Samsung BD-C5500 Blu-ray player: Excellent entry level Blu-Ray player
This is my first stand alone Blu-Ray player purchase. I also have a Playstation 3. Setup on the Samsung was fast and easy. Blu-Ray discs load up fast. I didn’t notice any difference in load speeds between this player and the Playstation 3. The quality of upconverting regular DVD’s to 1080p was decent. To access the internet features, I’m using an ethernet cable connected to an Actiontec Powerline Adapter. So far, I have streamed HD Netflix movies and checked out a few videos on Youtube. Both worked flawlessly. As another reviewer mentioned a bug regarding sound, I haven’t had that issue at all.
As of now, there aren’t many internet apps available. That’s not a big issue to me since the only ones I will use are Netlfix and Youtube. One issue I did have was using the AccuWeather App. Every time I went into the setup area to input my current location, the app would freeze (New York City weather is the default location). I tried this at least 5 plus times and the freezing issue didn’t go away. I had to power down the player and turn it back on every time the app would freeze.
Overall, I’m really happy with the Samsung BD-C5500. I would recommend this to anyone looking to purchase a Blu-Ray player. Besides the issue with the one application, everything has worked fine.
Review source: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2BH2GG17H86BV/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000B60H0G&nodeID=172282&tag=&linkCode=