Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-Ray Disc Player
Excellent First-Gen Blue Ray Player
After watching the 2 formats side by side, I decided to pay the additional cost for the Samsung, mostly because of the aesthetics of the player itself versus the Toshiba, the corporate backing that the format has and the additional capacity the DL Blue Ray discs will provide when they are available. <br /> <br />I hooked it up to my Sony 1080i TV using a HDMI cable with a DVI adapter on the TV input end. I can say without any reservation that when playing a decently mastered disc (i.e. Fifty First Dates, RV, Training Day, Underworld Evolution) the result is stunning. The PQ is amazing especially on RV and the sound quality is a great improvement over my previous player which was a top of the line player. For sure there are some sub-par title releases out there but I cannot blame the player for the quality of those releases. I'm sure that HD DVD has the same problem with some of their releases. The same result was true when up-converting regular DVD's. The Wedding Date, Laws Of Attraction and some others were outstanding but some titles did not look as good. Of course they didn't look that good when I watched them on my previous player either. I guess what I'm trying to say is that this player is outstanding when a well mastered DVD is being played. Functionally I have not had one problem with the player. It does everything that Samsung claims that it will do and does it very well. In addition I think that it is one of the best looking players on the market today. <br /> <br />I had 30 days to return the Samsung. I could have exchanged it for a HD-DVD player after reading the bad reviews on the Samsung here. But my feeling is I really don't know what those reviewers are talking about. I just haven't had those problems.