Samsung Blu Ray Player

Samsung Blu-ray Players

Samsung was an early leader in the Blu-ray market and continues to release products with advanced features that help them lead the field. Samsung released one of the industry’s first Blu-ray players in 2006 and since then has continued to innovate with both features and design. They are currently shipping to market, their fully 2.0 compliant, 4th generation player. They are one of only a few companies to do this, ensuring that the player you purchase from them today will be able to handle the changes to the Blu-ray standard well into the future. As new features are released, they can easily be added to your Samsung blu-ray player through firmware updates. They also offer a full line of HD audio gear, as well as HD monitors designed to give you the most complete HD experience available.

AnyNet + - This feature allows you to control other media equipment that is connected to the Samsung blu ray player through the HDMI connector. This feature of the Samsung blu ray player will work with any component that is HDMI CEC compatible. It will allow you to reduce clutter and simplify the operation of your media gear by using a single remote to control all of it.

Full HD resolution – The Samsung blu ray player gives you the widest choice of supported formats available today. It supports resolutions of 720p, 1080i and 1080p. This means that regardless of the type of monitor or display you are using for viewing your Blu-ray movies, the Samsung blu ray player can accommodate the proper resolution. This ensures the best possible picture today, and the security of knowing you can accommodate future monitors as well, when you decide to upgrade.

HDMI 2.0 Compatible – The Samsung blu ray player is fully HDMI compatible, which means you’ll enjoy the clearest video and audio possible from your Blu-ray movies. It also means that there will be less clutter behind your media cabinet, since you will only need a single cable to make connection to your entertainment system. HDMI also enables other advanced features like AnyNet+ and the ability to upscale standard DVD’s to 1080p resolution. Another advantage to Samsung blu ray players is that they are currently equipped to take advantage of HDMI 2.0 through an easy firmware upgrade. HDMI 2.0 requires that the Blu-ray player have a network connection, as well as adequate onboard memory to support some of the HDMI 2.0 features. Samsung blu ray players have all of this required hardware already installed and can be fully HDMI 2.0 compliant with a simple, easy to apply firmware upgrade. Other players simply won’t be compatible since you can’t add the hardware needed.

Network Enabled – Samsung blu-ray players are network enabled and will easily connect to your local network to provide internet access. This internet access can be used for a few things and actually enables other advanced features on these Samsung blu-ray players like Bonus View. This network connection can also be used for firmware updates that will enable other features in the future. This way you can be sure your Samsung blu-ray player will always have the latest features available.

Bonus View – This feature on the Samsung blu-ray player allows you to take advantage of a picture-in-picture view for the Blu-ray disc you are watching. You can open a second window for viewing additional content from the disc along with the main program. This enables you to watch the director’s comments at the same time as the main program, and switch the audio between them.

BD Live 2.0 Ready – Because these Samsung blu-ray players have a network connection and the ability to add storage through the USB connector, they can support a feature called BD Live. This feature allows you to enjoy additional content related to a film over the internet. This content varies from movie to movie and can include such things as interviews with the cast, bloopers, alternative endings and deleted scenes. Some movies also include online multi-player games based on the movie that you are watching. This feature takes the movie experience well beyond just watching the film and really expands your enjoyment.

USB connector - Samsung blu-ray players include a fully featured USB connector for adding additional storage through a memory stick. This additional memory can be used when enjoying the BD Live feature. This USB connector can be used for firmware updates as well.

Upconvert standard DVD – A Samsung blu ray player has the ability to play a wide variety of media, including CD’s, DVD’s and Blu-ray discs. When playing a standard DVD, it will actually improve the picture by up-scaling it to a full 1080p resolution. You need to be using an HDMI connection to take advantage of this improved picture, but it is well worth it. The improvements to the picture are substantial and actually look much better than if you were viewing the same DVD on a standard DVD player.

Onboard Dolby TrueHD Decoding – A Samsung blu ray player has the ability to decode the Dolby TrueHD audio within the player. This means it can pass this uncompressed audio to a less expensive receiver so that you can enjoy the enhanced audio. Players that don’t have the ability to decode this bitstream directly, require the decoding to happen in the external audio receiver and require a more sophisticated (and expensive) receiver to accomplish this. The Samsung blu ray player can also pass the various compressed Dolby bit streams through the HDMI connection unconverted, if you choose to have your audio receiver do the conversion.

Cinema Quality – The Samsung blu ray player has the option of displaying 1080p at 24fps. This is important because most movies are produced (and shown in theaters) at 24fps. Having the Samsung blu ray player with the ability to play these at that frame rate, means there is no need to convert to another resolution. It also means that you will be able to enjoy the film in its native format and avoid the picture degradation that results from converting to another resolution.