The BD-UP5000 Duo HD player is positioned as the flagship in the company’s growing line of high definition players. Offering the same playback capabilities as the BD-P2400 including HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) processing, the BD-UP5000 supports both Blu-ray and HD -DVD formats as well as their interactive technologies, BD Java and HDi. Consumers can now enjoy additional studio content such as trailers, director’s comments, more elaborate interactive menus and behind the scene footage.
Samsung BD-UP5000 1080p HD-DVD Blu-Ray Disc Combo Player
Published: 01 July 2009 4:56 PM EDTPosted in: Blu-ray Disc Players

5.0 out of 5 stars
Good And Bad ?
Good picture on all 3 formats. I have it hooked up through my Pioneer VSX 1018 reciever. As far as the sound goes i have it set up so that my reciever decoeds all the audio…
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have
Samsung BD-UP5000 1080p HD-DVD Blu-Ray Disc Combo Player This DVD Combo player is what every movie fan should have, If you don’t know what Blue-ray or HD is go to your nearest…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent High Definition Player
I bought this product a couple weeks ago. This player is nearly a year old now, but the HD-DVD playback was an important feature to me.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful player if you have all the right stuff!
I would like to add this most recent review to let everyone know that since the most recent firmware update and many long days trying to figure out how this component works, I…
1.0 out of 5 stars
unrepairable
Unit failed after three months, was repaired, failed again.
Samsung service now says the unit is unrepairable,
they have no more units with which to replace it, and…
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Instant Classic
Samsung has discontinued this product but at the same time updated the firmware on 5/30/2008 making it Blu-ray 1.1 spec.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome System
I went from the Toshiba 3 HD DVD system to this one, keeping the Toshiba as a back up for HD DVDs and I could not be happier with this system.
4.0 out of 5 stars
FIRMWARE REVISION ENABLES ADVANCED AUDIO
Samsung BD-UP5000 1080p HD-DVD Blu-Ray Disc Combo Player
This is the Samsung combo HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc player released earlier (and since discontinued, as I…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Installed the latest firmware update and I am impressed.
I have this product since January 2008. Fabulous picture and the HQV chip works wonders. However, I was a little disappointed with the audio performance until now.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Value
Saved me money by not having to replace all my HD DVD movies. Plays all movies crystal clear without paying an arm and a leg!