Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-ray Disc Compatibility, Disc Types, Pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs

Getting Started

Blu-ray Disc Compatibility

Blu-ray Disc is a new and evolving format. Accordingly, disc compatibility issues are possible. Not all discs are compatible and not every disc will play back. For additional information, refer to the Compliance and Compatibility Notice section of this Manual. If you encounter compatibility problems, please contact the SAMSUNG customer care center. This Samsung Blu-ray disc player (BD-P1200) supports only the BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.0 specification. If you want to play later version discs, you may need to update player's firmware. Please refer to http://www.samsung.com or contact SAMSUNG customer care center at 1-800 SAMSUNG.

BD-RE

Blu-ray Disc Rewritable. A BD-RE disc can be recorded over and over again. It offers extensive editing functionality on the disc.

BD-R

Blu-ray Disc Recordable. A BD-R disc can be recorded once, and cannot be accidentally erased. BD-R is the ideal format for archiving valuable data or storing and distributing personal video material. This unit can play back BD-R discs with video recording for time shifting purposes.

■ This Blu-ray disc player supports discs that

NOTE are compatible with DVD-RAM Standard Version 2.0.

■Playback may not work for some types of discs, or when specific operations, such as angle change and aspect ratio adjustment, are being performed. Information about the discs is written in detail on the box. Please refer to this if necessary.

■Do not allow the disc to become dirty or scratched. Finger prints, dirt, dust, scratches or deposits of cigarette smoke on the recording surface may make it impossible to use the disc for playback.

■Discs with PAL programs recorded on them cannot be played using this product.

■when a BD-Java title is played, loading may take longer than a normal title, or some functions may perform slowly.

Disc Types

BD-ROM

Blu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A BD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a BD-ROM may contain any form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Definition format, for playback on Blu-ray disc players. This unit can play back

pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.

DVD-Video

•A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135- minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32 subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround, allowing you to enjoy vivid and clear theatre quality images.

•When switching from the first layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there may be momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit.

•Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded (pre- stamped) commercial DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies.

Audio CD

•An audio disc on which 44.1kHz PCM Audio is recorded.

•This unit can play back CD-DA format audio CD-R and CD-RW discs.

•The unit may not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW discs due to the condition of the recording.