First Look:
It Is evident that the BD-P1600 is for those people who care only for the performance of the product and little else. The 1600 is a relatively small player with a black finish and with a glass flap for the front panel. Behind this flap lie all the transport buttons on the right along with a USB port and the display placed at the centre with the drive unit on the left.
Technical aspects:
Looking at the modest price that you have to pay for the BD-P1600, most of us would think that Samsung must have peeled off all the key features to fit it in its budget. Surprisingly enough, not even a single feature has been scrapped from the P1600. It Is a Profile 2.0 player, so you can take full advantage of the BD-Live feature present on most Blu-ray discs these days. On the compatibility front, they proudly claim to play any DVD/ Blu-ray disc titles with advanced readability technology known as the Rolling Actuator technology, where the lens angle is such that it is able to read just about any disc. Apart from that, the player can also read H.264. VC-1, HD JPEG. MP3, WMA and DivX file formats from the two onboard USB 2.0 ports. This kind of flexibility extends even to its connectivity front, wherein you get a component video out, an S-video output, an optical video out, a 5.1 channel analogue audio out, an HDMI out and also an ethernet port.
The BD-1600 Is wireless LAN ready, which means that if you have a wireless network In your house then you can stream data directly through the player. On the audio decoding front the 1600 is fully equipped to decode all Dolby and DTS formats including Dolby True HD and DTS HD. and finally, it also Incorporates Samsung's Anynet+ feature. So if you already have any other Samsung equipment in your house like a TV, then the player will quickly sync to it.
Remote control convenience:
Samsung fans will recognize the same remote the company has packaged with most of its products for the last couple years. The slender shape featuring an unusual tail and a black glossy finish is quite attractive. This one is sweetened with Braille-like nubs on the buttons that enable the user to navigate in the dark. And it also has the backlight — so that's really a good add on.
Viewing Experience of BD-P1600:
P1600 cope well with vibrant with vivid colors while the scenes are faster and grander this change as it reproduced all the jazzy colors with great accuracy and consistency. The player executes an absolutely clean and swift transfer of all the different discs. Its transport is very swift. which was not only quick in movement (considering other players) but is also swift in loading the discs and get going. Otherwise, with most of the players, the waiting period for discs to load can drive you up the wall. Also the setup menu, unlike most other players is in hi-def and on a more practical note, very easy to use.
There will be no instance of the player adding any noise or artifact of its own to the image. The chase sequence in the tunnel, with lots of layers in the dark areas, is a scene where you can easily spot such artifacts (if added by the player). But those scenes is dealt very efficiently by the player. While up scaling, at times where it had to deal with too much Information in terms of light and color at the same time, the player lagged a bit in interpolating the internal frames while up scaling and hence making the image look a tad pixelated.
Bottom Line:
At a reasonable price-tag of Rs 26.990, it fulfills the criteria that we look for in a Blu-ray player. It's updated with the BD Profile 2.0 — so you can take full advantage of all the Blu-rays that you buy. The P1600 also provides decent flexibility in terms of connectivity with all the onboard i/o ports and also the wireless LAN. Finally about the picture performance, it makes sure that you get the cleanest and the most truthful transfer devoid of any noise and artifacts.
