Samsung BD-E5900 3D WiFi Blu-ray Disc Player (Black)
Samsung BD-E5900 3D WiFi Blu-ray Disc Player (Black)
- 3D playback
- Samsung Smart Hub enabled
- WiFi built-in
- Web browser
3D Smart Blu-ray player with built-In WiFi, Smart Hub, and Web Browser
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Samsung BD-C5900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player
- Built-in 3D
- Internet@TV
- BD-Live? (Profile 2.0), BONUSVIEW
- Wireless LAN-ready (Wireless LAN adaptor not included)
- AllShare?
3D BluRay
List Price: $ 229.99
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Lots of features, room for improvement,
I just bought the Samsung E5900 Blu ray player yesterday despite not finding a single review of this player online. I bought this mostly for the smart, streaming and integration features and have not had a chance to actually play a movie yet.
Setup
The initial wizard was easy to follow and connect to my Wi-Fi network. Despite this being a fairly new device, it took about 20 minutes to install numerous updates.
Video streaming services
It supports numerous services, but not Amazon Video on-demand. There are apps that you can download to watch MLB.TV and other services. Youtube and Pandora are great.
Integration with my Network Attached Storage
It found it and connected no problem, but couldn’t play almost any videos recorded on my canon camera or flip video camera or samsung?? galaxy smart phone. It played music from the drive and loaded photos with no problem.
Smartphone / Tablet remote control apps
Very disappointing – they just emulate the remote that comes with it with not a single added benefit. You don’t get a keyboard on any (iPad, iPhone, Android) to help with app searches or youtube. I would really like it to even give feedback right on your device so that you don’t have to always look at the screen while using the remote app. Time warner has apps like this to program your DVR. I also often got an error that the remote app couldn’t connect. If it does connect, you do need to use the regular remote to approve using the app remote.
Samsung SwipeIt (their version of airplay)
I was extremely disappointed to find out that this doesn’t support SwipeIt despite being a new model. Apparently it’s only for Samsung TVs?
Full web browser
Works surprisingly well. It’s very cumbersome to type in web address, searches or navigate (all would be nice with a smartphone app that worked better). It can display every webpage I tried well and could be great for showing a website to a crowd.
Smartphone integration
The Apple TV for $99 lets you show your iPad screen on your TV so I don’t understand why Samsung can’t do the same for their Galaxy line and their “Smart” devices. I didn’t find a single advantage to owning a Samsung Galaxy and Samsung Smart Blu Ray.
Speed
The device was painfully slow especially when you are used to modern smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc. Most commands take a few seconds to process.
Size and Weight
It is very compact and light which is great.
Overall
I have a hard time recommending the device given the lack of integration. The whole point of a smart device is integration. For now you’d be better of getting the cheapest 3D blu-ray player you can find (probably around $70) and then spending $49 on a Roku or $99 on an Apple TV.
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|A below average BD player,
A BD player these days is not just for playing BDs and DVDs but also for playing music CDs and serving content from the internet.
Let me go through the nice aspects of this player first:
* Fast BD/CD load times – disks load almost instantly
* Nice picture quality. Upscaling to 1080p works very well too (at least when viewed on a 46″ Samsung LED TV).
* Overall nice for watching BD/DVDs
Here are the areas of improvement:
* Remote control buttons could be made better. Either the buttons are not good or the BD player does not respond fast enough – forwarding, rewinding and using the direction buttons is not exactly fun.
* If your primary purpose is to view content online, skip Samsung entirely. Very few of the apps mentioned on their website are actually available. Go for Sony instead (I am returning this player and getting a Sony). The user interface is also poor. The new Apple TV is the best in terms of interface (and until third party apps are available on that, the Sony BD player should fill in the void).
* The player supports DLNA – but the Samsung implementation is full of bugs. Besides it lacks features such as shuffling songs, forwarding or rewinding video and that makes it practically useless.
* Not at all recommended for playing music on a hi fi system – you will notice the sound made when the disk rotates.
Overall, Samsung has done a poor job with its BD players. Its TVs are awesome but it has a long way to go in catching up on the BD player quality.
UPDATE Oct 26, 2010
I exchanged this played for Sony BD-P570 a couple of weeks ago. The Sony player also has issues with DLNA. Also, Netflix on Sony freezes all the time and several other features do not work despite a firmware upgrade. I cannot recommend Sony either and am still searching for a BD player with network features that work as advertised. If you are aware of one, please let me know.
UPDATE Dec 23, 2010
After trying several other players, I finally came back to the Sony BDP-S570 3D Blu-ray Disc Player when the price on Amazon dropped to $138 a few days ago. With the latest firmware (several versions newer than the one I had tried earlier, the wireless setup and Netflix freezing issues are resolved. Further, this is the only player that plays 1080/60p, 28fps files from my Panasonic camcorder without any problems. I am bumping up my rating from 1 star to 4 stars.
If you don’t want the hassle of trying different players and returning them like I did, go for Sony BDP-S570 3D Blu-ray Disc Player. It is not perfect but better than other players in the market.
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|What do You Need in a Blu-Ray Player?,
The Samung C5900 makes a great option for a certain type of person… someone who already owns a Samsung 3D television. If that is not you – this may be an ok Blu-Ray player for you, but there may be better options. However, if you own a Samsung 3D television such as Samsung UN55C7000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV (Black) or Samsung UN55C8000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV the Samsung C5900 is an excellent choice. Why? most of the features that people complain that the C5900 is missing is already incorporated into your television. However, the Samsung C5900 is a very affordable option to bring 3D Blu-Rays to your television.
A few notes
- Remember – you will need high speed HDMI cables if you want to play 3D Blu-Rays – consider AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters)[Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel] since they are MUCH cheaper than any of the cables you will find at the box stores.
- Great picture quality on Blu-Ray video (as you would expect)
- Does a great upconverting DVDs to near HD quality
- Super fast loading time
- One HDMI and one optical audio output (not including the more conventional outputs… but you wouldn’t use those on a Blu-Ray… now would you?)
- It has the ability to run Samsung Apps – but unlike the Samsung BD-C6900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player and the Samsung BD-C7900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player it is NOT wireless.
- Remember – if you have the above-mentioned Samsung TVs you already have access to all of the Samsung Apps…so really all you need your 3D Blu-Ray player to do is play videos!
Final Verdict – I find the Samsung C5900 to be a perfect fit for my Samsung UN55C8000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV and it is a less expensive option than the other Samsung players.
5 Stars
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|Not Bad, But ….,
The unit works fine most of the time, but it does have some issues that make me wish I had bought a different model.
First the good stuff. The included Samsung Apps are awesome. The firmware upgrade process is quick and easy. Streaming Netflix movies through this unit is better than streaming directly to my TV because it doesn’t require a major rewire of my audio system as this unit is already connected to my AV receiver.
The unit is so light that pushing buttons actually moves it around. It would be great if it had a bit more substance so that it would just stay in place on the shelf. Occasionally, it pixelates, audio drops out, or just generally does strange things. As mentioned in other reviews, a power cycle will fix the problem. It only has one HDMI 1.4 output, so if you want to use 3D, you need to be sure you have HDMI 1.4 support through the entire path to your TV. My AV receiver is less than a year old, but doesn’t support HMDI 1.4. That means that I have to either buy a new AV Receiver or connect the DVD directly to my TV. I chose the latter, but that means that I don’t have surround sound for 3D content without some creative new wiring. I like the Panasonic approach to this better. Their 3D DVD players have two HDMI outputs (1-1.4 & 1-1.3), which allows you to connect one cable directly to the TV for the 3D picture and one to the AV Reciever for surround sound.
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