samsung over the competition. Being content to tell me that it will take them six months to fix the problem is completely unacceptable. I’m hoping [...] will let me take it back for a new one and this time I won’t do the firmware upgrade. What a joke!
D. Glover on September 25, 2009 at 7:29 am
Won’t work with my Linksys USB wireless N adapter. Manual says it is only compatible with a Samsung wireless adapter that costs another $79. This player is going back. Also making a loud grinding noise when it powers up and down.
William E. Davis on September 25, 2009 at 8:58 am
We’ve had a great experience with the player. Set up was easy enough, tho wireless was too expensive and I opted to run a cat-5 cable from a mini hub to get the connection. Instant watch in Hi Def is flawless, so don’t blame the design or hardware if yours isn’t. It’s your internet connection, and more than likely throttling by some ISPs that limit bandwidth to protect their own servers from overload. IT’s a great player and I love it. Only lost Netflix once and it turned out that the time had to be set on the player so Netflix could synch with it, never would have gotten that on my own without Samsung support, which was excellent.
The tile of my post is reference to an insidious problem, however. Pandora works great, but the player goes to sleep in a few minutes and the music stops. There’s no setting you can make to avoid it going to sleep mode, so how the heck are you supposed to enjoy music on the thing if it only stays awake for 10 minutes??
Akim Ojugbele on September 25, 2009 at 10:25 am
The player does not connect to my router automatically, I keep having to pair it with my router
Houston L. Freeburg on September 25, 2009 at 10:38 am
Bravo Samsung! I’ve seen countless negative reviews on this BD player, but apparently Samsung has ironed out the defects with firmware updates. I purchased mine on 9/20/09, and the set up could not have been easier. ( I returned a Sony BD player because of the slow BD Live response and the lack of Netflix streaming capability). Picture is every bit as good as Sony, and Netflix and Pandora are incredibly user friendly.
For the money, this is a blu-ray player I highly recommend. [...]