Samsung BD-C6900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.9 x 7.9 x 1.7 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
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• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00365EVWO
• Item model number: BD-C6900
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (127 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,574 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #43 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > Blu-ray Players & Recorders > Blu-ray Players

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

3D Technology Checklist

This product is 3D-related. To help you get a great 3D experience, use our checklist below to ensure that you have everything you need. If you have any questions or want to learn more about 3D, we invite you to visit 3D 101--our center for everything 3D. To get started with 3D, please ensure that you have:

		A Display The first--and most important--item you'll need is a 3D-ready display--whether it be a 3D HDTV, 3D projector, or 3D computer monitor. These displays usually have a higher processing power than older models as they need to display one image for each eye to create a 3D effect.
		A Source While your display is ready for 3D playback, you still need a device to read 3D content (i.e., a movie or a show). This source can be a cable box with a subscription to a 3D channel, a 3D Blu-ray Disc player, or a PlayStation 3.
		Content In order to watch 3D, you will need to get some 3D content. This 3D content will come from the source mentioned above in the form of a 3D program, movie, or game. Please ensure that your 3D movies are in the Blu-ray 3D format, as this new format will provide the best 3D experience.
		3D Glasses All 3D HDTVs on the market require Active Shutter glasses to create the 3D effect. You will need to buy one pair of glasses for each viewer. Also make sure that the Active Shutter glasses you buy are compatible with your display--for example, buy the glasses from the same brand as your 3D HDTV.
		HDMI Cable To connect your source (such as a 3D Blu-ray Disc player) to your display, you'll need a hgh-speed HDMI cable. Cables with this designation--with bandwidth speeds up to 10.2 Gbps (gigabits per second)--will be able to carry the 3D signal without any loss of quality.

If you want to get more information about 3D, shop our 3D products, watch videos, or interact with other customers, visit 3D 101, our customer center about everything 3D.

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Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Samsung BD-C6900 Blu-ray 3D DiscPlayer allows you to see vivid dimensions in picture depth and action that both leaps off the screen, and draws you deep into the experience. Enjoy the superior picture quality and brilliant color of Full HD 1080p in a way you’ve never seen it before. 1080p Up-conversion optimizes resolution, for better viewing. Samsung Apps like BLOCKBUSTER, YouTube, Netflix, Twitter and Facebook, built for your Blu-ray, let you stream video, play games, view pictures and more. Built-in WiFi allows you to wirelessly access pictures and music from your PC and stream content, including apps, straight to your Samsung Blu-ray Player. BDLive connects to exciting online content, providing countless hours of additional digital entertainment. The BD-C6900 has a sleek, black design that adds a beautiful, modern look to your décor.

Built with advanced 3D technology, the BD-C6900 features 3D Full HD 1080p image quality.  3D technology opens the door to a new level of action that leaps right off the screen.

Key Features

• Full HD 3D support
  
• Internet@TV: Connect to an ever-expanding portal of your favorite digital content. Customizable widgets give you access to BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and more – all on your HDTV.
• BD-Live ready: Get more out of a Blu-ray Disc than what's on it. BD-Live 2.0 lets studios future-proof their Blu-ray titles, so they can add content to BD-Live Ready discs even after they have been shipped. Simply connect your Blu-ray player to the Internet (through the included Ethernet port or using an optional Link Stick USB wireless dongle) to download images, subtitles and more. Text-chat with friends during a movie, or play against others in online trivia games to unlock exclusive video content and earn discounts on other products.
• AllShare:Sync up your entire household. A wired or wireless DLNA connection lets you stream your PC audio and video files to your HDTV using your remote.
• Wireless LAN built-in
• 1GB built-in memory
  
• Premium design
• Full 1080p Picture Quality
• Sleek, slim design (39mm)
• High glossy finish
• Full screen, ultra fast play
  

Connections

• 1 HDMI
• 1 USB

Audio

• Advanced HD audio (Dolby Digital TruHD, DTS-HD Master Audio)
• 7.1 channel audio out

Supported Content

• BD-ROM
• BD-RE/-R
• DVD-Video
• DVD-RW(V)
• DVD-R
• DVD+RW
• DVD+R
• Audio CD
• MP3
• WMA
• JPEG
• DivX
• MKV
• MP4

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3D at Home See vivid new dimensions in picture depth and action that leaps off the TV screen. The Samsung 3D experience* is: • Watching 3D movies and shows on a Samsung 3D TV with stylish and comfortable 3D Active glasses. • Connecting a Samsung 3D Blu-ray Disc Player immerses you in the latest Hollywood 3D hits.           • Converting 2D movies, sports and shows to 3D. * 3D viewing experience depends on source of 3D content. Samsung 3D TVs are compatible with the Blu-ray Disc Association standard and both broadcast standards.

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Internet-Connected Choose apps built for your TV that let you stream video, play games, view pictures and more. • Video: BLOCKBUSTER (new movie releases), YouTube (user-generated content) and Netflix (instantly stream TV shows and movies). • Games: Monopoly from EA, interactive card games and more. • Lifestyle: Facebook (social networking), Twitter (conversations and updates), Pandora (personalized internet radio) and more. • Sports and News: the latest headlines and more from Associated Press and USA Today.

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Ultra Fast Play At Samsung we believe there's always room for improvement. We applied this philosophy to eradicating the time it takes for a movie to actually start after inserting a disc into a Blu-ray or DVD player. Our BD-C6900 was engineered with Ultra Fast Play to eliminate those annoying load times. It gets you into the entertainment right away. So sitting down to watch your favorite drama no longer entails the drama of slow device booting and clumsy tray openings.

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Sleek Design The BD-C6900 boasts a design that's both modernized and minimized, making it as much a part of your living room as it is your home theater system. With both TOP disc lighting and blue lighting, its logo shines when the player reads discs. Only 1.5" high, the BD-C6900's slim body hides the disc loading door, but through its cool transparent window on top you can see what disc is playing. Factor in its sleek, chic metal finish and there's no doubt that this player has the high-end looks to match its high-end performance.

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AllShare Now you can enjoy music, movies and photos from your PC and mobile devices, right on your Samsung TV screen. With the BD-C6900's AllShare, wirelessly sync your PC or Samsung mobile phone with your TV, streaming content and even keeping tabs on who's calling and texting you with real-time monitoring on your screen. Samsung's AllShare makes staying connected easy.

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Screen Fit To maximize your viewing experience, to truly feel the power of on-screen portrayals, you need all the picture you can get. With the Screen Fit feature, the BD-C6900 Blu-ray disc player automatically converts 21:9 aspect ratio movies to 16:9 aspect, eliminating those annoying black bands crowding the scenes. Watch movies the way they were meant to be seen--with just one touch of the Screen Fit button.

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Upgrade Breathe new life into your movie collection with the BD-C6900 and upscale your standard definition DVDs into high resolution DVDs. Your favorite DVDs will feature the same brilliant details and rich, robust colors you've come to enjoy from the high definition content on your HDTV.

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Anynet+ Anynet+ is an AV Network system to automatically control Samsung Audio/Video (AV) devices. There is no need to use different remote controls for different devices. With the Anynet+ feature, all you need is one remote control for a simple and convenient experience.

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Product Description

The Samsung BD-C6900 Blu-ray 3D DiscPlayer allows you to see vivid dimensions in picture depth and action that both leaps off the screen, and draws you deep into the experience. Enjoy the superior picture quality and brilliant color of Full HD 1080p in a way you’ve never seen it before.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

142 of 150 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Blu-ray 3D... Almost ready for prime time, April 26, 2010

By 

Chris Boylan "MrBoylan" (Astoria, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung BD-C6900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player (Electronics)

Samsung's BD-C6900 is one of the first Blu-ray 3D players on the market (the other being Panasonic's DMP-BDT300 and upcoming DMP-BDT350). As a first generation Blu-ray 3D player, you have to expect a few glitches (and you'll get them), but if you're itching to watch 3D TV at home in full HD 1080p, this player will get the job done, with a few nice perks and one potentially major caveat.

There is a lot to like about the BD-C6900 including super-fast boot-up and load times : 8 seconds to boot, 11 seconds to load a DVD and an almost unbelievable 18 seconds to load a BD-Java Blu-ray title ("Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl"). This is about twice as fast to load a BD-Java disc compared to the otherwise super-speedy OPPO BDP-83 player, and is less than 1/3 the load time of the Pioneer BDP-320 on the same title. It also offers a wealth of IPTV options and web widgets, including Netflix and VUDU streaming, YouTube and Pandora (among others). And with DLNA networking, you can connect it to your networked computers to access (and stream), audio, video and photo content like nobody's business.

As a 3D player, it seems to perform exactly as designed - we say "seems" because the only real 3D content we have on Blu-ray 3D Disc to test with is the Monsters vs. Aliens promo disc that Samsung includes in the 3D Starter Kit. When connected to a Samsung UN55C8000 3D LED/LCD TV, the MvA disc looked fantastic using the Samsung active shutter 3D glasses. Yes we did see some "crosstalk" (interference between left and right channels), but this was caused by the TV, not the player.

But as a 3D player, there is one little known caveat - yes the player is compatible with 2D TVs (in 2D mode) and with current HDMI 1.3 receivers, however, if you want to take full advantage of the audio and video capabilities of this player used with a 3D TV, then you will need to have one of the brand new HDMI 1.4-equipped audio video receivers. Current HDMI 1.3 receivers *cannot* pass through the HDMI 1.4 3D video signal to a compatible 3D TV. This means that if you want to take advantage of lossless audio codecs (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio), your only option is to upgrade to an HDMI 1.4-equipped receiver or use the player's multi-channel analog outputs and let the player do the decoding. And this is neither the easiest to set-up nor the highest quality option as it relies on the bass management and speaker configuration capabilities of the player, which are weaker than the bass management capabilities of most receivers.

Panasonic's Blu-ray 3D players get around this limitation by providing two HDMI outputs: an HDMI 1.4 3D-enabled output (to connect directly to the display or to an HDMI 1.4 receiver) and a legacy HDMI 1.3 output for connecting to an HDMI 1.3 receiver. Is this a show-stopper? It might be if you don't want to upgrade your receiver (again). But if you only use the speakers built into your TV (blech!), or you're happy with the legacy lossy surround formats (Dolby Digital and regular DTS) which you can get from the optical output, OR if you have an HDMI 1.4-compliant A/V receiver then this will not be a problem for you.

As a standard 2D Blu-ray player, we found that the BD-C6900 was a mixed bag - some upconversion tasks like odd cadence detection and correction as well as standard 2:3 film cadence detection, were performed well, as was the player's treatment of diagonal lines: no jaggies visible here, even on the spinning white line torture tests on the HQV benchmark discs. But we were surprised to see some noticeable digital artifacts on standard Blu-ray Discs such as "Blade Runner" - the intro title sequence looked less than ideal with ghosting in the title sequence and beyond that, some noise and blockiness in the black backgrounds that we have not seen on other players.

Overall, the BD-C6900 is a pretty solid Blu-ray and DVD player, but for the 2D Blu-ray playback artifacts and HDMI 1.3-receiver incompatibility. If these factors are not important to you, then you are likely to be happy with it. If not, then wait for Samsung's higher end Blu-ray 3D player, coming later this year (not yet announced) or take a look at the Panasonic or Sony Blu-ray 3D players when they become more widely available.

Our comprehensive BD-C6900 review is available on Big Picture Big Sound (dot com).

167 of 192 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The low down on new 3d Blu ray tech, March 18, 2010

By 

Michael Good - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Samsung BD-C6900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player (Electronics)

First off i would like to set the world strait on compatibility. This blu ray player is not compatable with most HD TV's. Even if your TV says 3d HD ready it might not be. the reason i explain below in "how it works". if you do not have a samsung hd tv this will not work for you as of now. Misubishi is making an addapter its not out yet but on mistubishi DLP tv's that say 3d ready this will work for them eventually with the addapter. to find out if your tv is compatable you need to contact Samsung. go to their website and call them. i have been doing this for a month and finally they have people that know about the product now. you need to varify your hd tv will work.

how it works: and why your tv will or will not work. new 3d uses whats called active shutter technology. the appearance of 3d is made possible by showing your eyes two different pictures at the same time but separated. red and blue lens glasses work because on the screen it will show two different picture one to work with the red and one for the blue the screen would block out the other color giving your eyes viewing different pictures at the same time causing a 3d effect. polarized glasses work by skewing the image in one eye to create a similar effect.

active shutter takes it too the next step. the active shutter glasses connect to your 3d source wirelessly and work with the bluray player to make you see 3d. they do this but blocking and unblocking your view in your eyes so fast that you can not see it. the bluray player will also send the images preskewed to your tv so when your right eye is blocked it will show you one image and when the left eye is blocked it will show the next image skewed from the first one. it does this so fast that with the glasses on you can not tell. now you ask well if its the glasses working with the bluray player why will this not work on any tv. the reason is your refresh rate. the BD-C6900 requires a 120hz refresh rate. not all tv;'s have that, infact most dont. playing the 3d on a regular tv the frams the bluray is giving out will not be able to all be show properlly and the 3d effect will not work.

pros and cons: pros. this new tech gives you a full HD 3d picture. you are talking clear then in a movie theater. with out the different colored lenses you will not have crisp clear picture. this new tech should be the standard for tvs in the next three years. it also is right now only a little bit more exspensive then other bluray products. its a lo tech solution for a hightech product there fore soon it should be around the same price as regular blurays.

cons. the glasses. amazon only sells the third party ones right now but i exspect them to be coming out with the samsung ones soon. on this bestbuy has them right now for $149 a pair. thats right one set of glasses $149 you are talking 300 dollars to see the movie with your significat other. but dont worry because samsung has said that they are going to be coming out with 3d starter kits that should have two pairs and a movie and only cost an arm and a leg. as of right now your movie choices are none. march 21st is when they are going to launch monsters vs aliens with the starter kit. it will probably be 2011 before the movies really start to come out for it.

in reading this you might think well its just not worth it but i will tell you why it is. right now this player is designed that it still can play 2d blurays. thats right 2d. it is also the fastest loading one of the market right now for 2d. if you need a new blueray player go with this one now and to be ready for the new tech coming. if you tv does not work now think about it. by 2011 could you be on your next tv? chances are unless you just bought one in the past year there is that chance. investing now in this now tech will help keep you above the curve in the future.

key points:

- it will not work with all tvs contact samsung to make sure yours will work even if it says 3d ready

- it will play 2d blurays in 2d, and has fast load times

- this uses active shutter technology and will require active shutter glasses for everyone viewing. people with out glasses will not be able to view it.

- limited selection of 3d blurays as of now should be main stream by 2011

- bluray player does not come with a set of glasses.

- it will play 2d blurays and dvds on a regular non 3d tv. it will work on old tvs just not be able to play it in 3d.

overall: i bought this item. i own a DLP samsung that is compatable with this player. i have done alot of reasearch on this tech and hopefully will be able to enjoy this very soon. avatar should be out end of this year in 3d and alice in wonderland should not be far behined.

***Update 24 March 2010***
Player works great, the picture is as clear as my last player. load times are normally under 15 seconds way faster then my old one. the guys on here that talk about bugs dont understand electronics. flat out there is an upgrade for the player already. it looks like samsung messed something up but sent out an update to fix it. all they would have to do is go to thier setting and check for an update, download it then everything will be fine. this is why new players have these updates. plain and simple this player is great. once you install it get the upgrade, its free and takes about 10mins to download over DSL. I will get back when i personnally get Monsters Vs Aliens in the mail, i will also write a review on the bundles page after I get it. you want to read a good review look at the amazon verified purchase tag. that means we bought it. I'll update again soon.

*** Update 7 April 2010***
the player still works great. i use it almost everyday and have yet to have a problem. the reason that some people are having a problem is because they have not updated the firmware with the player. anymore companies are changing bluray movies so offten to prevent piracy that the players have to be updated often. if you have issues with it make sure you update it first. i have tried most of the movies people have had issues with and have yet to have a problem. one little pet peve of mine though. there is no way to keep finger prints off the top of this player. every time i clean it as soon as its used it looks like a 3 year old finger painted it. ok its not that bad but a finger print proof finish would make this nicer.

***Update 1 September 2010***
i have now had some time to try all the other features this has to offer. first off, if you dont own netfilx and you like watching movies you need to look at netflix and see if it is for you. this bluray player works great with netflix picture is clear and movies download faster then on my Xbox 360. the youtube facebook myspace and twiter apps are all worthless. the youtube app dones have every video and whe search is worthless. poor app poor execution. facebook and myspace are like trying to get on the internet on one of those old clamshell phones from three years ago. maybe a thrid of the features the site has to offer and all its good for is viewing or updating a status. twiter i perosnnal fell is pointless to begin with but you should probably update it with your phone over this because the on screen keyboard is slow and difficult to use. haveing said all this netflix is amazing and the picture is as clear as a bluray. i have only had one movie skip a little but it fixed itself.


READ IF YOU OWN ANY OTHER TV THEN THE TWO NEW 3D COMPATIBLE ONES
As i suspected the samsung tech's that i talked too didnt know anything about the products. first off unless you own the two new 3D TV's the 3d Feature will not work. specificlly the DLP TV's for samsung. i will explain. the new 3d uses active shutter technology through HDMI 1.4 the DLP's used a computer interface through a specially designed conection. yes the DLP can run the 3d but the new players do not have a compatable conncetion for the products yet. the reason it will not sync up is because the TV does not have a way to link with the glasses as of now. i was told by bestbuy there will be an idependent addapter that will provide a sensor that can be pulged into the tv for the glasses to sync. it will then also alow the player to project it through a HDMI 1.3. as of now though it does nto work and samsug plans on making one but not yet. if you do not own the two new tv's this will not work for you right now. i would recommend to either buy theSamsung BD-C6500 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player or buy this one and wait for the adapter. if you but this and it does not work, even if you ask samsung if it will and they tell you it will they are not legally liable for anything they say. i had a rep on the phone for an hour trying to tell me that yes it should work and its probably a problem with my tv before thier second tier tech support told me it would not with out the adapter no one makes. fortunatlly amazon is amazing and helped me out with returning my glasses. i will wait till the adapter comes out before i try this again.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Be careful with buying this for Netflix HD playback!, September 11, 2010

By 

sl0ttedpig (Waukesha, WI) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Samsung BD-C6900 1080p 3D Blu-ray Disc Player (Electronics)

I'm not going to review the Blu-ray player part, as I think it's been very well reviewed by many other people, and I would totally agree the Blu-ray playback is very good. My 2 stars are for Blu-ray playback only!

However, I am going to write about the built-in Apps, and more importantly Netflix. I bought this player primarily because it played Netflix, and Hulu Plus (in fact it's the only Blu-ray device currently certified to play Hulu Plus content). I wanted a simple interface for the bedroom that my wife could easily use, and this seemed to fit the bill perfectly.

Unfortunately, after spending an hour on the phone with Samsung Level 2 support they told me that it's a known issue that streaming HD content from Netflix on this player will cause it to buffer every few minutes (SD content does seem to play OK, but I admit to not using it for hours on end to confirm that). I haven't yet tried Hulu Plus, but can only imagine it suffers from the same buffering problems. The funny thing is that she also told me to delete everything from my instant queue, as that was known to cause problems too - are you kidding me?!

Now, I'm very tech savvy, and have 20 years IT experience, so I think that gives me license to say that it's not "User Error"!

So, for the record, I have this connected via a Netgear WNR3500L Wireless N router connected via TWC (clocked at about 14Mbit), and the player and router are about 30-40ft apart (with 2 non-brick walls in between) with a wireless signal of "Excellent" according to the player. I've tried setting the player as the highest priority in QoS, added it as a system in the DMZ (to allow all ports), and basically had it running as the only device connected to the router. I have a Wii, PS3, 2 laptops and a desktop, and they ALL stream Netflix perfectly, so I know it's not my setup.

So, a word of advice to anyone looking to buy this player for streaming. As of firmware 1014 (August 2010) it just doesn't work correctly. Will they fix it? They tell me "yes", but gave no ETA, so I'm returning it for a refund and will find something else for the bedroom. After looking at a number of other reviews, it would appear I am not the only one seeing this issue. Buyer beware!

UPDATED (9/17/2010) - I posted a similar review directly on Samsung's website, but they refused to publish it! They said it "...didn't meet one or more of the product review guidelines." Talk about trying to brush it under the carpet. Great work Samsung. I have now lost total respect for them, and will go back to Sony/Toshiba.