Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 The good ole Pio 969, Philips DVDR9K and Samsung BD-P1K group shot. BD region code A and DVD region code 1. Phil
c7221624705751 Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 hey does this imply the BD-P1000 will have a 220v version soon ? :) (since u r reviewing for Asia Pacific right ?)
Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Posted July 3, 2006 hey does this imply the BD-P1000 will have a 220v version soon ? :) (since u r reviewing for Asia Pacific right ?) They sent me the US 120V model. Phil
htfreak Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Phil, you need to rent some Bluray discs for your testing? ;D
Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Posted July 3, 2006 Phil, you need to rent some Bluray discs for your testing? ;D Sony is working on it. Phil
htfreak Posted July 4, 2006 Posted July 4, 2006 Waiting for your Philips DVDR9K review ;D By the time this product is launched, we will probably be moving on to HD Recorders instead. ;D Phil, do you mean to say that Samsung provided you with the review player without any BluRay discs. Tsk Tsk. Surprisingly, Toshiba did not do the same for you guys.
Phil1624705739 Posted July 4, 2006 Author Posted July 4, 2006 By the time this product is launched, we will probably be moving on to HD Recorders instead. ;D Phil, do you mean to say that Samsung provided you with the review player without any BluRay discs. Tsk Tsk. Surprisingly, Toshiba did not do the same for you guys. Well.. the DVDR9K does come with a DVB-T tuner and 5.1 recording capability. Just one BD demo disc with some movie clips. Phil
htfreak Posted July 4, 2006 Posted July 4, 2006 Well.. the DVDR9K does come with a DVB-T tuner and 5.1 recording capability. Just one BD demo disc with some movie clips. Phil However, this recorder is only able to decode MPEG-2 and not MPEG-4 signals. Hence, it will not be useful for our local High-Def sources. Correct me if I'm wrong in my assumption.
Audio Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 If got time, I would gladly take my Toashiba and my 2 Blu-Ray to your place for a shoot out.... what you say?? :) Proof of Ownership:- (Audio)
Phil1624705739 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Posted July 5, 2006 If got time, I would gladly take my Toashiba and my 2 Blu-Ray to your place for a shoot out.... what you say?? :) Proof of Ownership:- (Audio) Sounds good. But I'm still waiting for Samsung to pass me a stepdown transformer. Phil
Audio Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Maybe I bring stepdown (My Toshiba need it too)...gefen switcher, HDMI cables....media..... You supply drinks and "popcorn"....... :) (Audio)
Phil1624705739 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Posted July 5, 2006 Maybe I bring stepdown (My Toshiba need it too)...gefen switcher, HDMI cables....media..... You supply drinks and "popcorn"....... :) (Audio) I got free supply of cokes in my office.. pop corns err.. BTW, I remember you have a 1080p VW100 right? I have a 1024 x 1080 Hitachi plasma and a 1366 x 768 Samsung in my Lab now. No 1080p-ready display. Don't think Toshiba is going to loan me their 1920 x 1080 to evaluate a Blu-ray machine. Phil
htfreak Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Then the better solution is to smuggle the Samsung to Audio's house lah. I will bring the other step-down required for the Samsung. We can then do a shoot out of our own and you can document the results and still submit it to your editor. That is provided Audio is okay with us invading his home. ;D To complete the whole thing, I can also bring the Starhub HD set-top and Mediacorp HD set-top if it reaches me in time to do a mega HD DEMO SHOOTOUT. :P
Audio Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Jeff Ong, No need to bring anything...I got a few banks of 115VAC outlets laid out along the workbench....no issue. Bottom line is....BRING YOURSELF!!! :) (Audio)
Phil1624705739 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Posted July 5, 2006 Jeff Ong, No need to bring anything...I got a few banks of 115VAC outlets laid out along the workbench....no issue. Bottom line is....BRING YOURSELF!!! :) (Audio) Gotta discuss with my editors on this.. we got strict policy in CNET. Phil
Audio Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Never mind....we can do it in your office....where? and when is a good time? (Audio)
Audio Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 please can I tag along :) You want to tag along you help me carry my Toshiba and transformer... :) (Kidding lah) (Audio)
SiriuslyCold Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 can can, meet you in the car park or basement :D btw I might have missed it but c|net US reviewed the player (6.6 out of 10?) wah, Phil.. must make a video review for c|net Asia as well..
htfreak Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 Happened to chance upon the Samsung Bluray player over at Gain City in Marina Square. They had it hooked up to a Samsung 32R51 using HDMI cable. After spending 5 minutes watching the Bluray demo disc, I was like lost for words. It looked no better than regular DVD output and was far from being able to compete with HD-DVD. Even the split screen comparison segment between Blu-Ray and DVD was a farce. The DVD half of it looked more like VCD quality. Most of the Bluray clips shown like 50 First Dates was not sharp and had macro blocking showing up in the scenes. Granted that this may not be indicative of the actual Bluray movie discs that have been released but I would say that any regular consumer looking at it for the first time may wonder what the fuss it all about. :o
Phil1624705739 Posted July 17, 2006 Author Posted July 17, 2006 Happened to chance upon the Samsung Bluray player over at Gain City in Marina Square. They had it hooked up to a Samsung 32R51 using HDMI cable. After spending 5 minutes watching the Bluray demo disc, I was like lost for words. It looked no better than regular DVD output and was far from being able to compete with HD-DVD. Even the split screen comparison segment between Blu-Ray and DVD was a farce. The DVD half of it looked more like VCD quality. Most of the Bluray clips shown like 50 First Dates was not sharp and had macro blocking showing up in the scenes. Granted that this may not be indicative of the actual Bluray movie discs that have been released but I would say that any regular consumer looking at it for the first time may wonder what the fuss it all about. :o It's not configured properly lar or the Samsung is.... ops!! Not suppose to say that! I finally got e BD-P1K up and running last Thurs, hooked up to a Hitach 42PD8900TA. Though the latter is not full 1080i-ready, the PQ is clean and sharp. As good as the HD-XA1 HD-DVD movie demo I saw during their Regza LCD TV launch. As for the shootout. Err.. give me a bit more time. My boss said no to lug the Samsung out of e Lab BUT I'm more interested in checking out e 1080p performance. The closest I saw is in Computex and a Pana launch, but it will be cool to check out e PQ on a Ruby. Phil
c7221624705751 Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 The closest I saw is in Computex and a Pana launch a Pana launch of what ? 1080p plasma or the mystery BR BD10 player ? ;)
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