A lot of people have been waiting for this player. Well they should wait some more as it is not ready for prime time. There are cheaper better players that work better than this one.

First let me say that most of the problems have to do with media other than Blu-ray disks. Many of us were looking for a nice Blu-ray player that would play media from USB drives and even stream them from you PC. While this unit claims to do that it is riddled with problems. Let me list them.

1. Lets talk about streaming media. First you need to connect the player to your network. I tried and tried and could not get the wireless dongle that comes with the player to work with my network. I'm not even using any security on my network. It just refused to connect to my wireless router. After an hour of messing with settings I gave up and resorted to using a wired connection. I was able to connect to the network but my shared drives are password protected. You have to manually enter the IP address of the PC and the folder name as well as the username and password. All fine and dandy. I did get it to work however. As soon as you power down the player (power switch) it loses the data. This is unacceptable. Ever try to enter all that information with a remote. No way. I resorted to providing guest accounts (Open) so that they could be searched and accessed. This works and you are able to access the DIVX avi files. Power down the machine and you have to search again.


2. No streaming of any other video format from PC/USB or Data DVD. Not even H264 MP4 files as stated in the manual. Only DIVX and XVID avi files are supported. And these have major issues almost every single file played started to stutter once you were about 20-30 minutes into the video. It does not matter if they were streamed form PC/USB or DATA DVD. The DIVX decoder on this machine has major problems and no other codec or format is supported.


3. Cannot fast-forward or rewind faster than X8 when watching DIVX movies. This means if you are resuming a move near the end its going to take you 10-15 minutes to get there.


4. When going from PC to Disk to USB the player gets lost and you have to cycle the power to get back on track.


5. Top buttons are touch sensitive and don't always work the first time you touch them.


6. Manual Stinks. No support on website. In major need of a firmware upgrade.


7. You cannot use a Blu-Ray BD-R or BD-RE as a data disk with media. Does not work.

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OK all that said the player does a great job of up converting standard DVD's. The look great. Bottom line is you are paying a lot to get these other features and they just don't deliver. I could have lived with just about every thing but the stutter problem. This makes the player unsuitable for use other than as standard Blu-Ray or DVD player and there are much cheaper choices for this.

I am returning the player
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I differ with the first reviewer and am very satisfied with the player. It does a beautiful job of playing Blu-Ray disks and the image is immaculate as is the audio (the primary reason for buying any player). Netflix stream is great (it also streams in HD where the content is available - much nicer than the image on a PC), Pandora internet radio is a bonus.
I had no trouble connecting to my network. It was very easy and by putting my media into a shared (public) folder there was no complicated set up. I agree that this aspect of the player is a work in progress - codec support seems spotty - some played, some did not. Samsung has always done a great job of supporting their products (I've owned printers, TV's, etc.), so I expect further improvements.
My conclusion is that if what you want is a great Blu-Ray player with good networking and excellent audio then this IS the player. If you primarily want streaming of computer files to your TV, then a PC attached to the TV is a better solution (I have one of those too).Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

After searching and searching I finally decided on this player while browsing at best buy over the weekend. Suprising to say the least! Pros- one word. Wifi!! Having this feature built into a blu ray is simply terrfic. Now I understand the bragging rights ps3 owners have had for so long. pro number 2 pandora! A fantastic program that makes life so easy and finding the music you want simple. Plays blu rays and upscales beautifully. The dark knight was my test for blu ray and walle as my upscale. Sound is also fantastic and the sync with a samsung is flawless. Only con I can see is the player feels flimsy but so be sure to test drive or hold it in your hands. For those already complaining about this player, relax. Give it some time. Wifi is here to stay and as of right now I don't know how I ever lived without it on a blu ray player. I highly recommend it!!!Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

simple to use and setup but with a great variety of options. took 15 mins and a minimum of fuss to be able to activate and use both the pandora and netflix content, and blu-ray was of course, spectacular!

well-built unit, does not feel cheap or flimsy, either.

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I have owned this for several days and overall it has been an excellent experience. The player sets up quickly and easily detects my wifi network and also worked well with a cat-6 cable. My connection is 3-4 Mbps and this is rated "very good" for netflix streaming videos which look DVD quality. On-screen menus are very clear and easy to follow. The player itself works very well with only a few seconds delay. I have it hooked to my yamaha 663 receiver via HDMI; no problems. Given the complaints people gave about Blu-ray players, this player was a pleasant surprise. I'm glad I made the move to Blu-Ray and the netflix/pandora additions make this a no-brainer. Not sure if it was worth the extra $$ over the BD-P1600 from Samsung, but would be if you don't have a router near your player and need the wifi link to the internet. You can add wifi to the 1600 but I haven't seen the dongle available yet.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I bought this player a week ago and have been very happy with it. Setup was very easy including logging onto my Wi-Fi network. The Netflix capability is great. I would definitely recommend this player to anyone.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Ok this is my first product review so have some mercy.
I have read about this player in the Netflix flyer inside my netlfix dvd envelope. I have been using a 2nd generation Sharp BR and a Roku netflix player and was thinking about getting this unit. I am a fan of streaming Netflicks and Pandora. I really do not like the Sharp player I bought 16 months ago. I was looking at getting a more current blue ray player and a chance to reduce the foot print of my audio/video equipment. My wireless router is in a bedroom and I did not want a pc right next to the TV. I went to Best Buy talked to a sales man about this unit and decided to buy it for 399.00.
First impression as I got it out of the box is that it is smaller and lighter than my previous blueray player. I learned from my previous BR player to check for software upgrades before hooking it up all the way.I looked the model up at the Samsung web site. No firmware update was needed. It took me about 5 minutes to hook it up.
The system set up took me about 30 minutes. It is pretty straight forward till you get to the network and pc set up section. If you are used to setting up ip addreses and set up your own wirless network it is fairly easy to set up. It found my wireless router and connected up to it in about 3 minutes. The more secure you have your network the more work it will take to connect to it. You need to know if your using DHCP or if you have to plug in ip addresses ect. I use DHCP and that method is a lot easirer to set up. I have turned the unit off and back on many times and it maintained the wireless infomation from the original set up. You may want to give the unit a few minutes after you power it on to connect up to your wirless network before trying to access netflicks or Pandorda. The remote works great with the Netflix streaming and with Pandora. I have not tried setting up shared folders on my pc to be accessed via my wirless network. That will be something I will try later.
Since I have a Samsung HDTV the BR player remote works well with my TV.
Now what about the dvd and BR function.
With out getting exact numbers ect. The picture and sound is great. It loads quick. I am able to reduce the number of audio/video devices and remote controls. It is a improvement on what I had. I am liking this new toy.
Things that could be improved are :
Lighted keys on the remote.
When you are watching Netflicks or listening to Pandora if you load a dvd it will stop the netflicks/pandora streaming and go to dvd mode.

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I just repacked up my Samsung Blu-Ray disc player for return. When I received the player today I unpacked it, set it up to my TV, loaded a brand new Quantum of Solace Blu-ray disk into the player. The picture froze and I called the Samsung customer service department. They had me try, in vain, to reset the machine. The problem I have now is I was unable to eject the disc. They told me it would have to be returned for service.

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I don't understand why Samsung would even release this thing. I purchased this player mainly because of the Wi-Fi and the Pandora features. Problem is, while both those things seem to work great, I can't get the thing to function the way it was intended: TO PLAY MOVIES! I'm on my second one of these now and they both have the same problems. Movies freeze, lag... sometimes load, sometimes don't. And I've got a couple discs (Iron Man & Goodfellas) that won't play at all! I've even had problems with standard dvds working. When it does work, the sound and picture are great. Problem is, it hardly ever works without an issue. This player is so damn temperamental it's a joke. I understand there are currently issues with players reading certain discs, but when you supposedly have the current firmware upgrade you'd think at least SOME of your movies would play without issue. Guess not. It's irritating that Samsung would release a supposedly 'high-end' player for $400 with this many bugs. Now I have to take back my second one for the same problems I had with the first. I guess I'll have to forgo the wi-fi and Pandora features and purchase a blu-ray player that actually PLAYS blu-ray disks.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

When choosing a blu ray player, the choice can be confusing at times. After months of searching I now believe the best ones are the ones that match your needs most, after price point. Here is my review after a night well spent learning the ins and outs.

Pros-

Wifi-- This year Wifi will be all the rage. Set up with my samsung after a slight learning curve took 20 mins tops and once connected it worked flawlessy. I didn't even need to read the manuel. Superb and blazing fast!

Pandora--what a terrific gem of a music program. And its free! The learning curve is super easy and fun. I was able to program it from my mobile phone, and there it is two seconds later. I am a happy camper!

Netflix-- Great. super simple! Netflix needs more choices, but that is not Samsung's fault.

wifi dongle!- They could have charged for this. They didn't. Great!

cons, if it is one--The player feels flimsy upon first contact so that you almost want to be super gentle with it. As opposed to the sturdier players out there. If that concerns you, i suggest you hold a floor model first and decide for yourself. Also, still no hdmi plugs offered with the majority of players, this one included. Makes no sense at this point. Luckily i have spares.

Overall- a solid player, with wonderful audio and visual clarity. My test for blu ray, The Dark Knight. Looked amazing, sound oustanding. Test for upscale, Wall-E. Looked incredible and rich.

Nice job samsung!!!


UPDATE: Not sure what all the griping is about for a select few, but I watched Punisher Warzone on this player, a hard hitting film if there ever was one and this player did not hiccup. Audio and visual clarity were fantastic!! Also just watched quantum of solace. No issues. A little lag in the load time but I suspect that has to do with the dvd not the player. Sounded and looked great!! Be cautious of those few on here who get one bad lemon and decide the whole basket is rotten.

Three and a half month update: Still no problems to report with this player. I have not had one single issue with any movie I have thrown at it and I have now played over 200 films on it. it's a workhorse. It also plays copies of pretty much any DVD you have burned from a computer hard drive. I'll say it again, great product! Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

So far the Samsung BD-P3600 Blu-Ray player is amazing. The wireless connection to the Internet works great. Streaming Netflix over wi-fi is extremely convenient, although the image quality is no better than an ordinary DVD. Pandora personalized radio stations is awesome. Playing DVDs is a breeze and it works flawlessly. I just updated Netflix to send me Blu-Ray DVDs, so I cannot comment on the Blu-Ray functions yet. So far my Blu-Ray player has been more than I ever expected it to be even with the pricier $399 price tag. I hope I am equally happy when I try to play a Blu-Ray disc.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I love the "idea" of this product...if only it actually worked properly. I tried watching a Netflix movie and about 20 minutes into it, it just suddenly stopped and gave me a message about the movie not being available. Thinking it was just my wireless connection or Netflix, I figured it was just a glitch that I would overcome later. No luck. After 5 times, I gave up.

I decided to watch a blu-ray movie instead. An hour into it, the movie paused and the player made a funky noise while the display dimmed about 6 times. The movie then skipped ahead and I was able to watch another 20 minutes before it did the same thing again. I tested the movie in my PS3 and it played fine. After reading the other reviews, I've decided to just return it. Too many bugs apparently...Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I've had this for 5 hours & still sitting in front of it. Getting ready to watch my 3rd Netflix streaming video. I upgrade from a Samsung older Blu-ray BDP-1400. I got this mainly for the netflix & it works effortlessly. The HD on Netflix is good HQ but not quite 1080i, nonetheless it is still a great feature. Pandora works well too. My old 1400 was slow loading and accessing the menus when playing DVD's this is working just like you would expect at the price range. The Menus are easy to use too. Its only been a few hours but so far so good!Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

While this is an adequate Blu-ray player, the feature that I bought it for didn't work, and I returned it.

It is advertised to play video files from your home PC over the network. However, there are several issues with this.

1) In automatic scan mode, if you have more than one device on the network that has an open Windows (or Samba) share folder, the BD-P3600 will grab the first one it finds and not allow you to change it. In my case it was seldom the right one.

2) In manual scan mode, you must enter (through a scroll-to-the-character-and-select interface) the IP address, the share folder name, and the user ID and password (even if there is none). It will then find the right folder. BUT THIS INFO IS NOT SAVED. Next time you have to do it all over again. Gahhhhhhhhhh!!!

3) The only files it will play are AVI (DivX) files, and only standard def ones at that. No HD, no MKV formats. While not strictly necessary, this would be expected in an HD player.

4) Network setup is tricky for some, and many people have had difficulty with the (included) WiFi setup. I used Ethernet, with is easier.

Having said that, though, the Netflix setup was pretty good, limited only by my 4MB DSL connection, which isn't quite fast enough for some HD.

The Blu-ray performance is very good, though. But I was replacing a good enough BD deck for the added features, which didn't meet their promise. So I stuck with what I already had.
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First off this is a great player. Picture quality is great, True Blu-ray discs look fantastic. The Up-converting is good too. The WiFi feature, is easy to use and setup is SNAP, Netflix is also a great feature. And Pandora is another added bonus. This is sreaming audio and can be custom fit to your personal taste. OK the down side, is they put the controls on the top of the unit. This is something I do not understand. Most people stack components. and even if you don't its awkward to deal with the buttons on the top. I recommend this unit, The good far outweigh the bad Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I purchased this player yesterday evening at PC Richards ($355), It took me less than 1/2 hour to begin watching a netflix movie. Used HDMI cable, just unhooked the one already in my receiver for the old DVD player (a 5 disk sony upconverter), repluged it in the Samsung, pluged in the included dongle thing, searched for a wi-fi network, found mine, entered password, and away it went.
Viewed a regular DVD, the upconversion is much better than my old sony
Viewed a HD netflix movie - great
Viewed a regular netflix - not as good as the upconverted DVD quality, but better than a regular DVD. I can't beleive how good this works.
Added pandora music, also works fantastic.
only downside, the netflix only come out in Dolby 2 channel. Don't know if its me or netflix.
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I have been looking at buying a networking BR player for quite some time now, and was first attracted to the 1600 model. After checking in to the cost of setting that model up for wireless streaming I saw the value in spending a little more upfront on the 3600 model which includes the dongle and memory already. I did upgrade my router to a N-series- I had the same one since 2003 or 2004, so it needed updating anyway. I am getting beyond my tech-savy years and things don't connect the way they used to, so I needed to make a couple of calls to the tech folks at D-link and to Samsung in order to get the player set up for streaming. It took maybe an hour to do this and I was on hold for only a short while. So here is the BUT. The player sees the movies in the que and I can move from movie to movie, see the description, actors, viewing time, etc. but I don't see any images. I see a blank white rectangle where there should be a DVD cover in the preview menu, and when I select play, I go to a black screen with the title and two bars at the bottom. No loading occurs, and after about 15 seconds I get a message that the movie is unable to be viewed. So the streaming works, kind of. I'd be more upset if there were movies able to be seen this way that had more of an appeal to me. I thought it might be a connection thing, but I am seeing the various menus quite clearly. Just not the images. Puzzling. The BR discs are pretty amazing when viewed in full HD. And the sound....at last my speakers sound every bit their price. Would love to know how to actually see something off Netflix, and I am sure eventally I will. I got it for a price that couldn't be beat so all in all I am pretty satisfiedGet more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I bought this at Best Buy for the fact it was exclusive to them for about 2 months of it's initial release. It looks great in the home theater and offers promising features. I bought this more so for the streaming Pandora, Netflix, and Divx encoded files. There a plenty Blu Ray players out there but not too many offer these features. I am partial to samsung HT products being that I love my TV by them.

Blu Ray:

The Blu Ray seems to take too long to load. I have had issues loading some discs and have found others having the same problems. Wall E from Disney took me about 5 tries to get it to play. It seems slow when trying to do anything with blu ray.

DVD:

I played my first regular DVD the other day and my experience was disappointing. The movie froze about 20 minutes in and i had to stop and hit play again. At another point it skipped a few times. This was brand new DVD out of the case.

Streaming and Networking:

AHH! First off I am pretty tech savvy in all fields of networking and HT. Getting this to connect to my newer Linksys wireless N router is a chore. I do like that a wireless N dongle is included but it is painstaking to get this to work. The pandora works well when you can connect. The streaming from the PC works well for the most part but I usually have to reboot the player a few times to get it find my shared folders. I haven't used the netflix yet because I don't want to pay for a subscription and have my device not work with it. The player offers WPS, or "Wifi Protected Setup". This is nice if you have a networking device that also supports it which mine does. However! It never worked. The only way to get this player to connect to my N or G network is to completely remove all security which I imagine most consumers do not want to do. Lastly, it freezes. It just freezes! I have had to unplug the unit itself about 5 times since ownership from these freezes.

Conclusion. I had high hopes. I am disappointed. I love Samsung products more than any other but i cannot recommend this player. My only hope is that they release updates for which can be done automatically when connected to a network, that is if I can connect in the first place. I would wait to see what happens with this player.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I was looking for a replacement to a several-year old upconverting DVD player that had served me well for some time, but was having some problems with discs freezing during playback. Since the cleaning kit probably cost as much as a new DVD player, I decided to upgrade to Blu-Ray instead. I did some searching online, and based on several reviews (this site and others) I opted for the BD-P3600 from Samsung and have been very satisfied with the purchase. It was incredibly easy to set up out of the box, with minimal instructions. I connected it to the TV via HDMI and then hardwire ethernet to our wireless router (and hence to cable modem). It loaded up fine and then has been smooth sailing ever since. No issues with Blu-Ray playback so far, and everything's fine with over-the-internet streaming from either Netflix or Pandora. I have not tried to use the wireless connection yet, or tried to stream video from a networked computer, so I cannot comment on that. Of course, the only downside is that my TV is in need of upgrading now (I bought my LCD 4 years ago, and apparently, it doesn't support 1080p). Overall, a very satisfying purchase.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Let's start with the good - Blu-ray discs play well, and upconverting of standard DVDs is pretty spectacular - far better than my HD-DVD player. Only down side for normal usage is that it does take a little while to start up, but no longer than any other hi-def players I've seen.

I chose this player over others at a similar price point because of the advertised value adds - the WiFi link, Netflix and Pandora apps built in, and the ability to stream content from my PC.
Unfortunately, none of these items work well.

The WiFi took me several hours to get working, (which surprised me as I work in IT, and am relatively experienced at setting up WiFi networks and attaching devices) - most of the difficulty seemed to be in getting the player to see my network, and getting the security settings correct. Once set up, it worked well, until the first re-start of the player, when I had to re-enter all the settings to re-connect to the network...a pretty painful experience. Currently when I start the player, there's around a 30% chance it'll connect to my wireless network with out intervention - a pain for me to set up, but impossible for other members of my family - WiFi is effectively useless.

The Netflix and Pandora apps work just fine when they work, but I've seen the same kind of streaming stutter that others have mentioned while both wired and wireless. It seems to be worse on Pandora than Netflix. This is bad enough to be not acceptable for a media experience, so I don't use them.

I could never make streaming from my PC work, so it's hard to really comment on it, apart from to note that the other media devices I have stream from the same PC with no problems.

All in all, the idea of this player is great, it's a serious attempt to capture the position of the main media device in the living room. Unfortunately, it feels like it was released way before it was ready, and there are still far too many bugs, both core system and user experience, to make it a practical device for anything other than playing BRD or DVD content.
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Maybe I'm a little harsh in this rating because the player does very well in playing BD and DVD both visually and aurally. But (and this is a big BUT), the pause time for DVD layer switching is 1-2 seconds! No recent player should ever have ANY pause at the layer switch. This is totally unacceptable unless you never play DVDs. I ran into the same issue on the Pioneer BDP-320.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

This is an awesome product. Over the years I have owned several video tape and dvd players, but this one serpasses them all. The Blue Ray pictures are of course gorgeous. This little unit plays regular dvd disks at nearly Blue Ray quality. Netflix downloads are truly amazing. My TV is a recently purchased Samsung 52" LCD.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Easy to setup, even the wireless which is one of the main features that sold me on this player. Also teams very well with my PN63A650 Samsung Plasma. Looks great, works great - what else could one ask?Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I've never felt so conflicted about a piece of home theater gear in my life. On the one hand, the BD-P3600 offers very good to excellent audio and video performance on DVDs and Blu-ray Discs as well as some great internet streaming features. On the other hand the "PC Streaming" feature is frustratingly hard to use and unreliable to the point that I finally gave up trying to get it to work.

A few die-hard audio/videophiles were worried when Samsung chose not to include the excellent Silicon Optix Reon HQV video processor in this year's line-up of Blu-ray Disc players. The DVD upconversion on last year's BD-P2500 was outstanding and many of us were concerned that its omission from the BD-P3600 would lead to noticeably inferior standard def performance. Turns out there was little to worry about as both the DVD and Blu-ray performance of the BD-P3600 are excellent, comparable to Panasonic's DMP-BD80 and superior to LG's BD370.

Also, with on-board decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio over HDMI/PCM and multi-channel analog outputs, the audio performance and flexibility of the BD-P3600 is also excellent. Throw in the included WiFi dongle, BD-Live support, quick disc loading, Netflix online streaming and Pandora internet radio and you get one full-featured high performance Blu-ray player. That is until you try out Samsung's new PC streaming feature.

With PC streaming, you can access media files (photos, music and Divx videos) directly from a PC with shared folders on the same home network... at least in theory. When we tested this, the "automatic" feature to detect sharable PCs on the network failed entirely and we had to resort to manually providing the IP address of the PC, and even this was not reliable. This process wouldn't be such a pain except that the player does not have a "remember me" function to remember the IP address, share name, userid and password for the next connection, and entering all of this manually using the remote and on-screen graphical keyboard is a time-consuming process. Also, we found that the player hung on multiple occasions while attempting to playback AVIs from the networked PC, and the only way to recover from this was a re-boot (which, of course, forgot all of our network information). Meanwhile, playback of the same content from a USB flash drive connected to the player's front or rear USB port, worked reliably, without all the drama.

As a Blu-ray Disc and DVD player, the BD-P3600 performs very well. It is one of the fastest players to load up both standard DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (faster, in most cases, than even the PS3). Also, the Pandora and Netflix streaming features are very reliable and add quite a bit to the overall flexibility and versatility of the player. But Samsung really should have waited to release the PC streaming feature until it was more robust and more reliable. If you promise not to use this feature, then I'd happily recommend the BD-P3600 as a full-featured high performance Blu-ray and DVD player. But those who do want to take advantage of PC streaming are in for some serious frustration.

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If you have not tried Pandora, please go to pandora-dot-com and check it out. It is a reason to choose a Pandora-ready Samsung Blu-Ray player. (The less expensive BD-P1600 requires an $80 dongle and lacks the 1GB memory of the 3600.)

UPDATE: I have been using the BD-P3600 for almost two months, connected wirelessly via a very ordinary Actiontec 54mbps DSL gateway. The video is spectacular for Blu Ray and excellent for standard DVDs, better on both fronts than with my PS3. NetFlix and Pandora both work well and are very stable. I'm not sure why anyone like me (a non-techie) who can read the owners manual and work a bit with the setup for wireless should have a problem. This morning a software update was prompted, and after installing I had to repeat setup, which took about ten minutes even though I didn't remember the details of the initial setup. I have been able to stream from my PC, but this is less stable, and does not work for my WAV music files. MP3 files are fine, but at present I don't believe the BD-P3600 is a viable option for streaming music on a regular basis. I use my Vaio laptop as my AV component for streaming music and other files, with a Logitech V450 mouse as my remote (also using a virtual keyboard). That's a much more versatile streaming setup than I believe anything like the BD-P3600 could match. The Samsung is so very good in all other respects that I give it 5 stars. It is faster and more stable than any DVD player I have used (and that includes Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, and Panasonic). I use the BD-P3600 for Pandora, since the visuals are better than on the laptop.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I absolutely love this Samsung BD-P3600 Blu-Ray Disc Player! It is easy to use and a breeze to install (I don't have HDMI so I had to purchase component cables which were not expensive). The picture is terrific (1080p). It hasn't had any problems reading any of my DVD's, both HD and non-HD. The remote is easy to use and the menus very easy to read. But, most of all, I love the optional Netflix and Pandora features. I already had a Pandora account (it's free, you know), so getting that set up was not bad at all. It SOUNDS wonderful!! Netflix offers a free 2-week trial so you can try it out to see if you like it. Duh....it's amazing. I have a Blockbuster account, but this is better because I can go in and "queue" up videos to watch later, when we don't have a disc. Blockbuster is fine, but with this Samsung, the only way to go is Netflix! The wireless setup was very easy to do. But, the reason I gave this model a 4 instead of a 5 (it wouldn't let me do 4.5) is that I'm having issues with keeping the connection between viewings. Once I turn it off, the next time I turn it back on, it shows not connected. I will try to reach Samsung about this issue because I think it's simply something I'm overlooking, but haven't had time to do so until school is out (I'm a teacher). I haven't tried the BD-live feature, but am glad it's there. Bottom line...you can't go wrong with this Blu-ray disc player!! I love it!Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

This unit was as described and has worked well for me. The netflex option was the main reason for my purchase and I use it to watch old tv shows all the time. It is easy to use and setup and takes up little space with its slim profile. Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

It is this simple- This is a great product. I even use it connected to a Netbridge (even though Samsung does not "officially" support this set-up).

My only complaint, Samsungs usual stellar customer support really lacks on this product. Don't even think about calling to ask any set-up questions. Luckily, I was able to figure the netbridge set up. Actually, I was making it harder than it was, just configure your netbridge (use a HD bridge) and plug in. I am not a fan of the dongle, as I have much better streaming with the bridge.

I say, BUY IT!Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Well I read reviews where people had problems with this player but I have had none. Wireless setup was simple. Hooked right up to my secure wireless N router. Most difficult part was having to use my laptop to sign into Netflix to activate the instant video password. Which was simple. Was watching WALL-E over my wireless hookup in 20 seconds. Now it didn't look HD but it was a decent picture. Also watched Swingers, loaded in 20 seconds.

Took me longer to run the HDMI than it actually took to set up.

Blu-Ray looks awesome. Sound is great. Touch top controls are cool. I would recommend this to anyone.

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The Samsung BD-P3600 works pretty much as advertised. The remote does not control the TV as I would expect but that is easy to overcome. I would definitely recommend this player to anyone. I use the Pandora feature alot but still need to try Netflix.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I own the 2550 and wanted wireless Netflix and Pandora.
I love the 2550 and have two of them in different rooms, but the one in the den did not reach the ethernet cable - so I decided to "upgrade."
Big mistake. Well - not that big since Amazon did return it effortlessly.

But the unit was full of problems. After hours of trying different things, I finally got it to work ONCE! And it never did again after that one time.
Only then did i begin to read other peoples' similar experiences which finally convinced me to pack it up and ship it back.

Then I made a fantastic discovery! I found that I had been daisy chaining my time capsule with older Airport expresses which slowed my whole network down. So I bought a new Airport, daisy chained it with my base station and VOILA - wireless connection for my Samsung 2550!!! All you do is plug it into the airport. It works flawlessly.

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Bought this from Amazon last week on one of their great deals for $276 with 4 BD movies. This player is outstanding, load times are as fast as a PS3 and every BD movie I played so far works flawlessly. Has TrueHD and DTS-HD MA, Netflix and Pandora work great on the included wireless adapter. I read a lot of reviews about people have problems with the included wifi adapter. It took me about 45 seconds to connect it to my Linksys wireless N router with WAP turned on and I have not lost any singnal yet. It is connected to a Denon AVR-789 and a Samsung ln52a 52" 120hz LCD. I also have a PS3 and a LG BD 300 and I can honestly say this is by far the best player I have. BUY it, you won't be dissapointed.
Here is the link if it still on sale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_84400351_4?ie=UTF8&docId=1000376801&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_r=1C203ERHMEDF1RJ43YAT&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=478065931&pf_rd_i=B001TK3D4A
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this is a terrific machine. had everything working within 15 minutes without even looking at the manual. its a breeze. wireless is terrific-netflix streaming and pandora, both were on line in minutes and the picture/sound quality is excellent. terrific value with the 4-disc deal, highly recommendedGet more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I'm no stranger to Samsung HD products - I own a Samsung 72" LED DLP tv, 1400 BD, 2500 BD and now the 3600 BD. I received my 3600 on 5/28/09 and while I found it extremely easy to setup and use Netflix, when I tried to use the player the next afternoon, it first went to the dreaded green screen and after a reboot, it would stop after powering up and was stuck on the LOAD display message... Samsung was going to take it back for repair (as even they couldn't get it to reset) - but that wasn't good enough (REPAIR??? I didn't want a player riddled with problems). To Best Buys credit, they took it back and I got another one.

I got another one?? Yes, I have had, for the most part, great experiences with my Samsung HD products - and I have to say that at least for me, the wireless network ability on this player is fantastic! I also looked at the 4600, but why pay an extra $100 for the looks of the player? As long as this new 3600 player can make it beyond a 24 hour period, I would recommend it.

PROS: Wireless network connectivity; picture quality; price coming down
CONS: Outside of the first player dying after 24 hours, none so farGet more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Couldn't be happier with this product. Easy to set up, intuitive controls, and works great with my Samsung LCD TV. I looked at other brands, but realized that if I already had a Samsung TV, then going with the same brand Blu Ray player was the way to go. Network setup took a day or so to figure out the settings but now it's working fine.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Ok just got this player a few days ago.
1) Set up was easy
2) Picture quality and sound incredible ! I have a Pannasonic BD-30 and the Samungs picture is better in BD.
3) Standards DVD discs or passable but very hard to compare after watching High Def discs.
4) My Toshiba HD-Xa2 still the best standard DVD player around.
5) The networking has been a problem,can't get the wireles signal here in my basement apartment,can't get an ethernet wire down in my apartment,I'm on wireless with the computer but I can't seem to figure out whats going on here.
I'm sure its not the player I have to look into more connection options.
6) I big concern is no picture settings ???? color,tint etc-etc
while your watching a movie.
7) All in all the Samsung was a great deal at Amazon with $125 off with the purchase of 4 movies $ 341 for everything not a bad deal.
8) I would suggest you have all your networking/wireless in order before buying
9) This player on a 1080i Plasma ( Samsung ) does offer incredible picture quality and audio so if they are your main concerns by all means go for it.

The "WOW" factor scale of 1 to 10 on this machine with BD Disc's
1) A Bugs Life wow factor 11
2) Baraka wow factor 10Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I own several samsung products and this was a perfect match for my 52" LCD for watching movies.

It definitely does not let me down!

The DVD quality is very good. Blu Rays of course are better.

What shocked me is how easy and intuitive the Pandora and Netflix interfaces work with this. Simply outstanding!

The audio is excellent! Netflix video quality is almost HD in fact some movies I was so amazing it was streaming!

Buy it you will like it! Dont listen to the people bad mouthing it. There obviously was some bugs early on that have been fixed, Have a March 2009 firmware and MFR date. All is goodGet more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

As of May 31, 2009 there is no firmware update for this player that solves compatibility issues with lots of disks. While some disks will play fine, others will freeze at random points and then skip back to some point earlier in the movie. I have seen the problem with all of my Star Trek season 1 disks but I have now read reports of other titles having the same issue. The disks in question work fine in my Panasonic player so I know I'm not dealing with a bad disk issue. There are lots of other people seeing this problem with this and other Samsung players - just google for "samsung bd-p3600 freeze"Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I did a lot of searching to find which player was right for me. After some consideration, i chose this model. After hooking up everything, i was amazed at the ease of connecting this player to my wireless home network. I read at how others had struggled with these issues, but found mine was very straight forward and that i had no problems. I am able to stream movies from my computer and they play in amazing clarity. The blu ray playback with blu ray disks is excellent and the up convert to 1080P for regular DVDs is also really good. Connecting this player to my existing audio video receiver was a bit of trial and error. Since my receiver is a few years old, it did not have the HDMI inputs for audio, so instead i used optical. For some odd reason, the audio does not seem to properly work the surround sound...After messing with the settings on the player; I have improved the surround a bit but not as good as my old "antique" DVD player. Overall 4 starsGet more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

You couldn't beat the deal Amazon had! We got the player (Wi-Fi dongle included)& 4 blu ray movies for a total price of $291.
We just received our player last night and it was very easy for my husband to set up! It only took him a couple of minutes. The dongle connected to our Wi-Fi without a glitch. The player is connected to our Denon 3806 receiver and a Sony 1.3 HDMI cable was used (sales guy at Best Buy said we didn't need to have Monster cable for this connection only from receiver to tv). We have the Samsung 58B650 Plasma to go along it with it and the output is amazing. In addition, the player already came with the recent firmware loaded.

The movie tested with the player was AUSTRALIA. It took less than 30 seconds to load. It did make a little noise initially when it was searching for the disc in the player but it went away once the movie loaded. I had set up the Netflix and Pandora on the player and that was very easy. If you are not familiar with Netflix, this is the way to go to rent blu-ray movies and be able to watch movies or shows instantly on this player! We had Pandora on while we were preparing for dinner and there was never an interruption with the connection on the Wi-Fi. We are very pleased with this player for the quality and options at its price point. You can't beat it!

7/2 It's been over a month now and I would like to do a follow up review. The player has worked flawlessly and there has not been a glitch. I turned on the player yesterday and the player automatically did it's firmware update. That took about half an hour. Afterwards, we watched Inkheart with no problems!

9/21 Still loving this player! Oh it plays my DVD-R & DVD+R. It even upconverts to where these movies look fabulous! The same movie in a regular DVD player does not compare.
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I won't repeat what other positive reviews have said -- I agree with them.

I had an initially frustrating time connecting to any of my WiFi networks: all of them showed up in the BD-P3600's list, albeit with oddly truncated names, and they were marked as locked, even though none of the networks are encrypted. I finally realized that the BD-P3600 doesn't tolerate SSIDs with SPACES in the name, e.g., "Wireless Network." I simply removed all spaces from my SSIDs and the BD-P3600 connected effortlessly thereafter.

Setting up Pandora and Netflix was buttery smooth. I sat at my couch with a laptop computer and selected a movie for "instant view" at the Netflix website. Immediately the BD-P3600 recognized the addition and offered the movie for watching. It took little time to buffer. The quality bar was nearly but not at the highest quality, which surprised me since I have 20MBPS down through Verizon FIOS. The movie played great, however, and was comparable to DVD quality.

Also tested my home made movies shot on a Canon XH-A1 (high def camcorder) and burned in standard def to regular DVD. Upsampling from the BD-P3600 looked absolutely terrific on my Samsung LN52A850. I can't wait to burn in BluRay format.

Pandora also worked flawlessly. The sound quality isn't CD, of course, but is still very good to a non-discerning ear.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

I really like this Blue-Ray player. It plays DVDs and Blue-Rays very quickly. Picture looks superlative, even the DVDs look great.

I bought the Samnsung because of its extra features - it can tune into Pandora and access Netflix streaming.

The set up was easy - I plugged it in, placed the dongle into the USB port, followed the instructions on the screen and was up and running on my secured wireless network in minutes.

The only negatives: Very glossy, so it shows every fingerprint and speck of dust and I keep bumping the controls on the unit, as they are on top of the unit. Since I use the remote for most things, this latter minus is not huge. Finaly, the remote, like most remotes, is a bit cluttered. Manufactureres should look to TIVO or Logitech for remote design. Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

So, my girlfriend promptly fried my Samsung BDP 1600, which I absolutely loved, so I was thinking it was time to upgrade. I really wish I would've just replaced it with the original now because this one has been nothing but a headache.

Every feature that I wanted in this player is flawed. Blu ray movies look fantastic...too bad the lip sync is off on my brand new Pirates of the Carribean DVD (as in blu ray, not standard).

Standard DVDs work...but not very often and when they do manage to load by some minor miracle, it's only a matter of time before it starts skipping and subsequently locks up. Of course the only thing I can do at that point is cycle the power. ..And yes this was a brand new standard DVD, fresh out the packaging, that I was attempting to watch. I tested standard DVD playback with other DVDs from my collection with similar, disastrous results.

But what about CDs you say? Forget about it. The performance on the brand new CD that I tested was even worse than standard DVDs. It skipped so badly that I took it out in frustration and resisted although just barely, the impulse to throw it (the player) out the window.

Don't even get me started on setting up wireless. I work in IT and this was infinitely more frustrating than it needed to be. It found my network, but wouldn't connect to it, because there were spaces in the network id...Guess how long it took me to figure that out? I was thinking this was a problem with my wireless security setup. Even after connecting to my network, I still wasn't able to utilize the bd live content on my Seven Pounds disc. I gave up once I realized that I had been waiting 20 plus minutes....

Also can someone please tell me why when the player first boots up, it boots up in a lower resolution, and then realizes that it needs to display in 1080p? So it boots up in a lower resolution, fades to black, no signal detected, then boots back up in 1920 X 1080. Fantastic.

So yeah when I think of Epic Fail, I think of the Samsung BDP 3600. Do yourself a favor and buy something else. Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Bought the player at Best Buy yesterday (to replace a SONY s-350 which did not last a month!). The player worked wonderfully for a day. Today, I turned it on and it went into LOAD mode and never budged from there. I tried the resetting function, but the player was oblivious to it. I unplugged it and plugged it back in thinking it would reset itself, but that also did not work. So, back to Best Buy tomorrow to return it. My next Blu Ray disc player will be my last attempt, if this fails, I am back to DVD players and the new technology can go on without me.

I spoke to SAMSUNG live chat and the person was useless. All she could do was tell me to reset the unit (which I tried before). Next she said the issue will need a support ticket and a technician to work on it. REALLY? A player that is not even a day old? I told her to forget it, that the player goes back tomorrow and I am going with another brand.

I have to say, if this is an attempt at getting people to stick with Blu Ray and make sure the technology survives they better start putting out players that actually work.

UPDATE:

I replaced this unit with the LG BD390. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! The remote works faster and easier (without having to press the buttons countless times as i had to do with the Samsung). The load speed is lightning fast. Netflix works great and equally fast. Best of all, the machine WORKS! Oh, another detail...the buttons are on the FRONT of the machine, not on the top like the Samsung.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.