Samsung BD-P1400

Overview -------------- One of the new crop of Blu-Ray disc players coming out post announcement that Toshiba is giving up on HD-DVD. Blu-Ray will now enjoy growth in players and discs as the studios just have to back one type now and the shops only have to stock one type now. With discs costing between £18 and £30 it was too much to ask for them to stock the same movies on both types and then there was the problem of some movies only available on one type or the other (because of political allegiances to either Sony or Toshiba). Pity the poor people who bought HD-DVD though... Upgradability & ... more

I have been using my BD-P1400 for about eight months now and overall have been very plaesed with its performance. I went for the B-P1400 because I wanted a Blu-Ray player that would do justice to my HD TV but was reluctant to spend the hundreds of pounds requied to get a top of the range system. First off - sound and picture are absolutley outstanding. THe colours are crisp and clear and the image is crystal clear when playing BR Disks and the sound has great clarity as well. For those people who, like me, have large DVD collections, the BD-P1400 is also a supurb DVD player and if you ... more