I own this unit. Does discs fine (Blue-ray and DVD) but can’t hold Netflix signal down with its wi-fi worth a damn (and I bought it new last year!) Don’t expect anything but a decent disc player and you are going to be happy.
According to the features/specs: You can also sync and stream content to other DLNA- enabled PCs, smartphones, tablets and cameras via Samsung AllShare DLNA technology.
Note: None of the Samsung Blu players I’ve looked at support onboard HD audio decoding and output. So if you’re looking for something that can send a decoded PCM signal to your receiver, they aren’t it.
We have a slightly older Samsung blue ray player and I’d caution anyone to check out the software for ‘apps’ before purchasing.
In our experience (and we are not alone according to a quick google search) is that the software is terribly slow and results in us just using the thing to play dvds. The start time of the device without a disc is horrible as well and when started, you sit there and wait for ‘updates’ to download half the time. I’ll never buy another Samsung player.
I bought two of these over the summer. One for me one for my parents. Both were terrible. Agonizingly slow. Netflix was unusable. Locked up constantly requiring unplugging to bring back to life. Stay far far away.
WiFi not so good, but how’s streaming over ethernet? Also, how fast is this thing navigating menus? Ten minutes of fumbling to start a Netflix movie is a bit much, looking to trade up.
Returning mine from previous woot today.
Plays discs well and I thought quickly.
However it will not consistently connect to my open wifi network.
When it did, the netflix crashed after about 10 minutes, now will not reconnect at all.
Still a pretty good price for just a blurayl player.
Don’t buy if you want to do anything online or over your local network.
So…if I’m reading all the reviews right, the complaints come entirely from the WiFi end of this device, and not from the putting-a-disc-in-and-watching-a-movie end? So if I just want a blu-ray player for my second TV, which already can get Netflix from elsewhere, I’m golden?
Yep. It’s a good player, especially for $40. I say what the others do, the apps leave something to be desired. You’re better off with a Roku or similar to stream off the internet or your home network.
Got this last time on Woot. Worked about a week then died. In typical woot customer service fashion, they made little effort to help and a big hassle to solve the problem. I still an out the $ and have a dead unit.