Cheapest 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.
Other, cheaper players will do the basic disc playing just as well as this machine, and the value add pieces that justify the higher price aren't ready for prime time yet. Until that's fixed, I can see no reason to purchase this player - get a cheaper one instead.Get more detail about Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.