Samsung BD-E5700 Smart WiFi Blu-ray Disc Player (Black) Review

I've been a Samsung fan for a number of years. My 46" 120hz paired with a BD-5500 with Wi-Fi via dongle works amazingly well. So I bought this BD-5700 with built-in Wi-Fi for Samsung's new smaller bedroom LED. I love all the apps offered on my living room device and used. I followed the installation procedure (SEVERAL times) and was able to connect to the internet etc. BUT that's about all that could be done. I set up a Samsung account and it works fine BUT even if I 3 times worked with samsung

Installation was quick and smooth. Netflix works like a charm. However, the disc playback component of this unit is TERRIBLE! It's so loud that it woke me up several times in the middle of the night. None of the BD Live functions work. I can't get into the disc menu at all. Chapter selection, setup menu and special functions are not available. My other 2 Samsung players (different models) don't have this problem. I guess I have a slacker coming back this week. The remote control is very…

First of all, Revain lists a firmware update on its website that will fix problems with this device. If you click on the link, this version is not in the list. No Google searches show that specific firmware version. I bought it because I thought installing this update would solve the problems. There have been some updates on power up and the firmware is supposed to be up to date but it doesn't look like the version mentioned on the Revain website! My goal was to use the Smart Hub features on…