BD-C6500 Review| Samsung Full HD 1080p Blu-ray player

Region A/BD Live (2.0)

Video: Video Resolution:1080p/24p DVD upscaling: 1080p Audio: HDMI output: 7.1 Analog output: 7.1 Media: Blu-ray / DVD / CD	Other: HDMI version: 1.3a Ethernet: Yes Release Date: February, 2010

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The BD-C6500 Blu-ray player is one of Samsung’s new players for 2010. Samsung has loaded many features and functions into the BD-C6500. Including making it one of the fastest Blu-ray Players with disc loading and boot up speeds of 15 seconds. Other features include online streaming, built-in Wi-Fi and DLNA compliant.

Internet@TV: You can get access to an ever-growing portal of your favorite digital content. Customizable widgets will give you access to BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and more – all on your HDTV.
BD-Live ready: Get more out of a Blu-ray Disc than what’s is physically on it. BD-Live 2.0 lets studios future-proof their Blu-ray titles, so they can add more content to BD-Live Ready discs even after they have been made and shipped. You connect your Blu-ray player to the Internet (through the Ethernet port or using an optional Link Stick USB wireless dongle) to download images, subtitles and more. You can chat live with friends while you are both watching the movie, or play online travia games against others to unlock exclusive video content and earn discounts on other products.
AllShare: Now you can sync up your entire household. A wired or wireless DLNA connection lets you stream your PC audio and video files to your HDTV using your remote.
Wi-Fi: It has a wireless LAN built-in.
1GB built-in memory: 1gb of internal memory that can be you with BD-Live to download content.
Full screen, ultra fast play: Samsung is calling this blu-ray player the ‘World’s Fastest Blu-ray Player’. Samsung says is has a disc load time and boot up time of only 15 seconds!
Full 1080p Picture Quality: has clear, crisp HD image quality and DVD Upconversion (up to 1080p)
Sleek, slim design (39mm) with a High glossy finish.

Keeping in line with most new Blu-ray Players, the BD-C650 has a sleek, modern look with a slim design and black glossy finish. Samsung has applied a new Graphical User Interface (GUI) with this years batch of Blu-ray players. Using a more image based menu, Samsung hopes this will make it easier for the user to make selections. The user even has a choice between four skins to customize the GUI’s appearance. Also, like all Samsung’s Blu-ray Players this year, the BD-C6500 player meets all Energy Star 4.0 guidelines.

Video Quality:

The BD-C6500 has a HDMI Output, Component Video outputs and Composite Video Outputs. It can support video resolution of 1080p/24 fps when playing Blu-ray Discs without any requirements for conversion. Providing you with the picture quality possible. DVDs can be up-scaled to 1080p, so you can still enjoy your DVD collection at near High Definition quality.

Audio Quality:

Audio connections for the BD-C6500 include HDMI, Optical Digital Audio Outputs an analog Audio Outputs (Stereo & 7.1 Ch). Having 7.1 analog outputs would be great for those who have Audio/Video receivers, so they can listen to Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio at full resolution. The BD-C6500 player does have internal audio decoding for Built-in Audio Decoders : Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD decoder and Dolby Digital Plus.

The Samsung BD-C6500 Blu-ray Player also offers Internet@TV. Here you can access online material and view it directly on your TV. This service is provided by downloading widgets and apps such as Samsung Apps. Samsung Apps gives us access to online streaming services like Netflix, BLOCKBUSTER, Vudu, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Pandora and many more. You can even go shopping online, share digital pictures with others or connect to a wide variety of online material all at your finger tips. Samsung promises more apps will become available in the future.

Of course an internet connection is needed to access these features. You can connect through the provided Ethernet Port or connect using the wireless LAN built-in the player. An internet connection is required for BD-Live content as well. BD-Live content is online material you can access with a Blu-ray Disc. Content such as extra movie scenes, movie trailers, online chat, and live commentary. Storage memory is needed for BD-Live content. Fortunately, the BD-C6500 has 1GB of internal memory so accessing BD-Live content is made more convenient.

The Ethernet Port and wireless LAN can be use to connect to a home network. By doing this you can take advantage of Samsung’s AllShare feature. This allows content to be streamed between DLNA devices. For example, you can stream files stored on your computer to the Blu-ray Player and watch them on your TV.

THE PROS: Samsung is claiming the BD-C6500 to be the world’s fastest Blu-ray Player. Having a 15 second disc load and 15 second boot up makes for a strong argument. It has low power consumption and meets Energy Star 4.0 guidelines. Wi-Fi is built-in and has 1GB of internal memory. Also supports online media services: Internet@TV/Samsung Apps(provides content from Netflix, Pandora, Vudu, Blockbuster, Picasa and Twitter)

THE CONS: Internet@TV and Samsung Apps are new and not much is known how they will interact will other devices such as TV’s, laptops, etc.

THE FINAL WORD: Overall, Samsung’s BD-C6500 Blu-ray Player provides great video and audio quality. Energy efficient, with extremely fast operational speed. With the Internet@TV feature you are given an ever growing access to digital content. These great features and promises of more to come, the BD-C6500 maybe the perfect Blu-ray Player to meet all your needs Now and In The Future. — Price you should look for when purchasing — Under $250.00