Samsung BD-P1400 (BDP1400) Multiregion Blu-Ray player

Price: $1,099.95

NB: In some rare occasions a PAL Blu-Ray disc may not be both 50 and 60 Hertz. In such a case of your TV isn't 50 Hertz (most are) certain rare discs may not play correctly.

SAMSUNG’s BD-P1400 is a perfect centerpiece to your media environment, providing the features you need for a fulfilling entertainment experience. Advanced Blu-ray playback technology gives you crisp, clear images, while added picture quality adjustment lets you set sharpness and noise reduction to your liking. HDMI™ v1.3 lets you experience richer colors. Dolby® Digital Plus and Dolby® TrueHD compatibility completes the HD experience.

CD & DVD compatible

Samsung’s Blu-ray Disc Player offers state of the art viewing with CD and DVD playback compatibility. Even as you take advantage of the latest video and audio advances, you can still enjoy all your existing media content.

Dolby Digital plus and dolby true HD

Immerse yourself in sound. The BD-P1400 supports the new Dolby Digital Plus Audio format — the next generation in sound. It also supports uncompressed PCM Audio and Legacy dts 5.1 Dolby Digital. Dolby® TrueHD is Dolby’s next-generation lossless technology developed for high-definition disc-based media. Dolby TrueHD delivers tantalizing sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master,* unlocking the true high-definition entertainment experience on next-generation discs.

1080p with 24 Hz video output

View scenes as they were meant to be seen. The Blu-ray movie title’s original source (1080p/24Hz) output means you’ll enjoy the film picture quality.

Seamlessly connect your digital devices

With High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™ version 1.3), a single cable transfers the full power of the Blu-ray Disc Player’s high-definition video and audio signal to your HDTV and other digital devices. Version 1.3, standard in the BD-P1400, transfers deeper color and higher resolution, and handles the new, compressed audio formats. Another plus: Your room is freed from the unsightly tangle of multiple cords and cables.

Anynet + ready TV

You're in full command with the BD-P1400. Anynet+ delivers streamlined, one-touch control over all your Anynet compatible connected devices such as the TV, AV Receiver, and Home Theater. You can operate all of them with a single remote control that enables commands to be passed among devices within the system. A true “plug and play” product, it comes with a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) feature that lets you operate Samsung HDMI products with a single remote control.

One remote

Trust SAMSUNG to make home entertainment a seamless and exhilarating experience. Thanks to High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) with Consumer Electronic Control (CEC), just a click of a single remote control accesses any digital device in your SAMSUNG home entertainment system.

Playback

• Compatibility
  • Playback Media BD-ROM/DVD-ROM/DVD-R/DVD-RW/Audio CD/CD-R/CD-RW
  • Playback Formats VC-1/MPEG2/H.264/HD JPEG/MP3

Video

• A/V Quality
  • DVD Upconversion 1080p

Physical Features

• A/V Quality
  • Dolby Dital Decoder Y
  • DTS Decoder Y
  • Dolby Digital Plus Decoder Y
  • DTS HD Decoder Y
  • Dolby True HD Decoder Y
• Fucional Feature
  • BD Profile 1
• Connectivity
  • HDMI CEC Y
  • Composite Video Outputs Y
  • Component Video Outputs Y
  • S-Video Outputs Y
  • HDMI Outputs(Version) 1.3
  • Optical Digital Audio Outputs Y
  • Coaxial Digital Audio Outputs Y
  • Analog Audio Outputs Y
  • Network Y (For SW Upgrade only)
• Product Weights & Dimensions
  • Dimension 16.9" x 3.1" x 12.8"
  • Weight 9.3 lb.
• Shipment Weights & Dimensions
  • Dimension 20.3" x 7.0" x 16.9"
  • Weight 13.2 lb.

BLU-RAY (AKA BLURAY) HI-definition players are not the same worldwide. In fact a BLU-RAY disc from one of the three REGIONS won't usually play at all on players from the other two regions. Unless you buy one of our MULTIREGION BLU-RAY players.

What are these regions and why are they? See below.

But is there such a thing as a MULTIREGION BLU-RAY player and if so will you need a special Multisystem TV?

Yes, MULTIREGION BLU-RAY players do exist today and no you don't need a PAL-NTSC TV to display the BLURAY movies. Any working TV with HDMI input will work fine.

BLU-RAY REGIONs A and B and C and DVD REGIONs 1 and 2 will be available around March 1st 2008.

What are BLU-RAY "Regional Codes"? "Country Codes"? "Zones"? and will they affect you and me?

Hollywood producers want to control the home release of movies in different countries because theater releases are often on different dates in the world wide release of a movie. A movie may come out on Blu-ray Disc in the U.S. when it's just hitting screens in Europe so to prevent various regions of the world from buying the BLU-RAY movies before they have come out in cinemas, thereby reducing the box office sales of those films and certainly the eventual BLU-RAY dvd release as well of those films there are devices created to stop such TV viewing of new movies.

Besides being able to see movies before approved release dates many films come out in various edited versions. Some have scenes deleted or augmented in various versions but if you want the complete unedited version of your favorite film and it isn't available in your country you might normally have no way of ever seeing it unless you traveled to a country having your version available. But just because you can see it in that country doesn't mean you can take it home and view it on your player and on your TV. Quite the contrary. That's where a multiregion BLU-RAY DVD player comes in.

To block you studio require that the Blu-ray standard include codes to prevent playback of certain discs in certain geographical regions. Each player is given a code for the region in which it's sold. The player will refuse to play discs that are not coded for its region. This means that a disc bought in one country may not play on a player bought in another country and even if it could there is the matter of the VIDEO STANDARD to deal with. There are two standards in regular DVDs and two in BLU-RAY (Please read below about this as actually in HDMI there are NO video standards) and they are NTSC and PAL. These alone make it impossible to view a disc of one standard on a TV that isn't of that standard even if you have a MULTIREGION BLU-RAY DVD player. The TV must match (unless you have a BLU-RAY discs playing in a MULTIREGION PLAYER via HDMI output)!

These TVs do exit and come in all video standards, formats (tune type CRT-LCD-PLASMA etc.) sizes and voltages. Or you can buy a quality DIGITAL VIDEO STANDARDS converter such as a TENLAB and simply use any working TV on earth to view your movies.

But please note: If you out a BLU-RAY movie via the HMDI cable to an HMDI TV of any standard (PAL, NTSC, SECAM etc.) you will see a perfect picture as BLU-RAY and HDMI have done away with the traditional Video Standards like PAL, NTSC etc. If you have a BLU-RAY region C disc it will play on all BLU-RAY players worldwide as there is no REGION C lock on them. So any BLU-RAY region free for regions A and B or any BLU-RAY player that is not multiregion will play all REGION C BLU-RAY discs on any TV with HDMI input. Miracle, the age of having to deal with non-compatible video standards has ended. Only REGIONS A and B are still incompatible and with a MULTIREGION (AKA MULTI-REGION, MULTI REGION etc.) player one can view any and ALL Blu-Ray movies on any TV on earth with HDMI.

To be confusing however please note: If your TV does not have an HDMI input then you will still be stuck needing a PAL-NTSC TV or a video standards converter to view BLU-RAY movies via the RCA or S-VIDEO video output.

3 regions (also called locales or zones) have been defined, and each one is assigned a number. Players and discs are often identified by their region number superimposed on a world globe. If a disc plays in more than one region it will have more than one number on the globe.

Region A: North America, Central America, South America, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

Region B: Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand