Samsung's BD-P1500 gets firmware update, Netflix streaming not included

by Darren Murph posted Dec 3rd 2008 at 11:30AM

Man, we're beginning to sound like a broken record when referring to BD-P1500 firmware updates. Back in June, we were miffed when a Profile 2.0-less update hit; if you'll recall, it was months later before BD-Live capabilities were added. Today, we've seen the deck's more flamboyant siblings receive updates that bring along the highly anticipated HD Netflix stream, yet the corresponding v2.1 BD-P1500 upgrade offers only "improved playback compatibility of some movie titles." 'Course, we never heard specifically that said feature was destined for this player, but wouldn't it be nice? Yes, yes it would.

Filed under: Misc, Blu-ray, Players, Samsung

Tags: bd, BD-P1500, bdp1500, blu-ray, blu-ray player, Blu-rayPlayer, firmware, samsung, update, upgrade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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FreeRange @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:37AM

I would be cool with SD Netflix on this player, btw.

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Alex @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:49AM

Good, it can finally play all of the James Bond Blu-ray titles now! Too bad about netflix though.

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The Fuzz 53 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:53AM

Now, hopefully it will fix the problem I have with starting the player and it says it's playing a disc, but no disc is in the tray and the screen is blank.

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shawnmos @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:02PM

People complained when Samsung wasn't releasing firmware updates frequently enough to fix playback problems (and rightfully so). However now Samsung is releasing firmware updates more frequently to fix playback problems and people are complaining because they aren't adding new features with every update. Sheesh.

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Byrdman @ Dec 3rd 2008 6:29PM

updating mine now. taking forever. if this is due to the player and not the samsung severs, there is no way that they could stream even SD netflix to this

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Byrdman @ Dec 3rd 2008 6:57PM

so i just updated, and after the player started up it said new firmware is available. has anyone else had this problem?

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Mike @ Dec 4th 2008 10:19AM

I would rather get blockbuster streaming as I won't pay a montly fee to stream 1 or 2 movies a month.

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kevin @ Dec 8th 2008 3:34AM

Byrdman @ Dec 3rd 2008 6:57PM
so i just updated, and after the player started up it said new firmware is available. has anyone else had this problem?

Byrdman, there were 2 different firmware releases just put out. I looked at the firmware numbers as they updated, & mine also did the same thing today. No reason to worry or be concerned... :)

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