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In Reply to: RE: Not a review: Sony Playstation 3 posted by clarkjohnsen on May 28, 2008 at 10:52:12
I have the PS3 and recently I just bought the Samsung BD-UP5000 BD/HDD universal player. Prior to buying the Samsung I was using the PS3 for all the BD and normal DVD up converting viewing duties. The picture quality was amazing it was much better than my Denon DVD-2900 even on the normal DVD viewing. Although IMO the Denon trounced the PS3 in terms of sound quality. However, I’ve just upgraded the firmware on the PS3; with the upgrade it finally bettered the Denon regarding the sound quality.
All is well with PS3 until it starts to develop a handshake problem with HDMI so I went and googled the issue and I’ve found out according to the blogs in AVS forum and others this PS3 malady is all too common. So I went and bought the Samsung as I was getting tired dealing with the PS3 issues. The Samsung universal player is arms with the REON (HQV) btw, according to the AVS forum the REON chip is the best in the market right now regarding the up conversion and I believe them after I saw the results with my own two eyes. The Samsung is the best that I’ve seen so far IMHO while watching the BD or HDD movies as it has a slightly better HD video quality than the Sony BDP S1 and the Toshiba HD-A2 during my comparison however. Also it bettered the Sony regarding the up convertion duties as it has a very smooth devoid of the jagged edges artifacts that Sony player had. Also the Samsung sound quality is in par with Sony BDP S1 and much better than the PS3 and Denon. Of course YMMV.
BTW, I’m using the SharpVision XV-10000 DLP projector projecting on a 110” wide screen Draper fixed Silver Screen with a gain of 1.2. The Yamaha RX-VX2500 handles the processing duties as I’m using (2) Adcom 555 power amps for surround channels, Hafler P-500 power amp (700 watts) configured to mono driving the Paradigm center channel speaker and the Crown K2 power amp at 750 watts/channel driving the Martin Logan Quest for FL and FR channels. I know this is not as good as some HT set-up that I’ve seen and heard however, I’m very happy with the results so I can’t really complain much.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
Follow Ups:
Finding "evidence" of PS3 maladies on AVS is like finding monocotyledons on your lawn. However, if you look at comments about the Samsung, there have been many complaints. It is not a quality piece and very expensive. The folks at AVS tend to like it more than any Blu-ray player because they still have a fetish for HD DVD--a bias that is actively fostered and encouraged by the forum's moderators.
-------------Call it, friendo.
I have compared the Samsung to Sony PS3 which I owned, Sony S1 and Toshiba A2 when I was shopping for a new BD player to replace my PS3 and based on own experience Samsung is better in my system anyway. BTW, I’ve just upgraded the Samsung’s firmware as well so it’s good to go until another upgrade arrives. All the nitpicking that they’ve mentioned in the AVS forum about this player I can’t really comment on them as so far it’s been behaving very well for me. We will never know though.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
My buddy bought the Samsung and promptly returned it for the PS3. But having never compared the two myself, I should probably butt out. It's great that you downloaded the latest firmware for your Samsung.
-------------Call it, friendo.
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