Comments on: Samsung BD-P1590 is a big stinkeroni

By: Gogu

Gogu — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:36:18 +0000

I just started the firmware upgrade and keeping my fingers crossed. I hope i dont have to hate samsung.

By: Tom Rogan

Tom Rogan — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:41:43 +0000

Gareth.. I’m glad you got your unit up and running and happy to have helped. I have the latest firmware and haven’t had any problems aside from the occasional glitchiness while watching streaming netflix. That just requires a restart and only seems to happen intermittently, after watching more than one subsequent movie in a sitting.

Jeff.. Gareth was just referring to my comment above, from 10/20/2009.

By: Jeff Pabian

Jeff Pabian — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:35:05 +0000

Hey Gareth, thanks for the kind words. Can you post a link to Tom Rogan’s post? I’ll link to it here!

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:39:44 +0000

I also wanted to mention that I never had any issues before with the unit until today (so I have been using it for about a month) when it powered-off by itself.

Also, as I turned everything off, and unplugged everything, and waited a couple of minutes. I turned on my TV first (not using the samsung control) and set it to the HDMI I channel (to use the unit and see movies I have to use HDMI 2 channel). Then I powered the Samsung 1590 with the samsung control. At first it did say ON, the LOAD but once it looked for a disc and no disc inside, it went to the msg “No DISC”, which gave me hope. It was no longer stuck on LOAD. Then on the TV screen, on HDMI 2, I had my invitation to Update to new firmware. It is taking its sweet time.

Hope this helps others too.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:33:46 +0000

I am grateful for finding this link. I encountered the dreaded LOAD message and stuck on it without being able to do anything on my unit (a 1590). I never had updated the software as I heard the update made things worse. Being so disappointed that I now had a crappy unit, I have good news that I did try exactly what Tom Rogan’s post advised and I got my unit to wake up. I got the Update Software notice and was curious since now I got a unit that got stuck on LOAD without updating, and it has a new update version of 2.08. So I am updating the software now as we speak. I hope since this is April 17, 2010, Samsung would have fixed the problem. The unit still had the 1.03 (or 1.08 version out of the box).

By: Jeff Pabian

Jeff Pabian — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:52:11 +0000

Hey David, thanks for your comment. I don’t think I got a bum unit. I see a lot of traffic coming to my post about the same situation I had, so I know I’m not in the minority. It seems that the problem was upgrading from 1.03 (which was never released in the wild, only store shelves), if memory serves me correctly.

If you don’t believe me, check out the post over at CNET regarding the Samsung DVD players. I’d be happy to get on the waa-bulance if I didn’t have a clue, but I think I do!

By: David

David — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:37:25 +0000

What I do? I’d stop crybabying and return for another unit – Costco is GREAT about this – and try another. Or get a refund and buy another.

Why? Because I bought the exact same unit you did, bought it the same weekend (Labor Day, 2009, right?), brought it home, hooked it up, let it update the firmware, and IT WORKED FINE. I’ve updated the firmware several times without incident.

You got a bum unit. OR … you didn’t let the firmware update complete properly (it takes 20 minutes or so, I’m watching it do it right now). OR … you’re cursed. Whichever it is, don’t blow holes in the manufacturer and tell people not to buy something based on your single anecdotal experience.

Someone call this blogger a waa-ambulance.