Samsung BD-C5500

Pros: Easy setup with great features. The design is super slick with the touch sensitive buttons. great quality and fast load screens.

Cons: Must be connected to the internet to function properly. Front buttons maybe too sensitive. Limited apps.

Summary: My first impression out of the box was, wow this is tiny. I connected it to my main home theater system and was watching Alice in Wonderland in 10 minutes. I tried updating the firmware with a thumbdrive without success. A few days after getting this player I got it connected to my LAN and that?s when this player came to life. It updated automatically (after we watched Zombieland). It automatically saw my network storage device and plays all my music, movies and pictures. Pictures are a little slow but i have a lot of pictures so what do you expect. I connected with Netflix and watch Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, the quality was great and it only rebuffered once about 3/4 of the way thru the movie. The sound is great and I have to turn my receiver down every time i turn this on. Hopefully soon they will be adding some more apps like Opera and facebook. This is a great player that I would recommend to anyone. Anyone who says you have to be a techy to use this doesn't know how to read or is so technically inept that they probably have a hard time using a cell phone. So ok don't buy this player for grandma.