Samsung BD-D5700

• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 15 reviews
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• 8 stars

  It's a Blu Ray Player!

  by D-Hicks on May 3, 2012

  Pros: Easy Set up, good navigation, links with Samsung TV

  Cons: None so far

  Summary: Okay, I'm going to keep this review as objective & fact based as possible. Let's face it, you don't know me, I don't know you. Why ...

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  Summary: Okay, I'm going to keep this review as objective & fact based as possible. Let's face it, you don't know me, I don't know you. Why trust my "opinion"? I could be color blind with Glaucoma & tone deaf. Does that help you to decide a players quality based on my review? No.
  
  I purchased the 5700 a week ago & I did NOT buy this player for the wireless, internet connectivity, apps, blah, blah, blah. I bought this Blu Ray player to do just that, PLAY BLU RAYS! If there's one thing I can't stand, it's the negative reviews based on any players "software" & ignore it's Blu Ray/DVD performance.
  
  It's a Blu Ray PLAYER, maybe it's your router, your IPS, your wi-Fi or whatever. I reviewed the 5700's ability to play Discs.
  
  So here it is.... Out of the box, no issues, nothing missing, nothing broken. It took maybe 5 minutes to set up & connect to my 60" Samsung LN60C630. Since they're Samsung's they use BD wise to "talk" to each other. This can be good or bad. Because when you turn on the Blu Ray the TV turns on, the two are "linked". But you can Turn OFF this feature. With BD Wise you get another picture mode, BD Wise, besides the 4 existing modes. I like the BD Wise mode as the picture seems richer? But I tend to like brighter, more saturated colors.
  
  The remote is similar to the TV, but it isn't exact, and it's NOT backlight. Some keys do glow, but otherwise useless in dim light. If your hoping to consolidate all functions into one remote, this will not do it. Either the Blu Ray remote is confused about which unit I want the menu for or the TV is confused or I am confused, either way there is NO button to tell the remote to control the Blu Ray or the TV. I'm still figuring it out.
  
  All the control buttons on the front are "soft" buttons. They light up & are touch sensitive, no delays. You have 3 choices, Dim, Bright & Auto. However, when you turn off the power the "soft" power button stays lit. The whole thing is black, so this makes it easy to find the power button in the dark?
  
  I replaced my Sony Blu Ray S370, which was dead quiet. This was my 3rd purchase. The first 2 Blu Rays players were the Panasonic 210 & the Samsung 5300, both were noisy. You could hear the disc spinning during playback, very annoying. The 5700 is quiet, NOT as quiet as the Sony, but not distracting, although it is louder playing a DVD vs a Blu Ray. Okay here are the facts regarding load times.
  
  I will use movies most people should have? So you can compare times against what you have. I used Star wars -A New Hope on Blu Ray & Raiders of the Lost Ark on DVD(for now).
  
  Just a note, I do find Star Wars "laboring" just to get to the movie, no matter what player I use Sony, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, the player is "thinking".
  
  Open Tray & pressing play to first image on screen:
  
  Star Wars - :40 (This Blu Ray has been manufactured...)
  Raiders - :29 (Main menu)
  
  Open Tray to Main menu:
  Star Wars - 2:23
  Raiders - :29
  
  Main menu Play to movie start:
  Star Wars - :53
  Raiders - :54
  
  Resume movie after pressing Stop:
  Star Wars - 1:40
  Raiders - :04
  
  There is nothing I hate or scratch my head & think "why does it do that" or "why doesn't it do this", so far. If I encounter any problems I will do a follow up post. But if yu can get the 5700 on sale, definitely buy it...what's the worst that can happen? Take it back if you don't like it.

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• 1 stars

  Worked great until it stopped working all together

  by PFiascone on March 1, 2012

  Pros: Great picture quality, cool features, easy to use

  Cons: Stopped reading all discs and stopped connecting to internet

  Summary: Got one of these for Christmas and it didn't work well out of the box--stopped working all together after a day.
  
  Returned it and got a new one, which ...

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  Summary: Got one of these for Christmas and it didn't work well out of the box--stopped working all together after a day.
  
  Returned it and got a new one, which worked for a month or two before it suddenly stopped reading discs.
  
  I still love my Samsung TV, but I'm returning this blu-ray player and getting a different brand all together because this model is simply frail.

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• 1 stars

  GARBAGE AND SO IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE!DO NOT PURCHASE!

  by pissedofftrish on February 23, 2012

  Pros: ABSOLUTLEY NONE!

  Cons: I have changed internet, modems, and now have 30 megabytes, and still cannot watch Netflix without rebuffering or losing connection! Customer service will not help me, and no one ever calls me back, like the say they will. This is a **** poor company

  Summary: Samsung will never help you. Don't even buy one of their products. If it ever breaks down, they will not help you! The customer service department is rude! I ...

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  Summary: Samsung will never help you. Don't even buy one of their products. If it ever breaks down, they will not help you! The customer service department is rude! I asked yesterday to speak to a supervisor, and he told me that there isn't one there, and that he is in charge of this phone call! He was the rudest one yet! I will continue to call them every day until I get this situation resolved. I bought this stupid product for $148.00, and it will not stream Netflix properly. That is the reason I purchased the product. Never again!!! This product is absolute garbage!!!

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• 2 stars

  Junk. Do not recommend.

  by kenn67 on January 21, 2012

  Pros: Nice looking interface and easy set up. Good picture quality.

  Cons: Slow, unreliable and poor quality product. Had to unplug to reboot many times because of freezing up and re-buffering during download streaming.

  Summary: Do not buy.

  Summary: Do not buy.

• 10 stars

  Excellent!!!! Awesome Samsung Blu-Ray Player

  by Scifiman2078 on October 7, 2011

  Pros: This is an excellent player. Everything works great. I've had mine since the beginning of August.

  Cons: Occasionally the Wi-Fi can loose connection. But that could just be my service. But it has only happened on 3 occasions. So, not really a con.

• 10 stars

  Great value for the price.

  by bgonz081 on August 30, 2011

  Pros: Netflix works great. I have a vcr that is over 15 years old from samsung and still works. Though my dvd player lasted 10 years and was a samsung it was time to replace it. I have samsung tvs and even phones. And yes some things are bad apples out of the b

  Cons: Wish anynet feature worked on all tvs no matter what kind or size.

  Summary: Overall this is a great player and works well.

  Summary: Overall this is a great player and works well.

• 1 stars

  False advertising - slow wireless, no streaming video

  by jle97 on August 29, 2011

  Pros: Returnable

  Cons: Like other reviewers, my BD5700 worked (poorly) for the first day and now on day 2, unbelievably slow wireless connection, unable to stream netflix at all. Just spent 1.5 hours on the phone with Samsung "customer support", firmware update did not fix

  Summary: Don't waste your money or your time.

  Summary: Don't waste your money or your time.

• 4 stars

  Not every thing shiny is good

  by philliphaas on August 9, 2011

  Pros: Easy setup nice apps.

  Cons: Just like every other Samsung product I have had (JUNK) great at first then dies after first 30 days.
  TV,Cell phones, and now this player (NEVER AGAIN)

• 10 stars

  Excellent pic quality. A little bit slow performance.

  by jason0112 on July 13, 2011

  Pros: Excellent picture quality and interface is easy of use. There are also many useful apps such as MLB.com to enjoy.

  Cons: a little bit slow response after disc loading and to remote control but not bothers me much(similar to DMP-BDT210).

  Summary: This is my second time buying samsung DVD/BD player. Overall it is a great one. I like it too.

  Summary: This is my second time buying samsung DVD/BD player. Overall it is a great one. I like it too.

• 10 stars

  ease of use and setup, good video quality

  by john_pipos on June 15, 2011

  Pros: ease of use and setup, good video quality

  Cons: limits on some formats via USB connections.

  Summary: Overall, this is great all around consumers especially for the money. DVD, BR Discs can be loaded perfectly. Yet the company needs to improve to support more file formats for ...

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  Summary: Overall, this is great all around consumers especially for the money. DVD, BR Discs can be loaded perfectly. Yet the company needs to improve to support more file formats for USB connections.

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