Samsung BD-P1590 Blu-ray Player
08. Jul, 2010 
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Samsung BD-P1590 Blu-ray Player
- BD Profile 2.0 (BD-Live Ready)
- WiFi Ready (WiFi adapter not included)
- 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
For the best in movies and shows, you haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen it in Blu-Ray. Samsung’s BD-P1590 delivers the superior image detail and clarity of Blu-ray Disc technology, along with a host of innovative features. Stream Netflix and Pandora right to your HDTV. BDWise synchronizes your devices, optimizing both picture and sound. And BD Profile 2.0 means you’re BD Live ready – just connect the BD-P1590 to the internet and access hours of online content. Netflix subscription required
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List Price: $ 189.99
Price: $ 154.89
Review by William E. Davis for Samsung BD-P1590 Blu-ray Player
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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??
Review by Lance Q. Homer for Samsung BD-P1590 Blu-ray Player
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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!
Review by Jake Smith for Samsung BD-P1590 Blu-ray Player
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I was happy to see that Samsung released a blu ray player with Netflix capabilities in my price range. Needless to say, the video quality of the BD-P1590 is excellent. The discs load quickly and operating the remote was very easy. Setup was also a snap. I plugged my player into the internet router and immediately got an update message from Samsung. The updates loaded quickly and painlessly. All ready for BD live 2.0. I am totally thrilled with the streaming of my Netflix movies through this player. I didn’t have a sync problem between video and audio. Also, the HD movies from Netflix looked good to me. I think that blu ray video format will soon be the norm for a lot of video fans. Having 1080P is a real treat. I really appreciate the video quality and ease of use this player provides. I would recommend this player to everyone looking for a Netflix streaming blu ray player.
Review by Sam Smithertons for Samsung BD-P1590 Blu-ray Player
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This is a great product. However, it is WiFi READY, not enabled. For WiFi, you will need a ~$50 (+ship) wireless adapter. Make sure you plug it into a router for the firmware upgrade.
Review by David C. Sipowicz for Samsung BD-P1590 Blu-ray Player
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Purchased for $150 at Walmart, connected to Vizio LCD TV through Onkyo reciever, hardwire networked to 7Mb ISP.
Setting up netflix and pandora was a snap. Lip sync is fine. Operates like a dream. My only complaint is the buttons are not back lit and have poor tactile feel… Otherwise, a very clean look to the deck.
Watched a regular DVD which looked phenomenal, have yet to plug in a blueray disc… Streamed an old Saturday Night live special which looked standard definition but was unbelievably easy to do. Pandora sounded awesome!
When I plugged it in, it offered to update firmware and I declined because of all the nightmare stories I have heard with other Samsungs dying after updates… But it works super fine as it is and that, is just fine with me.
I will update further if I have any problems…