iPad connection
I currently have a samsung tv and sound bar. With the blue ray player connected to the soundbar, and then into the tv ( as specified by the directions) can I plug in my iPad ( with hdmi adapter and hdmi cable) to the incoming hdmi port on the blue ray player and be able to play movies with surround sound?
It may largely depend on how the movie was obtained. Some movies have DRM, which don't allow for the movie to be "sent" to a different device.
An audio bar is usually 2.1 channels, so this would also depend on how the audio track is encoded, and where the decoding happens. There are lots of variables here, but if the audio and video were compatible with the formats supported by the DVD player and the file is not restricted, it should be able to play fine with audio.
With the information provided here, there's a good chance that it will work fine. You can always download the manual ahead of time for the Blu-Ray player to determine if you have the containers, video codecs and audio codecs needed for playback through the Blu-Ray player. But again, with the information provided here, we can't guarantee that it will work either.
Thanks for your interest in Samsung products.
--Mr.Samsung