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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Samsung BD-D5300 Blu-ray Disc Player (Black)

A web-enabled portal to online content, with Blu-ray and multi-format performance. The connectivity of Samsung Smart TV is built right in to the Wi-Fi-ready Samsung BD-5300 Blu-ray Disc Player. Browse the entire internet, search content on your TV or online, download and use apps on your TV, and access video on demand. From Blu-ray discs to online connectivity, entertainment breaks through boundaries. Pop in any Blu-ray Disc – or select a wide variety of multi-format discs – and experience outstanding performance with every movie or show. A stylish design makes an eye-catching addition to your living room.

Amazon Sales Rank: #290 in Home Theater Color: Black Brand: Samsung Model: BDD5300 Dimensions: 1.54" h x 8.07" w x 17.05" l, 6.00 pounds Samsung Smart 2D TV Fast booting and loading time Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital TrueHD, dts-HD Master Audio Touch sensor Control Samsung's AllShare lets you sync up many of your DLNA-enabled digital devices so you can access music, movies and photos right on your TV screen 2D New graphic user interface New graphic user interface; 2D Wi-Fi-ready Wi-Fi-ready,Wireless-ready

Internet-Ready Devices Internet-ready devices use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content to your television, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast. Although there is overlap, each manufacturer offers a unique bundle of free or paid services, including streaming video and music, social networking apps, online photo galleries, news and financial updates, weather info, sports scores, and a variety of other smartphone-like applications. Manufacturers continue to add new content to their offerings, keeping customers current through firmware updates, and making a bit of research a prudent step in your buying decision. Learn more about Internet-ready devices and HDTVs, how they work, what services are offered by different manufacturers, and exactly what you'll need to get started at our Internet TV 101 customer center. February 2011A web-enabled portal to online content, with Blu-ray and multi-format performance. The connectivity of Samsung Smart TV is built right in to the Wi-Fi-ready Samsung BD-D5300 Blu-ray Disc Player. Browse the entire internet, search content on your TV or online, download and use apps on your TV, and access video on demand. From Blu-ray discs to online connectivity, entertainment breaks through boundaries. Pop in any Blu-ray Disc--or select a wide variety of multi-format discs--and experience outstanding performance with every movie or show. Add a stylish design, and the BD-D5300 makes an eye-catching addition to your living room. A Blu-ray Disc player with support for a wide variety of multi-format discs and more. Click here for a larger image Blu-ray Entertainment and Plenty More Blu-ray Discs and Plenty More The BD-D5300 gives you playback of a wide number of formats, starting, of course, with Blu-ray Discs. Enjoy Full HD entertainment with multi-channel, high-definition audio, along with Blu-ray features like Bonus View for extra features, and--thanks to the BD-D5300's Internet connectivity--BD-Live downloadable bonus content. You can also play back recordable BD-RE/R discs. And with all of the above, you'll get an improved graphic user interface and ultra-fast boot/load times. Still have a large DVD collection? The BD-D5300 will play back all those DVDs, including recordable DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs. And you can play back your audio CDs and burnt CD-R/RW discs. Finally, the increasingly popular AVHCD format is covered, for the home movie buffs. Access digital content like videos, sports, games, social networking, and much more with Samsung Smart TV. Enjoy media from connected USB devices such as thumb drives or digital cameras. DLNA certified for streaming media from network drives, PCs, etc. Smart TV with Samsung Apps The BD-D5300 gives you access to Samsung's Smart TV service, for a wealth of added entertainment options. Pull up the Smart Hub, a simple menu system for connected features, and you can easily search for movies, shows and videos via online services and across connected devices, plus access a wide variety of apps from Samsung Apps. Samsung Apps is a growing collection of apps specifically built for your TV, connecting you to your favorite digital content like videos, sports, games, social networking, and much more. With web-connected apps on your BD-D5300, you can stream movies from Netflix or Blockbuster, TV shows from Hulu, videos from YouTube, Next Level sports information from ESPN, music from, Pandora and view updates on your Facebook or Twitter accounts. Wi-Fi-ready The BD-D5300 features an Ethernet port for a wired connection to your home broadband network, but if you'd like to go wireless you can add a Samsung wireless adapter and enjoy connectivity free of cables--great for those whose Blu-ray will not be close to their router. USB and Networked Entertainment Connect compatible thumb drives, digital cameras, MP3 players, or other USB devices quickly and easily via the BD-D5300's USB port. An intuitive, user-friendly interface allows access to videos, music, or pictures via the remote. You can also play videos, music, and photos saved on your DLNA-compatible devices (such as your PC or network-attached storage) through a network connection. The BD-D5300 supports AVI, MKV, WMV, MP4, and MPG video, with a wide variety of codecs (including DivX). You can also enjoy your MP3/WMA audio files, or display JPG-format photos. High-Definition Audio The BD-D5300 is also ready to take advantage of the high-def audio delivered by Blu-ray Disc, with decoding of Dolby Digital TrueHD and DTS Master Audio--enjoy multi-channel theater sound when connected to your receiver via HDMI. Standard two-channel audio outputs are also provided, of course. BD-D5300 Select Specifications Supported Media Disc Formats: BD-ROM, BD-RE/R, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, CD-DA, AVCHD Video File Formats: AVI, MKV, WMV, MP4, MPG Audio File Formats: MP3, WMA Image File Formats: JPG Connectivity HDMI Connections: 1 USB Ports: 2 Ethernet: 1 Weight and Dimensions Dimensions (WxHxD): 17.05 x 1.54 x 8.07 Inches Weight: 3.75 lbs. What's in the Box BD-D5300 Blu-ray Disc Player, Remote Control With Batteries, A/V Cable, Documentation

Most helpful customer reviews 29 of 32 people found the following review helpful. Budget BluRay By Jim in VT Netflix issues [updates below] I bought this primarily to stream Netflix, so that's what most of this review is about. I've previously used my Xbox360 to stream but since I don't really play online games spending money for a yearly gold membership seemed like a waste. However, now that I've experienced the Netflix app on the player I'm thinking the extra money on a 12 month membership may be well worth it. The user interface is less than desirable, but it gets the job done. You can browse titles, your queue, etc. All the major functionality is there. One issue is that any command you send to this app, play, pause, scroll up or down, has about a two second delay. Why, I don't know, but it is annoying. After some use (like watching a couple episodes) the app seems to slow down, like it's running out of memory. One time it was so bad it would take 10 seconds from entering a command to execution A reboot of the player fixes everything, but give me a break. There's obviously some fundamental flaws in the programming of the app, probably a memory leak. Hopefully this will be addressed by an update to the software. The way the app buffers isn't the best. When the streaming quality drops down it tries to do it on the fly. This can cause some problems with dropped audio, dropped frames, and a/v sync. The xbox interface stops playing to adjust the quality and buffer, but there's none of the above issues. On the players app there's no way way to see the quality of the feed you are getting, where the xbox shows you a nice graphic similar to wireless signal strength bars. Another buffer issues is that any time you decide to fast forward it re-buffers, no matter how short you are fast forwarding. I never had that problem on the xbox unless you forwarded a large enough amount to overrun the buffer. Why fast forward? I don't want to listen to the celebrity interview during Top Gear or the opening titles of a tv show Also, with the command delay previously mentioned you'll probably overshoot where you want to stop. [update] I've received the latest software updates and the new smarthub starts instantly. But I've had an odd issue with Netflix where an episode stops playing saying there was an issue. Start it up again and it will continue for a 10 seconds or so and stop again. I ended up watching the episode on my computer with no problems, so I don't know what the supposed issue was. I assume something about the way Netflix encoded that episode caused the Samsung app to have an error. I hope I don't run into that anywhere else. Player issues [update below] Not really an issue, but the audio setup for BluRay has some misleading descriptions onscreen. What ever you do don't bother sending either of the re-encoded signals to your receiver as you'll definitely have audio sync issues. I just sent the unprocessed bitstream signal and my 12 year old receiver decoded it just fine It's not 96 kHz Dolby HD but will do just fine until I decide to get a new receiver. If you also have a Samsung TV the any-net feature can be a pain with your universal remote (Logitech Harmony). Unfortunately the player only has a power toggle command, not separate power off and on commands. After powering off the player I go back to watching tv as normal, but at the end of the day I power off all my devices with one signal from my remote. My tv shuts down as it should, but because the player only has a power toggle command, the player comes back on. And with the any-net feature it sends a signal to your tv and powers it back on. Why they just can't have the extra lines of code for separate power commands I don't know. My workaround was to use an option in the remote software program to always keep the player powered on, which means it never receives a power toggle command unless I specifically send it [update] I have to downgrade the rating on this unit as I've.

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