richmondhokie wrote:I have never succumbed to a Basin of Cranberries - am I a sub-par wooter?

Some say 'it's better to have tried and failed than never to have tried'. This is an exception to that rule. You're ahead of the game by at least $8.

I own this unit. Bought it about a year ago and have had zero issues. It is a bit slower for boot up than some others I've seen and the "wifi" is only compatible with samsungs stick (believe me I tried several others). i simply wired it to a bridge and its good to go. Streamed 1080p from my vudu acct, net flix, not a single issue. for this price, its a decent value, if internet connectivity is your want, the next step up, has wifi built in and may save you some hassle if you dont have the stuff needed to get it online already.
Finishing up a media room in my basement and will be adding another sammy unit there, but most likely a higher end unit with a bit more features.

Always make sure when you buy a blu-ray player that it doesn't take forever and a day for the door to open and close. I learned that the hard way a few years ago after buying one a wally world that was a deal where the player was like $100 or something you got a $40 gift card bonus. Thankfully, I finally got a new one a few months back for $70 and it is great!

Netflix and everything works fantastic, and it's a samsung. Not sure offhand if it is the same model as this one, but it is far superior to the magnavox I had previously.

Fofer wrote:I am most interested in the specific list of apps this has (what streaming services it supports) as this seems to be a differentiator amongst low-end Blu-Ray players these days.

Netflix
Hulu Plus
Vudu
CinemaNow
Blockbuster
YouTube
MLB.TV
Pandora
Picasa
Twitter
Facebook
Weather

from here: http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-players/samsung-bd-d5300/4505-9991_7-34491595.html


I'm a little intrigued because of Vudu. I haven't seen many others that support this. I have a Vudu box in my living room (with lots of credit remaining, and the PQ of the content on Vudu is great) so it might be nice to have this one in the bedroom. Or maybe I'll get this one to replace my living room Blu-Ray and Vudu box, freeing up one HDMI spot.

from the link above......

Smart Hub is the same on nearly all 2011 Blu-ray players--and home theater systems with built-in Blu-ray players--but slightly different on Samsung TVs. The main exception on the Blu-ray side is the entry-level Samsung BD-D5300, which doesn't have the full Smart Hub interface.

Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-players/samsung-bd-d5300/4505-9991_7-34491595.html#ixzz1jugqmc4H

I bought one a few models up from this and it worked great for a month. One day it did an automatic update and Netflix never worked again. A month of tech support where all they did was blame my router and firewall and no solution to this day. Bought a low end LG that has been great.

It seems that the lack of Amazon Instant Video from Samsung's SmartHub is a major complaint from both their customers, so I'm betting that eventually it'll be sorted out between the two companies. It may require a firmware upgrade, but I'm not too worried about that.

Is it officially a Woot Off killer if the Mods have time to select Quality Posts?

Thanks mods!

You're a fool. Most Korean companies (I used to work for one) and most companies utilize China for manufacturing. This includes Samsung.

richmondhokie wrote:from the link above......

Smart Hub is the same on nearly all 2011 Blu-ray players--and home theater systems with built-in Blu-ray players--but slightly different on Samsung TVs. The main exception on the Blu-ray side is the entry-level Samsung BD-D5300, which doesn't have the full Smart Hub interface.

Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-players/samsung-bd-d5300/4505-9991_7-34491595.html#ixzz1jugqmc4H

Thanks for that catch!

So, can anyone with the BD-D5300 please confirm... precisely what apps are in fact included on this box?

It's baffling that information this basic is so hard to come by on the web, and that Woot's own description doesn't include the list. All it says is "Browse the entire internet, search content on your TV or online, download and use apps on your TV, and access video on demand." I want to know, WHICH APPS?

dbcooper wrote:Some say 'it's better to have tried and failed than never to have tried'. This is an exception to that rule. You're ahead of the game by at least $8.

Over 30 woots to my name since 2006.....some have been Basins of Cranberries in their own right......

jeremytheindian wrote:Is it officially a Woot Off killer if the Mods have time to select Quality Posts?

Thanks mods!

What constitutes a "quality post"?

I shopped for a Blu-ray player for many months, and read hundreds of reviews. Samsung may be good in other product area, but they seemed to miss the boat on their BR products. Amazon reviews one more time for anyone thinking of buying. If you spend the money, just don't expect much. I ended up with a used PS3 and couldn't be happier.

seahokedrama wrote:Everyone I know personally has had bad experience with Walmart ship-to-store.

I've had great experienced with Ship to Store. Maybe an extra 5 minutes. I'd say it depends 100% on the particular Walmart in your area.

Answering my own question, I just found this:

http://www.samsung.com/us/video/blu-ray-dvd/BD-D5300/ZA-features

"...movies from Netflix or Blockbuster, TV shows from Hulu Plus, videos from YouTube, music from Pandora, and social updates from Facebook or Twitter."

Seems to be a (much) smaller subset of the regular "Samsung Apps" offerings on other devices.

Crappiest Samsung product I have ever bought. Gliches and freezes alot. Spend your money on something else.

richmondhokie wrote:What constitutes a "quality post"?

When the mods decide your posting is worthy of being hotlinked to the top "summary" of posts by the product photo and price on the main Woot page.

I own one of these. If you MUST play blu-ray, then this is a decent unit. If you're looking for streaming capabilities, however, it's clunky and prone to choking over wireless. I have a Roku on the same TV and use it 99% of the time now.

scottydl wrote:When the mods decide your posting is worthy of being hotlinked to the top "summary" of posts by the product photo and price on the main Woot page.

Maybe it isn't "quality" if it helps people to decide NOT to buy the product

spiek wrote:I bought one of these the last time they were up and hardwired it, since I wasn't about to buy the $90 Samsung wireless adapter. I'm not allergic to wires.

Wait, so wifi ready means you can buy accessories to add wifi? In that case my camera iw wifi ready (if you bought the eye-fi card yesterday). So is any appliance if you buy a wifi power strip.

I'll just enjoy my teleportation ready DVD player.

richmondhokie wrote:Maybe it isn't "quality" if it helps people to decide NOT to buy the product

Hehe, they will sell... everything sells on Woot eventually. ;) But it's obvious that these comments may sell the product slower than planned.

richmondhokie wrote:What constitutes a "quality post"?

In general, a quality post is something relevant to the item at hand, useful for purchasing decisions (pro OR con), humorous, id1otic, helpful, not helpful, irrelevant, insightful, retrospective, introspective, or just plain dumb.

Hope this helps.

Samsung is a good brand. I have a lot of Samsung stuff. I would not be afraid of wiring since it is more reliable.

We have already moved on to Philips 5-Device Universal Flip Remote per mywoot.net

this is the worst woot off i've ever seen. They keep re-listing the same crap over and over, NO Dysons at all in 3 days, unless I missed it... junk, junk, crap. Either list a frickin Dyson Ball or just pull the plug on this garb. we're bored with it now.

dbcooper wrote:In general, a quality post is something relevant to the item at hand, useful for purchasing decisions (pro OR con), humorous, id1otic, helpful, not helpful, irrelevant, insightful, retrospective, introspective, or just plain dumb.

Hope this helps.

sooooo what ever they want to make a quality post?

towneblacksmith wrote:sooooo what ever they want to make a quality post?

In general, yes.

dbcooper wrote:In general, yes.

I guess I need to try harder then

towneblacksmith wrote:Samsung is a good brand. I have a lot of Samsung stuff.

Yeah but they seems to have missed the boat on positively reviewed Blu-ray players. Maybe something that costs $300 would be different, but their lower priced items are universally disparaged.

ThunderThighs wrote:Are you watching Home as well? There have been 3 so far during this woot-off.

I'm trying to keep an eye on all the windows. Potty Emergency. bahhhh thanks for letting me know. Guh

Samsung makes a good TV IMHO, I picked up one of these players at the local Best Buy. We will see how well it does.

Potty emergency? LOL I didnt write that...

yowzer!! a 3 day woot off! please bring
back the flasks!

For the geeks amongst you, the firmware on this may be hackable. The SamyGO project targets Samsung TVs, but they seem to be looking at the Blu-ray players as well.

lruvola wrote:this is the worst woot off i've ever seen. They keep re-listing the same crap over and over, NO Dysons at all in 3 days, unless I missed it... junk, junk, crap. Either list a frickin Dyson Ball or just pull the plug on this garb. we're bored with it now.

Im not bored at all!

If I see another Dyson on Woot itll be too soon. Leave em on home.woot like they should be.

I bought this blu-ray player from Target about a year ago. I have had some trouble with it reading a Belkin wireless adapter. Otherwise this is a great product!

I have RSS feeds for home and vanilla for the wootoff. That way, if work pulls me away, I'll know if I missed the Bonanza of Cthulus right away. Better to have my heart broken right away than needing to check the Community link first, right?

My first Woot!