Samsung BD-C6900

  Smart 3D Blu-Ray Player With Wi-Fi 

 

 

The player itself is not much to look at ...
But get a load of the menu dashboard in the photo below.

This has to be the "must have" appliance of the decade as it has increased the entertainment value of my home audio video system tremendously. In addition to accessing my NetFlix account there are a ton of free services and Samsung apps available. I watch free movies on Crackle. I like playing Texas Hold 'Um Poker and Darts, there are many other free games. Nothing for the hard core serious gamer but entertaining none the less. You have limited web access like YouTube and cannot surf outside of sponsored turf (seemingly). When I search for eBay the only results I get are YouTube videos with eBay keywords for example. The addition of a black box can be easily obtained to overcome this shortcoming. In my case simply connecting to my server via the Wi-Fi feature gives me full web access. You can access the major social media sites like Facebook and Twitter if that's your thing. Another shortcoming, if you will, is that the remote is not back lit so it is hard to see at night or in a dimly lit room. To round out the audio portion of my audio video system I patched a Pioneer stereo receiver between this, my monitor (NEC 3210 with OEM speakers) and Bose 501 Tower speakers to get studio like sound. This player plays .avi and many other video files directly so there is not much need for conversion of computer movie files. It has a front load USB port for ease of watching media from computer files via a USB thumb drive. I am assuming you can attach an external USB hard drive of any size (full of media - wink). Not only does it play Blu-Ray & 3D disks, it plays Blu-Ray & 3D files as well. The instructions were very clear and concise ... Setup was a breeze. DVD's load in a motorized front slot and controls on the front are touch sensitive (no buttons). In the future I plan to add an equalizer (packed away somewhere in my closet) to fine tune the sound. The street price (including used) for these is between $80 - $100 ... Retails brand new for about $180, if you can find them as they do not usually stay stocked very long. Big thumbs up for this Samsung product as with many of their other very fine line of electronics products.