Samsung BD C6500 Review
May 19, 2010
One of the four Blu ray players to be announced at 2010 CES, the Samsung BD C6500 got lost in the hoopla surrounding the ultra slim BD C7500 and BD C6900. Along with entry level model, BD C5500, the BD C6500 represents the mainstream Blu ray player for the Samsung Corporation. Samsung’s previous generation players had no major flaws or weakness. Instead of resting on their laurels, Samsung adds more performance increases as well as extra features not found on previous players.
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Features
The Samsung BD C6500 is a BD-LIVE compatible player. Both Profile 1.1 and Profile 2.0 features can be accessed without any problems. All the audio formats can be decoded natively without the help of a receiver. High definition audio formats DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD are both decoded natively via the onboard decoder. All the internet streaming contents can be accessed via Internet@TV feature on the player. The Internet@TV includes Blockbuster, Netflix, Pandora, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, and many other internet contents. With Internet@TV, you can use different widgets to access and customize the internet contents you want. While BD C5500 was merely Wi-Fi ready, the BD C6500 comes with built in wireless capability. With Allshare feature, you can stream media files from your PC to the television set via BD C6500. Samsung is also touting the fast boot and disc load time of 15 seconds. While the boot time isn’t all that important, the advertised load time of 15 seconds is pretty impressive.
Design
The BD C6500 is smaller and lighter than the previous versions. At 39mm, it is very slim and nice looking player. The dimension and the overall finish are identical to the BD C5500. The LCD is located in the middle with playback functions located on the right side. Samsung included 2 USB ports with one on the front of the player. There is a small cover that conceals the USB port. The back of the player includes the Ethernet, HDMI, and USB port. The standard definition AV ports are present. This includes component out as well as Digital and optical audio out. Unlike BD-C5500, the BD-C6500 comes with analog 7.1 channel audio output. The included remote is a very adequate unit. Buttons are well placed and are designed to be easily operable by anyone. The touch sensitive buttons are nice addition.
Performance and Video
The stated booting and loading time of 15 seconds were fairly accurate. Generally, from power on to viewing the disc took somewhere between 25 -40 seconds on average. This is fairly fast compared to some players that take minute or more from power on to start of the movie. The picture quality was exceptional as well. Playback of Blu ray discs showed no moiré, jaggieness, or motion blur. The overall video processing showed no signs of other defects. Tested with The Dark Knight and Iron Man Blu ray discs, the overall video processing did not suffer in anyway. However, the DVD upscaling was different story. One of the DVD showed odd aspect ratio as well as some small upscaling problems. This problem was not present in all DVDs. It could have been an isolated result. Never the less, the overall upscaling quality was not up to par with some of the more expensive players.
Audio
The audio decoding worked as advertised. All the audio formats including the high definition formats worked flawlessly. The BD C6500 handled all the known formats without any problem. The player decoded MP3 format as well AVCHD flawlessly. The 7.1 channel analog output is nice addition from the BD C5500.
Overall Opinion
There are relatively few complaints about this player. The Samsung’s Allshare feature is not so easy to set up. Normal users might have some problem setting up the media sharing features. Samsung seems to have problem with setting up the PC to work with the player. While it can be done without too much problem, some might find it hard to set up properly. One of the more serious problems was the DVD playback. One of the disc displayed incorrect aspect ratio as well as some major quality degradation during the playback. While other DVDs showed no problems, the upscaling quality is not one of its strong points. Overall, it is fairly good player with built in Wi-Fi capability for around $200.
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Description
The Samsung BD-C6500 Blu-ray Player offers Internet@TV, which delivers the best of the web, straight to your HDTV, with downloadable widgets and apps like BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Pandora and more...
Features
- Internet@TV
- Wireless LAN built-in (Wireless LAN adaptor not included)
- AllShare?
- BD-Live (Profile 2.0), 1GB local storage
- 1GB built-in memory
- Advanced Connectivity With AllShare
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This player is so hard to do the internet set up . figure out how to lodge in to use the apps . Its going back to the store. just to hard to use!
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I’ve left my hate review on CNET with the others, everything is fine with this player, except that the wireless encryption is flawed: it forgets the wpa passphrase everytime you turn off the player. I returned the unit for another, same problem; spent hours, firmware upgrade, reboots, plus calls to samsung, nothing. It just doesn’t work. That’s a major complaint I’d say.
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I am somewhat disappointed. I have had many issues with the unit being slow, both in load times and response times. I use it primarily for Netflix, and yet, regardless as to rather or not there being a disc within the unit, it automatically goes to Disc player, and then it takes 30 seconds to get it back to the menu screen. Which may not seem like a lot, but considering it freezes while playing a video from Netflix, and gives me warning that I may not exit Netflix, I then have to restart the unit (a few times manually using the button on the unit), those 30 seconds add up. Is there a possible way to set it up, so upon turning the unit on, to go straight from the beginning?
Overall slowness, even down to the response of the remote can be extremely irritating. I felt that I went with one of the higher end models, and overall I am not that thrilled.
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robert
you seem to be in a minority…unless of course all those with no problem have never looked at these blogs
i wonder what you did differently…perhaps rebooted the airport with the samsung on?
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I’m not sure why the blu ray player hasn’t worked well for other mac users with an airport extreme. It took just a minute or two to set up the player with my airport extreme and didn’t require any thinking. I just plugged it in and filled in the blanks. I do agree that I’m a little disappointed with the loading speed, but since this is my first non-PS3 blu ray, I’m don’t have a point for comparison. And I believe this is one of their selling points, so maybe I just have unreasonable expectations. The picture quality is phenomenal and the apps are fine, if you use them. I use Netflicks regularly and haven’t had to reset the password. I would recommend this player.
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