50 Responses for "Samsung BD-P1600: Blu-ray, Netflix, Pandora"

1. dwgsp March 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm 1

   I almost picked up the older model BD-P1500 player a couple months ago, but rejected it after I learned that it would not play DVD+R DL media. Why a major company would release a BluRay player that is not compatible with all of the DVD media types is mind boggling, and it certainly turned me off. I could not easily find the specs for the new BD-P1600, so I don’t know if it has the same problem.

2. bpdunsta March 2nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm 2

   dwgsp –

   Not sure what you mean…I just tested my BD-P1500 with a DVD+R DL (I never use the player for regular DVDs since I own a Toshiba HD XA2) and it works just fine.

3. jim March 3rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm 3

   can you tell me where you found this at. I am looking for one locally.
   thx,
   Jim

4. Dave Zatz March 3rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm 4

   Found it in Best Buy on the Maryland side (Shady Grove Rd) of DC. They had a few in stock on Saturday, when I swung back by on Sunday they were either taken from the shelves or sold out. Another Best Buy I happened to visit in MD (Rockville Pike), didn’t have a display unit or visible inventory.

5. Reverse March 4th, 2009 at 8:02 am 5

   I don’t see why the wireless LAN thing should be a problem. I already have a wireless printserver (with 4 LAN ports) I picked up cheap doing duty as the LAN connection for my XBox and SlingBox. BD player would fill #3 of the 4 ports. No need to wait for proprietary solution from Samsung (or Sling), just use a wireless printserver or an old wireless access point/router.

6. Dave Zatz March 4th, 2009 at 8:42 am 6

   I’ve got a 4-port powerline adapter and some wireless bridges (Buffalo, Asus). But, I’d rather have an integrated solution. If another hundred bucks gets me a more powerful and sleeker player that also happens to bundle WiFi and BD Live storage, I’d rather wait.

7. Mallory March 8th, 2009 at 6:01 pm 7

   I just bought this player and was pissed beyond belief when I got home to discover i needed a specific samsung lan wireless adapter to stream wirelessly. you could always use an ethernet cord, but i wanted wireless. it turns out, best buy DOESNT EVEN stock these… only online. They are obviously all out of stock as well. Only option for me was Amazon, whcih was sold out except for one other vendor. Samsung doesn’t even have it available on their site. what a pain.

8. Dale L. Richardson March 10th, 2009 at 10:38 am 8

   On 10-3-09 At Best Buy I purchased the Samsung BP 1600 blu-ray player. On the way home I picked up a rental movie (blu-ray disc) to try it out. After getting the unit hooked up and the remote furnished with batteries, I could not get it to play the movie. To make a long story short, and after trouble shooting the manual, I called Samsung Customer Ser. I was then advised that I needed new software to upgrade the new unit I had just purchased. I was advised they would send me the disc for free in 7 – 10 working days and then it should work fine. What a pain in the butt. I have yet to receive the disc. Of course I had to take the rental movie back. Best Buy never told me I would have to upgrade. I called Walmart and they were aware of the upgrade also, but when I first talked them they never mentioned the upgrade. But all the had was the BP-1500. Oh Yeah, the Customer Ser Rep at Samsung told me that in the future I may have to go thru another upgrade, but they would again send me a free upgrade disc. I find this hard to believe!! Not only are we being jerked around by the different Companies that have taken us from 8 track, to Cassettes, CD’s, VCR’s (Video’s), DVD’s and now Blu-ray DVD’s. When does this stop!!

9. heliocracy March 13th, 2009 at 12:00 pm 9

   Dale, why not just download the firmware update from the web and burn it to disc?

10. J.M. Off March 27th, 2009 at 1:59 pm 10

    Had one of these for a week. I LOVE it! But I don’t care about the wireless, and a USB drive is easy to use for the 1gb of storage needed for BD Live. If a disc won’t play turn off BD Live, it’s on by default. Might not work for you but it worked for me. Netflix streaming is huge for me, and it was the reason I went with this unit. Everything works perfectly for me.

11. Rick March 27th, 2009 at 11:59 pm 11

    I bought the Samsung 2550 which I had to return because the stupid fan sounded like a buzzsaw. Then I got the Samsung 1600 which did not work. it would come on then it would go to a black screen. I returned it to BestBuy and was given a hard time (no more Bestbuy for me). So now I have the Samsung 1500 from Walmart which does not interface with Netflix. Samsung said they have no intentions of upgrading the 1500 to work with Samsung. I think I will get the Roku with a decent Blue Ray. Anyone suggestions on Budget BlueRays?

12. Brian B April 4th, 2009 at 9:05 pm 12

    I bought the 1600 last week along with a new samsung washer and dry and a 50 inch samsung plasma,I just bought a blu ray dvd and have had all the problems as was said above!I have always loved samsung and Thats why i bought everything samsung.This makes me very mad that samsung put this blu ray on the market!I am going to take all my samsung CRAP back to best buy and deal with a local store instead NO MORE BEST BUY FOR ME!!!OR SAMSUNG

13. Mike S April 10th, 2009 at 12:29 pm 13

    I used my Apple Airport Express to connect my BDP 1600 to my wireless network. I wouldn’t give Samsung more money for a piece of equipment that performs only one task. A wireless range expanded with an Ethernet out on it should work also, if you need a signal boost.The Netflix streaming is really cool.

14. Peter April 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 am 14

    Hi MIKE S!

    Could you please tell me how you connected your AEX to your DBP 1600 without using Samsung’s “Wireless LAN Adapter” (WIS09ABGN)?

    Thanks!

    P.

15. JVictor April 26th, 2009 at 12:49 am 15

    Yes, Mike S. How did you connect BDP 1600 up via Airport Express? I’ve got them connected via the Express’s ethernet port, but am lost with Samsung’s poorly documented Network Setup: thought I’d be able to find and select my network at “Access Point” under “Wireless Network,” but can’t. Did you manually set IP address, etc? Did you need to use Aiport Utility to change config of Airport Express? Thanks for any help you can give!

16. RB May 11th, 2009 at 7:51 pm 16

    The wireless dongle would not work for me. When I tried to return it to samsung, I couldn’t get my money back. Samsung do their fulfillment through some amateurs called “J&J” who say no refunds. “J&J” also told me that my router was probably incompatible although they are not qualified to do tech support. I would advise not to buy this product and do not buy anything from ‘J&J” (be careful on the samsung website too – it says “samsungparts.com” but its “J&J”.

17. Stefan Reid May 24th, 2009 at 3:52 am 17

    So I gave up my DVD room with the 52″ tv for the kids. I had to move into a regular sized room. I sold my 52″ and Entertainment unit over a month ago. So I started buying my new stuff from scratch. I got a really nice entertainment unit for the lcd and all components from a Audio/Video store here in Lloydminster that closed out, the one piece had a price tag of $679.00 and I got it for 50 bucks. I bought a new Samsung Series 4 32″ from Walmart 2 or 3 weeks ago (I had a 40″ Sony Bravia before, but returned it because it was too big for the room). I bought a new 7.1 Onkyo home Theater system and a Samsung bp 1600 Blu Ray player last week from a place called Visions while I was in Red Deer (about 3 and a half hour drive) last week. The Blu Ray was about $30 cheaper there. I started wired up the Home theater a few days ago, I had to hide all the wires and stuff. I had all this new equipment sitting for awhile in my garage, been busy lately and didn’t have time to get it set up. Tonight was the night to set up my home theater/video game room. I wired and hooked everything up, looks really good, probably took me a couple hours.
    Turned on the TV, ok it shows no signal, Turn on the Blu Ray, I did’t get anything on the screen. I had to set my recieved to HDMI 1. Well I though the Blu Ray player was on and I would see the menu or something. I hit the power on the Blu Ray again and presto it’s working. I had a Blu Ray of predator inside. It got to the main menu and shut off before I could even select play. I done this several times, and the Blu Ray would automatically shut off at around 15 – 30 seconds. I never even had a chance to see if my 7.1 is working, or to hook up a video game system. I’m kinda dissapointed, it took such a long time to get it all together and hooked up (this would be my first high end system (blu ray, lcd, higher end theater, etc.). And it’s now 1:50 AM at night and I can’t do anything about it or proceed further.
    Have anyone ever experienced a Blu Ray problem like this? Or am I unlucky enough to have bought a Lemon.

18. michael June 27th, 2009 at 11:24 am 18

    i have the 1600 blu-ray and the LAN adapter and Airport Express and went through hell trying to get it going.
    It saw the network but when asked to put in the password -which i did-it didn’t connect despite numerous calls to SAMSUNG who couldn’t help at all. PLEASE-MIKE S-tell me how to do this and others would love to know to.
    How can i get this up and running so i can stream NETFLIX?

19. Duke July 1st, 2009 at 11:26 pm 19

    **deceptive and misleading advertising**

    mmmmm…. I just bought a BD-P1600 in Australia. Not happy about the whole “… This unit is compatible with Samsung’s WLAN Adaptor *only* (not included) (WIS09ABGN).

    What really sux is that I was pretty much duped. Yes tricked. Ripped off. Had the wool pulled over my eyes by **deceptive and misleading advertising** on Samsung’s part.

    You see the box / packaging info states [1] Icon / graphic on top, sides, and one end [2] “Blu-ray Disc Player” Product Feature Bullet point #3 of 4: “Wireless LAN Ready (Wireless LAN Adaptor required).”

    However what it fails to state is the quote at the top of my comment, one word totally changes the meaning “only” [the WIS09ABGN]. This specific info is only contained in the manual and not on the box. I mean who reads the manual in the show room [maybe I will from now on].

    The deal maker for me was the WLAN feature, I was planning to use a spare one I have at home.

    The WIS09ABGN retails for over AUD90.

    Not happy Samsung you tricked me with deceptive and misleading advertising and the and the Australian Consumer & Competition Commission says that there is a case to be answered!

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

20. Gordon Feenstra July 2nd, 2009 at 11:48 pm 20

    I can’t figure out how to use netflix on this beast /??? help please???

21. Steve July 12th, 2009 at 3:21 pm 21

    Posting this in case someone has a clue.

    Bought the P1600. Worked fine for a week, then blue strachy screen- totaly unreponsive. Tried tech support at Abt, no luck. Abt brought me a new one and it worked by 2 hours, then blank black screen and unresponsvie. Tried Samsung online chat, tech guy gave up.

    I coupled the BR with a Toshiba 57HX81 via colorstream connectors – no HDMI on this old baby. Planning to send the second unit back to the store and wait awhile before trying again.

22. Christopher Keller July 14th, 2009 at 1:52 pm 22

    I’ve HAD it with Samsung:

    I’ve had 5, yes FIVE BD-P3600’s sent to me from Crutchfield. NONE of them has lasted over a week. Setup is tricky, the controls are ON THE TOP, so if the unit is in an entertainment cabinet, they’re useless.

    The remote?? I’ve seen children’s toys that from Fischer-Price with more quality. And were the buttons made specifically for Lilliputians??

    Netflix is great streaming, WHEN it DECIDES IT WANTS TO WORK. FREEZES ******CONSTANTLY******

    BluRay picture is NOT what I had expected, but the 1080i upconversion on standard discs (Planet Earth is my guidline) is better than BluRay……..what’s wrong here??

    Audio, though is better than standard discs.

    After 5, I’m NEVER purchasing another Samsung product.

    LG has one similar, $50 more, but to me, 50 bucks is well worth the “time vampire” that Samsung has falied in. MY 5 UNITS WERE a P. O. S. (you fill in the blanks)

23. Oliver July 20th, 2009 at 6:10 pm 23

    Peter, JVictor

    use an ethernet cable to connect from your AEX to your DVD.
    Set up is pretty easily – select the DHCP option on your samsung

24. Hugo July 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pm 24

    OK… I got the 1600 from Best Buy and to tell you the truth,,, the Blue Ray looks JUST like the regular DVDs upconverted to 1080p. I have a HD 63″ DLP Mitsubishi and I don’t see much of a difference between the BLU RAY and regular dvd…is it the TV?? can someone tell me how to connect NETFLIX ??? do I have to buy the stupid adapter fo another $80.00 from BB???? please help!!!

25. James July 25th, 2009 at 1:21 pm 25

    I took the advice of the guy above and read the manual before buying. Read this line in the manual – “If your TV does not support HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), random noise
    appears on the screen.”

    WTF is that? I know my TV does not have HDCP becuase I bought it before it the technology was developed. Now I have to deal with “Random Noise”!

26. HSBuck July 27th, 2009 at 6:16 pm 26

    Hugo:

    Netflix
    - First make sure there is NO disk in the machine.
    - Make sure the network is working. There’s a test the network command from the setup menu.
    - When you see the main menu screen that says “Netflix” and “Pandora”, press the red button on your. (That’s what the red A means next to “Netflix”, it means the red button on the remote chooses it)
    - You will be given a key. Copy it down.
    - Go onto Netflix on you computer. Follow the instructions from the Blu-ray player and enter the key into your Netflix account.
    - Restart the Blu-ray. This time when you select Netflix it should show you a list of movies you have saved in your “Watch Instantly” queue.
    - You’ll need to add movies to your “Watch Instantly” queue on the Netflix website. Then select them from your Blu-ray player.

27. san August 16th, 2009 at 4:49 pm 27

    hey can anybody tell me how to get netflix, for some reason it loads and i click im a member and after i just says ther is a problem and some bs then for more info go to netflix.com/help

    cant get the code. So far as of 8-16-09 its been a week

28. Rex August 18th, 2009 at 5:17 pm 28

    I am going through the exact same thing as Michael in comment 18…Got the BDP1600 and a Samsung LAN adapter and am using Airport Express as my router…During setup, the device recognizes my network, but won’t connect after entering my password. If ANYONE has any suggestiond of what to do, please comment here!

29. rap August 18th, 2009 at 6:14 pm 29

    To Rex and Others Having Problems Getting Unit to Connect Through Airport Express Wireless:

    I bought the Samsung BDP 1590C yesterday (should have read all these posts first…..I too was p.o.’d that a separate $80 part was required before you can even try to get online). I wasted more than 3 hours last night trying to get connected. Like several other comments above, the unite would “see” my network, but would not connect after password was entered. Also tried manual set-up by entering IP address, subnet mask, etc., but to no avail.

    I called Samsung tech support this morning. The rep told me to turn the unit on and hold the FF key for 10 seconds, to “reset” the unit. (Samsung apparently doesn’t feel it necessary to mention this in the manual.) I then went through the same sequence that I did last night (find network, hit “enter, key in password, hit “enter” again), and the unit connected within 20 seconds. I then was able to proceed to Netflix streaming content with no problems.

    Hope this helps anyone with the same issues……

30. Rex August 19th, 2009 at 10:21 am 30

    Rap…Thanks for the input…I have the BDP1600 unit, which can’t be that much different from the BDP 1590C, so I will try that FF key/reset trick.

    Starting to get a little frustrated all around…I did a firmware upgrade to the router thinking that my help with the ’sluggish’ performance of it…Although I got a whopping 3 (out of 5) bars on my network’s signal strength, I still wasn’t able to connect.

31. rap August 19th, 2009 at 12:45 pm 31

    Rex:

    Hope it works. However, I have a new update to report, and it’s not good. After getting connected yesterday, I powered off. Last night, when it was time to watch a Netflix upload, the unit came on and froze in “Load” mode. I had seen this problem reported by many other Samsung owners on various sites, and there is apparently no viable fix. I tried resetting (can’t be done while unit is frozen), unplugging for periods ranging from 30 seconds to 20 minutes, and even disconnecting from LAN and tv. No success. I let it sit unplugged overnight and powered up again this morning – still frozen. I am packing it up and returning it to the retailer today. I really wish this had worked as advertised, but I think a Roku coupled with a Panasonic Blu-Ray will get me the same results, with more reliability.
    I sincerely hope you have better results…..

32. Rex August 20th, 2009 at 12:38 am 32

    Success!

    After talking with one of the Samsung tech support reps, I figured out how to get around the issue of not being able to connect wirelessly between my BDP-1600, its wireless LAN adapter, and my Apple Airport Extreme router.

    The problem that I was having, and I think others may be having, lies with having a WEP security password. What I did was the following:

    1) Go into your Airport Utility program…It’s in your Applications folder.

    2) Follow the steps to make changes to your Airport setup, but don’t do anything until you get to where it says your Airport Express “is set up with the following wireless settings.” Click on “change these setting” and make your network open.

    3) Continue until it says “finish”…Click that and wait a minute for the Airport Express to reset itself.

    4) After the Express resets itself. go up to your Blu-Ray player and start the network setup process…Once your network appears, click on “open” on the security page.

    After I did this, the player and LAN adapter connected in no time. The player will likely ask if you want to download a firmware update, which takes a few minutes.

    Once that was done, I was able to set up NetFlix and Pandora and everything streamed perfectly.

    Then, I went back to my Mac and re-set my security settings to WPA2. After the Airport Express re-set itself, I went back to the Blu-Ray player, re-did the network setup, selecting WPA2 and it took my password right away.

    So far, everything is working well. If you are still having troubles with the Airport Express connection, try this process and see if it works.

    Good Luck.

33. Terrence oxlet August 23rd, 2009 at 7:28 am 33

    Well i am trying to get the, free pandore radio as it say. but i am not finding the website to put in my nomber

34. Jan August 23rd, 2009 at 7:43 pm 34

    Somewhat nervous about purchasing the Samsung BD-P1590 today. I was surprised about needing to purchase the wireless adapter. I currently have FIOS from Verizon with a wireless router. Has anyone used this wireless router with success? I don’t know what an Apple Airport Express is.

35. Charlie September 1st, 2009 at 12:07 pm 35

    I recently purchased the Samung 1590 model, and 1st of all was frustrated I had to buy a $80 wireless adaptor to make netflix work. But I did get it to work and it was great! BUT than it stopped working, now I cant get it to work at all, it keeps saying “this device can not be activated”, but I have had it working for about a month, I am extremely frustrated now.

36. Jay September 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 am 36

    I also just bought the 1590 a few weeks ago and managed to get it set up correctly. It only took a few hours before I gave up looking for my wifi connection because I didn’t have their proprietary adapter. I now have a temporary cable wrapped around my doorway to get Internet access until I can get an Access Point. Anyway, netflix is great for the most part but one night I did experience the problems other users had with error loading the streaming movies. I think it was netflix servers getting too much traffic. My only consistent problem is streaming Pandora. It *ALWAYS* freezes in the middle of the second song which freezes the whole unit which must be power reset.

    The original points that sold me on this unit were pandora streaming and wireless connectivity. I thought I could hook it up to my big audio system without running a network cable into my living room. I even downloaded the latest firmware hoping it would solve the pandora bug. Nope. And uploading the firmware took over 45 minutes. WTF! That should take less than two minutes. I will keep the unit unless netflix goes bad too then I would throw in the towel.

    I think Samsung is looking at the right feature set if they can engineer the product better for usability and more importantly reliability. Consumers will jump through a few hoops if it means actually getting what they want in the end every time.

37. Quixotequest September 7th, 2009 at 11:26 am 37

    I replaced a Sony S350 with a Samsung 1590. I think the BD picture looks as well, perhaps a touch better, but upscaling seems a touch worse than Sony’s, though still acceptable. The Samsung’s load times on movies is definitely faster, which is worth the trade up.

    The remote feels cheap quality-wise compared to the new Samsung TV remotes. The TV remote can control both Samsung devices via the TV’s IR, but the BD’s remote doesn’t control the BD player via the TV IR — only the BD player IR. So I have to have my cabinet open to use it. Frustrating. The only thing is that text input via the YouTube widgets depends on the BD remote’s “cancel” button — a button non existent on the new Samsung TV remote.

    I bought one of the new Internet Widget-enabled Samsung (46B750) a few months ago and it is generally very cool, but Widget release has been VERY slow. YouTube finally appeared on TV Widget in July 09 but, while looking completely different, actually functions worse than the BD player, which works faster and text input is much easier. (Except via the TV remote which is missing the one button.) All the Player’s widgets have different text input methods, which while it is silly to be so inconsistent, all work better than the TV’s widget inputs. So for now I’ll live with inconsistent when all work faster and smoother than my TV’s. And the TV’s have yet to have Pandora, Blockbuster, and Netflix widgets appear even though it is a feature support they are promoting. Maybe Samsung is crippling TV widget release right now in order to encourage BD player sales. If so, it worked on me.

    Pandora and Netflix setup was smooth and flawless — I chose to hardwire the player, though, rather than buy the wireless dongle. I am experiencing the freeze-up bug on Pandora. Usually on the 2nd to 4th song it will freeze, necessitating rebooting the player.

    I have the latest firmware which took a LONG time to update. On the other hand, firmware on my ol’ Sony took a long time to update, too.

    So far not a problem-free or annoyance-free player, but a good change up from my Sony S350.

38. Matt September 11th, 2009 at 2:48 pm 38

    I too am having a problem with my Samsung Blu-Ray Player and my Airport Express. I inserted the Samsung USB wireless adapter in the player. The device recognizes the wireless networks, but it won’t let me connect despite entering the right passwords. Am I doing something wrong?

39. peter September 11th, 2009 at 8:47 pm 39

    PLAYER 1: The only reason I bought this player was its many features AND the fact that I just purchased a Samsung HDTV (LN40A750). I thought, naively, that getting the same brand for both products would yield a seamless integration… The TV is amazing, but the BluRay player turns out to be a dud. It played well for about a day and a half. We watched ‘300′ and were blown away by its stunning images…then it stopped working. At first the HDMI connection would not give signal to the TV, and the Component connection only gave colored snow (typically a link-up problem, not something you’d expect with two products from the same company). The player would start up and get stuck on LOAD. Pressing the FF button for 20 secs also didn’t soft-reset the player (this should work according to the manual). I started browsing Amazon and CNET comments and thought a firmware update might work. Well, when the player is stuck on LOAD and send no picture to the TV, how was I to update the firmware. In the end, I sent the thing back to Amazon and they shipped me a new one.

    PLAYER 2: Worked great out of the box and had read on the Samsung site to update the firmware (released Sept 10, v. 1.04, not the ominous 2.02 versioN that so many people complained about!). I put the firmware file on a USB stick per Samsung instructions. Started up the player without a disc and inserted the USB stick. Then, the screen went green and was stuck on this for hours. When I finally turned the machine off the next morning, the same problems I had with Player 1 were featured: no or intermittent link with HDMI or Component cables, USB port unresponsive, ethernet port dead, player stuck on LOAD. Do I have another brick? Tried to put the firmware on a CD-RW, no response. I am contemplating either throwing this thing out of the window or getting my money back from Amazon.

40. peter September 11th, 2009 at 8:49 pm 40

    Above, I was referring to the BD-P1600 player

41. Colin September 14th, 2009 at 1:30 pm 41

    Bought the 1600 from Best Buy on an open-box deal. The tray wouldn’t open and I took it back.

    Bought the 1590 – which is the identical machine except for the flip-down door AND it comes with an HDMI cable! – at Sam’s Club for $50 less than the machine alone.

    Works great. First thing it did was the firmware update and streamed Netflix on first try. Works awesome, very happy.

42. Michael September 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm 42

    A couple of weeks ago I purchased the 1600 for $100 (open box) and a new Samsung 46″ LED tv. What an awesome combo. I love how the player works with the tv. When you turn on the 1600 it turns on the tv automatically and I just updated the firmware to the latest via USB and it took about 5 minutes. So far it is a great machine and it plays everything I throw at it.

43. pchiz October 28th, 2009 at 8:19 pm 43

    BD-P1600 worked fine until I connected it to network, it detected new firmware version, I allowed it to download, it downloaded and powered itself off as part of the update process. Since then, it ALWAYS gets stuck on LOAD and nothing Samsung support says can get it unstuck. I now have a $199 brick and have to waste time and money sending it back to Samsung.

44. pinniger November 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm 44

    I have the 1590 hard wired and have had no problems. my only gripe is that if you eject a movie to clean it half way through, it doesn’t resume from where you were, like my Sony dvd player did. maybe there is a setting i’m missing. Netflix and youtube work flawlessly. I havent tried pandora yet, but i’m hoping for the best.

45. gregorama November 11th, 2009 at 8:38 pm 45

    Bought the 1600 from Costco. Hardwired it to my network, and it’s worked great. One Netflix movie did freeze up, but I chose a different movie, which cleared the buffer, and everything worked fine. I haven’t watched any regular TV for a month- just Netflix and Pandora, which works flawlessly. Previous posts are giving this unit a bad rap, my experience has been positive. DVD upconversion is stunning.

46. kenneth nicklowicz November 11th, 2009 at 8:49 pm 46

    DONT BUY THE 5190. I bought 2 at walmart and BOTH died after firmware update. Called samsung they said “your not supposed to do update unless your having problems” but open my brand new bray disc and it says U MUST update firmware. soon as i connected lan it poped up.. stuck loading dead. So i went to best buy and got the 6100. BOTH for some reason when I use the 6 cable component output soon as I select netflix it goes all wacky the display. Before the update on this 6100 and the 5190 netflix works in component.. but after firmware my component output will only work with blueray and not netflix! possible copywright in the update?? grrr I am pissed/

47. kenneth nicklowicz November 11th, 2009 at 8:52 pm 47

    anyone successfully using the 3 cable compnent output in netflix on this model? because I have an older rca tv. before the update it all worked. now i update netflix is SLOW and wont operate netflix when connected to the component 3 cables (red, blue, green) GO FIGURE email me simbalage21a@gmail.com

48. Daniel November 15th, 2009 at 1:28 pm 48

    Hello! I just purchased a brand new BD 1255. I got home, played with it for about 15 minutes, then, after connecting to the wireless network, it asked me if I wanted to update the firmware (to version 2.12). I answered “yes”. It downloaded the firmware (very slow!), verified it and installed it. After all this the unit turned off by itself. Until here, as far as I understood, this is the normal procedure.

    Unfortunately after updating the unit is stuck on a “LOAD” message. Is there anything I can do to make it work again?!? Without taking it to service, if possible? Thanks!

49. Lee Allbright November 17th, 2009 at 9:32 pm 49

    I can’t get my new Samsung BDP1600 to go to set up(and or show up on my TV sreen ) to set up Netflix,Pandora, etc. It stays on “no disc”.I am hardwired to Linksys N router. When I first turned on the unit I went through a firmware update and have not been able to set up beyond that. Any suggestions?

    Thanks

50. Vera Schafer November 21st, 2009 at 8:14 pm 50

    I had the same problem this week. I accepted the firmware update and now it stays on “no disc” or “load” and I have a Netflix B-Ray disc inside it. Now Samsung tells me I have to send it to them and doesn’t guarantee that the Netflix movie will be returned!Bad product! Bad Customer Service!