Mole already mentioned that Samsung is having a problem with their BD player. Mole said that he hopes that this is fixable with a firmware upgrade and according to Ultimate AV, that looks to be the case.

With reports across the net saying that BD doesn’t look as good as HD DVD, I wonder how much of an effect this firmware update will have. Will it put Samsung and its BD movies on par with Toshiba and its HD DVD movies? This question really boils down to this: does an MPEG2 movie stuck onto a 25GB disc look as good as a VC-1 movie on a 30GB disc? Obviously 30GB is plenty for a 2 hour movie that’s been VC-1 encoded, so then the question really really boils down to the 25GB MPEG2 thing.

We’ll find out when new reviews hit the net of the firmware-fixed Samsung. I can’t wait to see how this turns out.

Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Player Defect Announced