I've got the BD-2550, which I purchased exclusively for the Pandora feature. Let me tell you one very STUPID thing about it.. When playing music VIA Pandora, after a few minutes of inactivity, the player goes into screen saver mode.. and a very annoying Samsung logo bounces around my tv. IT's A DLP TV MADE BY SAMSUNG! I don't need a screen saver! But alas, there is no way to turn it off.. Other than that, I like the player.. But common Samsung! Everytime there is a firmware update (about every month or so) I hold my breath....
I actually like the screensaver feature for Pandora that I have connected to my Samsung LCD (as I feel it's better to have a screensaver than to burn the image into the screen). Maybe it would be best if there was an option to turn it on or off. Or it would be cool if there were visualizations of some sort...
I have this player too and a Samsung TV. What I REALLY don't like about the Pandora feature is that I can't turn off the TV without shutting down the BD player. Once I have my "station" selected why do I need to leave the TV on to listen to the audio that is running through my receiver? It's just a waste.
Peter - I think you should be be able to shut off the TV and leave the 2500/2550 on. If you can't, turn the Any-Net thing off in the player settings (That's whats coupling the 2 of them to turn on and off together). Of course, you loose the benefits of having them talk to each other and automatically turn to the right input on the tv, etc.
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I've got the BD-2550, which I purchased exclusively for the Pandora feature. Let me tell you one very STUPID thing about it.. When playing music VIA Pandora, after a few minutes of inactivity, the player goes into screen saver mode.. and a very annoying Samsung logo bounces around my tv. IT's A DLP TV MADE BY SAMSUNG! I don't need a screen saver! But alas, there is no way to turn it off.. Other than that, I like the player.. But common Samsung! Everytime there is a firmware update (about every month or so) I hold my breath....
I actually like the screensaver feature for Pandora that I have connected to my Samsung LCD (as I feel it's better to have a screensaver than to burn the image into the screen). Maybe it would be best if there was an option to turn it on or off. Or it would be cool if there were visualizations of some sort...
I have this player too and a Samsung TV. What I REALLY don't like about the Pandora feature is that I can't turn off the TV without shutting down the BD player. Once I have my "station" selected why do I need to leave the TV on to listen to the audio that is running through my receiver? It's just a waste.
I'm having the exact opposite problem. I have NO screen saver. I really want one on my Plasma, and it never seems to turn on. Any ideas?
Peter - I think you should be be able to shut off the TV and leave the 2500/2550 on. If you can't, turn the Any-Net thing off in the player settings (That's whats coupling the 2 of them to turn on and off together). Of course, you loose the benefits of having them talk to each other and automatically turn to the right input on the tv, etc.