Samsung BD-E6100 3D Smart Blu-ray Player with Built-in Wi-Fi (New for 2012)
Feature
- Smart 3D Blu-ray Player
- Built-In Wi-Fi
- Dolby True HD & DTS-HD
- AllShare Play
- 37mm x 360mm x 193mm
Product Overview
Smart 3D Blu-ray Player with Built-in Wi-Fi to accesss online content such as BBC iPlayer, Facebook and Twitter. acetrax50 21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Is there anything this can't do???, By
Darren Watkins (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung BD-E6100 3D Smart Blu-ray Player with Built-in Wi-Fi (New for 2012) (Electronics)
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Absolutely blown away with what this blu ray player can do. Bearing in mind it is quite cheap for a 3D blu ray player.So the player itself, it is 43cm wide, 19.5cm deep and 4cm tall. It comes with a remote control, two batteries, a user guide, quick reference guide and also a telephone number for the Samsung Customer Support.
Well, I really don't know where to start now.
When you switch on for the first time, it is best to allow at least half an hour for it to update and download the apps. This just makes sure it is as up to date as possible. You do, of course, either have to connect it via the LAN or wi-fi first before it can update. There is a LAN port at the back of the player. It also will only connect to your TV with an HDMI cable (not provided).
So as I have said you can either connect it via a cable or wirelessly. I have gone for wireless. I didn't want wires all around the room. And it connects perfectly. I have it in my bedroom and the signal strength is excellent.
The player also allows you to watch movies, photos or listen to music from a USB memory stick, or a hard drive. There is a USB port on the front of the player. But as the player also can connect to your network you can also watch files from your PC by using the AllShare feature.
Moving on to my favourite, the SmartHub.
There is a program which you may find beneficial for keeping in touch with your family, or even network of friends. It is called Family Story. You register, and then get other people to register and join your network. It's like an intranet version of Facebook. You can load photos, videos and messages on, and only people in your network can see them.
There is also a fitness program, it says that you can connect any wifi enabled balance board to it too. It keeps track of your regime, charts yours ups and downs and a lot more.
Moving on to the apps. This is the first player I have seen where Netflix and LoveFilm are together. Both of them work perfectly, which is surprising as many older Samsung blu ray players have major issues with playing films on LoveFilm. It also has YouTube included.
It also has a lot of other apps to download, and they are split into the following categories: video, games, sports, lifestyle, information and education.
It also has a web browser, connecting you straight to the internet. But to be able to use this effectively you should use a keyboard and mouse, as the on screen ones take ages to do anything.
Moving on to what it was actually built for - playing blu ray DVDs. Well, it plays them, that's all you can say really. Unfortunately, I don't have a 3D enabled TV so can't comment on how it fairs that way. You don't get any 3D glasses, but this player is probably more likely to be an additional player, so you would already have some.
So when you look at what it can do, and the price it is a bargain. I was going to buy a friend of mine a media player for his birthday, but this knocks the socks off what a media player can do, so will definitely be getting another.
I can't recommend this more highly. But like with everything, do your research first to see if it is going to be suitable for you.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A mixed bag., By
B. Smyth "smyth86" (Crawley) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung BD-E6100 3D Smart Blu-ray Player with Built-in Wi-Fi (New for 2012) (Electronics)
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As with most electronic items nowadays they do more than their primary function. In this case Samsung have their Smart TV apps, which is where I shall start with this review.On first loading the Smart TV function it seemed to take a while to download and install and do the initial setup. It downloads a selection of apps and installs them for you. For me only 1 of the 14 it installed was useful - Lovefilm. Before logging into Lovefilm I thought I'd have a look to see what else is available. The only other app of interest to me was Netflix. At the time of writing this there is no BBC iPlayer app despite the product description although a quick look on the Samsung site slates this app for release before the end of June.
General navigation around the Smart TV service is slow and entering text is painful. A keyboard appears but you have to use the remote to select one letter at a time. The input isn't particularly smooth.
The Netflix and Lovefilm apps are brilliant though. Once logged into them the interface is easy to use, although still sluggish in my opinion. Playback quality is excellent and any HD content on Netflix is just mind blowing for a streaming service. Side by side I would be unable to tell apart this app from a Sky Movies HD movie. It really is that good.
As for blu ray playback, both 3d and 2d, the sound and picture is simply stunning. As a basic blu ray player this ticks all the boxes for me. Sharp images, deep blacks and full, clear sound through our surround sound unit. I can't really comment any further here - it's simply stunning.
Overall the unit is a bit of a mixed bag and it depends what you want from the player. If you are in the market for a stand alone 3d/2d blu ray player then this will not disappoint on bit. But then if you are in the market for that there are cheaper models without the "Smart" stuff. If you find the addition of apps attractive then you might find yourself getting frustrated. Other manufacturers attempts at this are much slicker and for those who are used to the Playstation 3 apps (albeit a very limited selection) this really does disappoint on the user interface front.
Hopefully a few updates to the Smart TV function will make the user experience more acceptable, but in it's current form, with a lack of many decent apps and the poor performance, it is hard to recommend this for it's "Smart" functions. As a blu ray player though it is excellent! 3.5 stars from me.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Good 3D blu ray - big let down on the Smart app options, By
ssk8181 - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung BD-E6100 3D Smart Blu-ray Player with Built-in Wi-Fi (New for 2012) (Electronics)
This is a very good 3-d blu ray with some great picture quality.The biggest draw back is that the selling point item of Web browser...it runs very very slow and crashes all the time when it streams video...other Smart apps are standard samsung ones which seems to work in par with other models.
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