Samsung BD-UP5000

86 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
price (13)
usability (8)
design (5)
size (1)

Negative
reliability (8)

General overview
Price comparison

alaTest has collected and analyzed 86 reviews of Samsung BD-UP5000. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 3.8/5 for other DVD Players for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the size. The design also gets good feedback. Reviews about the usability and price are different. There are some critical reviews about the reliability.

design, size

reliability

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other DVD Players the Samsung BD-UP5000 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

Review analysis

(Based on 86 reviews)

Expert Reviews

User Reviews

Review Ratings

(44% of reviews)
Show all 5 star reviews (28% of reviews)
Show all 4 star reviews (7% of reviews)
Show all 3 star reviews (5% of reviews)
Show all 2 star reviews (15% of reviews)
Show all 1 star reviews

Features

price
Show positive (52%)Show negative (48%)(Show all)

usability
Show positive (53%)Show negative (47%)(Show all)

reliability
Show positive (11%)Show negative (89%)(Show all)

design
Show positive (71%)Show negative (29%)(Show all)

size
Show positive (100%)None yet(Show all)

Showing 84 review(s)

Expert Reviews User Reviews

Disclaimer:

Below is a list of reviews for this or similar products. If you think this grouping is wrong please click here to flag.
Read more on our FAQ’s page.

Showing 1 - 64 of 84 Show Reviews: in English | in other languages (2)

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Samsung BD-UP5000

alaTest has collected and analyzed 54 user reviews of Samsung BD-UP5000 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.6/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the design. The usability also gets good views. Some have doubts about the reliability. Reviews are divided on the price.

usability, design

reliability

83% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by (pcmag.com)

Samsung BD-UP5000

With the most recent firmware update, the Samsung BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player is a solid dual-format HD disc player as well as an impressive upscaling DVD player.

Plays Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. Quick start-up. Immediate resume from stopped playback with Blu-ray and DVD movies. Excellent upscaling DVD player. Top-notch HD video-processing quality.

HD DVD PiP displayed with incorrect aspect ratio. No 24-Hz output with DVD video. No raw bitstream output with Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD lossless audio formats.

The Samsung BD-UP5000 is the best combo HD disc player currently available.

Feb, 2008

Partner Source

Read the full review

Expert review by : Ian Morris (cnet.com.au)

Samsung BD-UP5000

The Samsung BD-UP5000 is only the second HD multi-player to be announced but includes full support for both HD DVD and Blu-ray.

Early indications are that the player will cost around £600 in the UK and -- which should mean about AU$1500 here -- and it will be on sale in most parts of the world by Christmas. Local availability from Samsung is still unknown, but we believe it's...

Sep, 2007

Partner Source

Read the full review

Expert review by : David Birch-Jones (avguide.com)

Samsung BD-UP5000 Duo HD DVD and Blu-ray Player

As any good arbitrator might tell you, one of the best ways to resolve conflicts is to move from an “either/or” mindset to a “do both and more” approach, which is exactly what Samsung does with its BD-UP5000 Duo HD player—a unit that handles Blu-ray...

At $799, the BD-UP5000 isn’t that much more expensive than a pair of dedicated BD and HD DVD standalone players, and with the onboard HQV Reon processor, the player will breathe new life into your DVD collection as well. Samsung does have another Duo...

Feb, 2008

Read the full review

Expert review by : Thomas J. Norton (hometheater.com)

Samsung BD-UP5000 Duo HD Blu-ray / HD DVD HD Player

Months ago, when Samsung announced its BD-UP5000 dual format player, there appeared to be no end in sight to an ugly format war that threatened the future of high definition on a disc.

Jan, 2008

Read the full review

Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Samsung BD-UP5000

I buy the 2012 blu-ray movie and, some how it's not playing on my sumsung blu-ray player BD-UP5000 is any one have happen know what is going on with the sumsung BD-UP5000 and is only can play some and some can't even i update the firmware still not...

good thing about is, have two format play blu-ray and HD DVD

bad thing is only can play some of the blu-ray movie only

Mar, 2010

Partner Source

Read the full review

Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Samsung BD-UP5000

Very nice player, still a shame that Blu-Ray has region coding and that no hack for negating it has yet been found. Long live HD-DVD!

Jan, 2008

Partner Source

Read the full review

Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Samsung BD-UP5000

I Agree with Frank, Nice to have two formats in one machine. May be on the expensive side but $200 cheaper than the LG BH200 which the LG BH200 doesn't support all functions(options)

Dec, 2007

Partner Source

Read the full review

Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Samsung BD-UP5000

its wonderful to have all in one

a great benefit, more free space

i think its very expensive

Dec, 2007

Partner Source

Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

The perfect do-it-all player! (with the latest firmare)

There were some audio problems prior to the latest firmware. Make sure you have version 1.3. Some people have had problems reading certain discs (especially Fox Blu-rays). I've never had any such problem, but if you do, you can send the player in for...

The Samsung BD-UP5000 is a wonderful player for HD-DVD, Blu-ray, and DVD! I've had zero problems with any discs ; The video quality is excellent, supporting 1080p at 24Hz from HD-DVD and Blu-ray. SD sources can be upscaled to 1080p with the awesome HQV...

Other users have reported that this player can't read BD-R/BD-RE burned discs. I haven't tried, but I still consider it a con. It does read burned DVDs with no problems though ; Can't output SD-DVD movies at 24Hz

Aug, 2008

Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

The perfect do-it-all player! (with the latest firmare)

There were some audio problems prior to the latest firmware. Make sure you have version 1.3.

The Samsung BD-UP5000 is a wonderful player for HD-DVD, Blu-ray, and DVD! I've had zero problems with any discs.

Other users have reported that this player can't read BD-R/BD-RE burned discs. I haven't tried, but I still consider it a con. It does read burned DVDs with no problems though.

Aug, 2008

Read the full review