Samsung BD-C6800 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player

5 Comments

1. Guillaume Normand says:

   September 6, 2010 at 2:46 pm

   This player is screaming fast. The upconvert produces an excellent image quality. This is my second player. I bought a Panasonic Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player (Black) back in October and even though the image quality is excellent, it is very slow. This Samsumg player opens the tray almost immediately after you turn it on. It takes less than 30 seconds from the moment you put the disc into the tray and the moment you start watching the movie. The Panasonic I have on the other hand takes approximately 3-4 minutes.
   
   The tray cover mechanism is pretty slick. But if you have young children around it will not survive long. The design is too fragile and will break at the first mishandling.
   Rating: 5 / 5
2. Le biberon says:

   September 6, 2010 at 5:26 pm

   I bought this on impulse from a warehouse club to replace an increasingly-cranky, four-year-old upconverting DVD player.

   Pay heed to the BD-6800′s user manual insert that emphasizes the importance of upgrading the firmware. Knowing this needed to be done, I tried several times to connect to my Wi-Fi router, no luck: it would not hook up properly. So I gave up and ran an Ethernet cable from the player’s LAN interface direct to the router. It connected immediately and I was able to bring the firmware up-to-date: the version on the unit out of the box looked to have been several revisions behind. After this, the player was able to connect wirelessly with no problem… and download other updates and goodies.

   The player works well, DVDs look great, BDs are awesome, and I love being able to stream in movies from my Netflix queue. The remote has buttons that are a decent size for my aging eyes.

   So, this is a nice-looking, good, mid-range player. Based on my early acquaintance, I recommend it.
   Rating: 4 / 5
3. Tushar Tyagi says:

   September 6, 2010 at 7:01 pm

   Got the player a few days back. Initial setup was a breeze. Got connected to the internet over wifi very easily. It downloaded some apps and things were up and running. I tried things like netflix, pandora, youtube, accu-weather, google maps, sudoku etc and it was just amazing. Then I got to the real deal – playing a BD and it was quick, fast and fun. I had trouble doing the firmware upgrade (optional) over the network but then I read on some forum that usb upgrade was easier, that turned out to be true and things were done in no time, the procedure for which was available on samsung’s site. So far i’m quiet satisfied by the video and audio performance along with the elaborate apps and games that work on this.
   
   I’ve used it via hdmi with my lcd tv and hd projector. I’ve tried both analog and optical audio out with the tv and the 5.1 receiver respectively. The remote is easy to use and has good range (bounced signals worked great, never had to point it to the player). Of-course it takes time to punch in the user id etc for the internet apps, but that is a one time setup.
   
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. Matt says:

   September 6, 2010 at 7:10 pm

   This product reminded me why I try to avoid Samsung products altogether; if you ever need to call their tech support department get ready for a less than stellar experience. They’re very nice and very polite but have very little knowledge and are more interested in getting you off the phone.

   I had to try to update the firmware 7 different times before it worked. I finally got it to work by running a wired internet connection to the device. This was my own idea, the tech support rep said to buy a USB flash drive and use my laptop to download the latest update. Apparently admitting the self-update is faulty?

   There are also some irritating features in the setup. It does allow you to have multiple profiles for the Internet@TV feature which is cool but don’t expect that to mean you’re getting multiple Pandora log-ins. Nope, only one per player which kind of stinks. Also, the Netflix is really barebones. You can only look at your instant queue, no search feature as with other Netflix ready devices.

   Rating: 3 / 5
5. talent101 says:

   September 6, 2010 at 7:15 pm

   So I get it home load up my wireless do some netflix and than decide to throw in a movie and the tray wont open to insert the cd. Not a good start .
   Rating: 1 / 5