Samsung BDP3600 Blu-ray Player

by Samsung

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.9 pounds
• ASIN: B00261PCX6
• Item model number: BD-P3600
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,637 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

BD-P3600 Samsung Blu-Ray Disc Player with BD Live 2.0, Streaming Netflix & Wireless Networking.BD-P3600 Delivers HD Entertainment for the Whole Family in Contemporary Style

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch player with tons of features, November 10, 2009

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G. Reon (Houston, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung BDP3600 Blu-ray Player (Electronics)

I have used this player for over 6 months and it has proven to be a great Blu-ray player. With the recent firmware upgrades, you can get Netflix, Blockbuster and Pandora streamed over the internet through the player. Since most people would already have their home theater set up through a nice sound system the addition of Pandora to the player is perfect. The quality of the picture and sound are as good as any other player I have seen (LG, Sony, Panasonic, Sharp)or heard. The load time is not fast but it isn't so slow that you get impatient. I highly recommend this model to anyone looking for a full-featured blu-ray player.

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Getting there...but needs a bit more work, December 10, 2009

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J. Hoffmann "moveeluva" (SF) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung BDP3600 Blu-ray Player (Electronics)

Well, I guess I'm the first 3 star review for this baby.
I picked it up at Best Buy for $225 (or I would have rated it two stars; $299 is TOO MUCH for the skimpy extra feature set).
Great picture, Sound (but isn't that a minimal expectation?)
Faster than my Memorex bargain basement bluray player...or so I thought
-----Last night while watching Public Enemies, I paused the film for 5 minutes, and could not UNPAUSE/play the disc. I tried every option, and finally had to shut the player off.
Due to the player being sluggish accepting remote control commands, it simply froze up.
I had to turn it off/back on, and then had to reload the disc (pretty darn slow), and couldn't just restart where i left off, so it was a 10 minute ORDEAL to get back to the spot in the movie where I had paused originally.
***NOTE TO SAMSUNG ENGINEERS*** a firmware update would be nice.
Oh, and speking of firmware updates; DON'T USE THE WIFI OPTION TO UPDATE THE FIRMWARE. It took my player OVER AN HOUR to update/reset the player when I allowed it to update over WiFi.
Have used Pandora and YouTube.
WEIRD PANDORA quirk----it drops audio for 1 second between songs. Kind of unpleasant when listening to music...
***NOTE TO SAMSUNG ENGINEERS*** a firmware update would be nice.
***NOTE TO SAMSUNG ENGINEERS*** a firmware update would be nice.
I think I've made my point(s)

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Blu Ray Player, December 5, 2009

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Hao Zhong (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung BDP3600 Blu-ray Player (Electronics)

I really don't understand why there are so many negative reviews on CNET for this player. I guess some were due to operator error, or maybe some of them purchased refurbished units. Anyway, this is my first Blu Ray player. I bought it from B&H for $219, and I absolutely love it!

First off, I heard many people complained that Blu Ray players are slow to load, so the first thing I did was to check out how fast it loaded, and to my surprise, it was not slow at all, maybe a few seconds longer than a traditional DVD player.

The feature I loved the most is the wireless streaming, not only the WiFi setup is a breeze (I use WPA2PSK with a NetGear AP), but the streaming speed is impressive. With 802.11A/G wireless connection, the player typically takes about 10-15 seconds to load a HD movie from NetFlix. PC streaming setup is straightforward as long as you understand how Windows file sharing works. I have a Windows 7 PC at home, and had no problem accessing the shared folder.

The picture quality of Blu Ray is top notch, so is the audio quality. My unit is plugged into my Onkyo TX-SR705 via a HDMI cable. The HD streaming from NetFlix is decent, close to 720p quality.

The only problem I ran into was the maximum resolution of PC streaming was nowhere to be found in the user manual, and I had to Google it out. Turned out the max resolution that could be played on this player is about 848x480.

All and all this is a great Blu Ray player. If you buy it online, make sure you buy it from a reputable vendor, and make sure you are not buying a refurbished unit.