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Features/Specifications:

* Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-Ray Disc Player

* General Features:
* Region 1
* Region A
* NTSC
* 480i/480p/720i720p/1080i/1080p supported resolutions
* DTS sound
* Dolby Digital Surround Sound
* Dolby Digital Plus
* Parental Lock
* PCM multichannel audio
* Bitstream audio
* PCM audio
* 110 dB signal to noise ratio
* 100 dB dynamic range
* 0.003 % total harmonic distortion
* 48 kHz sampling (4 Hz to 22 kHz) frequency response
* 96 kHz sampling (4 Hz to 44 kHz) frequency response

* Supported Media Playback:
* BD-ROM
* BD-RE
* BD-R
* DVD
* CD
* CD-R
* CD-RW
* DVD-R
* DVD-RW
* DVD-RAM standard version 2.0

* Supported Media Formats:
* MP3
* WMA
* JPEG

* Front Panel Features:
* On/Standby button
* Status LED
* Open/Close button
* Video Select button
* Play/Pause button
* Stop button
* Previous Track button
* Next Track button
* Output Select button

* Rear Panel Features:
* 5.1 channel analog audio output
* One (1) composite audio out
* One (1) Digital optical audio out
* One (1) Coaxial digital audio out
* One (1) Component video out
* One (1) Composite video out
* One (1) HDMI out
* One (1) S-Video out
* One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet jack (for firmware upgrades)

The ethernet jack for firmware upgrades is promising.

seems like a good price for a BD player. At this point there's no assurances that it will be upgradeable even with the ethernet port. Who knows.

That's a great price, but this is not a great Blu-Ray player. Read the review on cnet.com about incompatibilities with various Blu-Ray discs.

It seems I am the only fool.
Whatever.

$100 more get a refurb PS3 that actually plays blurays

OOS.

PS3's are going for signigicantly more than $275, especially when you include shipping. Honestly you're better off buying a new 40GB than buy one off eBay.

Just to throw in at least one positive remark about this player in the midst of the negatives (not that I'm recommending this player): This player did receive high marks on DVD Benchmark because it has the Reon HQV processor. Search for Samsung's players and you'll see this one is at the top for what they've reviewed. AFAIK, this is not Samsung's first higher-end BD player (the BD-P1000 was), and is better than that one by milestones.

However due to the problems listed above and in AVS forums, I would weigh the pros and cons and really think about it before jumping. This could probably serve as a very high-end upconverting player up there with the Oppos.