Samsung BD-5700 Multi Region Free Zone Blu-Ray DVD Player

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Purchased the BD-F5100 6 months ago and have been very pleased with its multi region capabilities as well as a DVD/Blu ray player. This unit is mated to a Samsung LED HDTV. Unfortunately, the reviews of different Samsung players have been combined into the thread of this unit and may have caused some confusion about its multi region capabilities. Therefore to clarify, for DVDs this unit automatically detects the region (0-9) and then plays the disk. However, for Blu ray disks, one has to manually change the region (A, B or C) first; otherwise, the player defaults to the factory setting, which for USA is Region A. The user manual from Samsung does NOT address how to manually change the Blu ray region. However, enclosed in my purchase was an instructions sheet from 220-electronics.com with the following directions (abridged version follows): 1) Turn player off using remote - wait until player is fully off before proceeding. Make sure Quickstart is turned OFF as region switching will not work 2) Press button on remote to select (blu ray) region: Region A: press button 1 on the remote control Region B: press button 2 Region C: press button 3 The player will automatically turn on and boot up in the region corresponding to the number you entered. This reviewer has viewed DVDs from multiple regions and Blu ray disks from Regions A & B without trouble and hopes others find this information of use.

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For our UK DVDs, this is a miracle worker! Its a very sleek and small player - looks terrific. We have a Samsung TV, which was a big reason we went with this model. The remotes integrated with no programming needed, which instantly eliminated a remote from our process. Of note, early on we had issues with it not recognizing certain US Blu Rays and I was going to reluctantly return it, but it turns out that we must have pushed some buttons on the remote accidentally (while it was off) that changed the programming. I e-mailed the company and they were extremely helpful and responded almost immediately. Here were the steps in case you run into this issue: First go to settings and find the option called Quick Start and make sure this option is set to OFF. Then turn off the player and wait at least 5 seconds to make sure it is fully shut down. Then press 1 1 1 1 1 several times on the remote. This will tell the player to set it to zone A and region 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PAL/NTSC, which is what we wanted. Problem solved and works like a charm and now we know how to reset easily should it happen again.

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Im really pleased with this blu-ray player I have owned it for almost a year now and it has worked beautifully. The apps work fine, Wi-fi connection is fine and it has played blu-rays and DVDs from USA and UK. The only issue I have had with it is that for whatever reason it will not play my Hannibal (TV) blu-ray discs and it shows that it isnt the right region which is odd because its never happened before and they are region 1 discs. It might just be an issue unique to lions gate DVDs and it has not been an issue with any other disc ive played so I do not fault this blu-ray player for that issue. I would really recommend this if you are looking for a region free blu-ray player!

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There are three reasons I purchased this player. One, it plays almost every region DVD. and I have found a lot of my favorite shows are only available on region 4 DVDs from Australia. And two, it has auto-play. A lot of times I like to watch a DVD before going to bed. And with this feature I can stop the show or movie at any spot, take the DVD out and turn off the unit. Then when I am ready to finish watching it, I can put the DVD back in the player and it will automatically start from the spot I stopped at. Making it really easy to enjoy my show or movie without having to scan through the disc to figure out where I stopped it. And three, its a Samsung! This is an awesome little Blu-Ray DVD player at a really descent price!!!

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Wrong picture but the curved face unit i got will let me stack nvidia shield on top so better. The code is vary easy, and works great. Playing dvds of any region without any codes or tweaks at all. Playing blu-rays of other regions press 2 or 3 on the remote and play. Region 1 is the default in us so no code needed. Sold build, good size, cool operation, simple front controls 2 buttons open and power. The remote is feature rich, and my tv is a 60 inch Samsung so total integration. Lan/wifi input seamless updates. My tv cost less because it is not a smart tv but with this player it is not needed.

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Surprised how easy it is to switch between regions, no issues at all (once we got the regions memorized on what number they are, but until then just kept the list by the remote). Also like that it switches are tv to video automatically when you turn on the blue ray player, plus when you stop whatever your watching it will power the tv off also if you dont put it on another channel in a short amount of time. Only thing I wish it had was a small dim light so you know if its actually off when your done and switch back to tv.

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Weve had this player for 4 years now. Its worked great in all that time. I can put in a disc from England, and it plays it just like it would play a disc from the US. No problems at all in the entire 4 years Ive had it.

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Other than the fact that the supplier did not get it to us in 2 days as scheduled, the device, after set-up, worked brilliantly. I first watched season 2, episode 1 of Life on Mars, U.K. region 2 version. DCI Hunt and Sam Tyler never looked better. Then it was on to the first Fast and Furious where everything jumped right out of the screen at us. OBTW, we dont own any blue ray so well let you know about that some day. The last film was Excalibur from 1981. I thought I was back in the cinema when it first came out. This old DVD never looked like this on any of our older players. I have to say that it is money very well spent!

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A very nice player, but the on box controls are very limited and hard to get to/use when you place it on shelving... The controls are on the top of the box and that makes them difficult to see and access.... But the output, speed and overall capability of the unit is 5 star

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This unit interfaced perfectly with my Samsung TV panel so the controller for the player worked with my TV seamlessly. My only complaint and why I gave it 4 stars is that this Player looked and felt cheap. The ribbed housing wasnt very clean to me. It actually looked rather "unkept" as a product. Not polished. Im not sure why "they" chose the outer housing to look tech grip like. It just doesnt look or feel good. BUT that being said, it works flawlessly and plays all my collection of multi region DVDs and BluRay collection.

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