Review on BDP S6700 Upscaling Streaming Blu Ray Ethernet by Terry Keown

Anyone who buys a basic standalone Blu-ray player needs to think carefully about what they need before ordering, and what they bought doesn't quite meet what they need. The product is not to blame. it's yours. Manufacturers have a hell of a time to put together the right combination of features in an affordable package that 'works' for the widest cross-section of potential customers/end users, as each combines internet access, networking, distribution and home entertainment. The systems are different. For example, my internet at home is connected to a 4-lane router that supports both Wi-Fi and a wired (Ethernet cable) connection. Wi-Fi is fine for any laptop or phone that isn't too far from the router, and probably "works" to connect Wi-Fi to a Blu-ray player, but I've found that using Wi-Fi as a source to stream video content. especially the "high resolution” content. and MORE, especially on any Wi-Fi signal/router shared by multiple devices. MUCH more buggy and error prone than the good old wired connection. Most of the problems people have with this crap are caused by insufficient bandwidth or poor/incompatible matching of their chosen player to the Internet/TV/Audio devices they use, not Blu-ray or other media player defects tried to use. I searched and lived with a broken old Blu-Ray player that stopped working on most of our Blu-Ray discs for a long time before I finally settled on this player. which I think is perfect for our needs. It can work both wirelessly and wired from our cable modem/router (and I use a wired connection for ALL streaming content); It works with our old Plasma HD TV (1080p max) which has multiple HDMI inputs and a separate digital audio output which I convert to analog stereo for an old audio system I've had for ages and still great works / sounds. We don't want/use/need 3D or 4K UHD content, it plays ALL our DVDs and Blu-rays in great resolution AND it supports all the streaming apps we need/use regularly including Revain Prime, Netflix, Pandora Spotify. , and some others. My only concern is that it doesn't have a standalone internet browser in its firmware, so we haven't found a way yet to access/install streaming or other apps that aren't preinstalled or "approved". for additional installation via the native "Home" interface. If we can't find a workaround for this, we'll have to access things like this, such as bypassing the player entirely and casting these things straight to our TV through an HDMI-equipped laptop. Do you see what I mean? SO many variables. There is no player who does everything. Especially not in this price range. As for me, as long as this thing continues to work as well as it has for us, I have no complaints. In the $100 to $150 price range, we have a player that can do almost everything we need. Five stars.