Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player Decide Now

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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