Samsung BD-C6900 3D Blu-ray Player Reviewed

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samsung_bd_c6900-review.gifAs Samsung's new top-of-the-line player, the BD-C6900 ($399.99) is loaded with all of the features we like to see in a Blu-ray player--and it just so happens to throw in 3D capability for good measure. We have not performed a hands-on review of the BD-C6900 (limited discussion of its 3D performance is available in Andrew Robinson's review of the Samsung UN55C7000 3D TV), but here is an overview of the player's features. This Profile 2.0 player supports BD-Live Web functionality and BonusView/picture-in-picture playback, and it offers both onboard decoding and bitstream output of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. The BD-C6900 features built-in 802.11n for a wireless network connection, and the AllShare feature allows you to stream digital media content from a PC or DLNA-compliant server. The player supports Samsung's Internet@TV portal, which lets you access the new Samsung Apps store that offers both free and fee-based apps. Much like the Apple Apps Store, this incarnation allows you to tailor the BD-C6900's functionality to suit your taste: apps are available for VUDU, Netflix and Blockbuster video-on-demand, as well as YouTube, Pandora, Flickr and Twitter, among others.


In terms of video connections, the BD-C6900 offers HDMI, component video and composite video outputs (no S-video). This player supports both 1080p/60 and 1080p/24 output resolutions via HDMI. Picture adjustments include the ability to choose between three preset picture modes or go with a user mode in which you can adjust sharpness and noise reduction. Audio outputs include HDMI, optical digital (no coaxial), and both 2- and 7.1-channel analog. The BD-C6900 has onboard Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, and it also passes these high-resolution audio formats in their native bitstream form over HDMI, for your A/V receiver to decode. You can set speaker size for the multichannel analog audio outputs, but you can't adjust distance or level.


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The BD-C6900 supports playback of BD, DVD, CD audio, AVCHD, Divx, WMA, MP3 and JPEG. You can add the player to your home network using either the back-panel Ethernet port or the internal 802.11n wireless module. The BD-C6900 has 1GB of internal memory to store BD-Live content, and a front-panel USB port is provided for additional storage. This USB port also supports music, photo and movie playback. The player lacks advanced control ports, such as RS-232 or IR.

Read about the high points and low points of the BD-C6900 on Page 2.

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  • Comment on this article

  • By Rodolfo

I would appreciate if you could please please provide the basis for your statement:

"HDMI 1.3 will support 3D playback, but it only supports transmission of a 1080i signal for each eye. HDMI v1.4 can support 1080p for each eye."

Both HDMI versions have the same 10.2 Gbps bandwidth capacity and firmware upgrades can be applied to 1.3 devices to handle the 3D protocols.

Additionally, 3D Blu-ray playback of 24fps 1080p film content or 60i 1080i (30fps) video content on each eye does not need to be raised to 1080p 60fps for transmission to the display device, which would double the bandwidth requirement between devices.


Best Regards,

Rodolfo La Maestra

Thanks for the comment and please note the change made to the review above.

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