Samsung BD-HM57CZA Wi-Fi Blu Ray Player Manufacturer Refurbished

Great multi-function device

This was a gift for my dad for his birthday. He really enjoys watching movies on it, though I don't think he knows what a Blu-ray is because he still rents DVDs from the local store. He has a HDTV, the picture quality is great even when he plays a normal DVD. I've tried to show him Blu-rays and he has a few I got for him, he still gets DVDs when he goes to the store. He also doesn't use the Netflix functionality though it works perfectly when I've tried to show him it. I showed him that you can view things off a USB and he just stared at me. I think he is just happy to have a DVD player again. Now if he can just figure out how to rewind them, he'd be fine.

Excellent, do not be fooled by the word "refurbished"
I do not have a blu ray player. When I looked around, this is the cheapest one since it is "refurbished". Do not be fooled by this word. It just means someone returned it for one reason or the other, usually not because the product is defective. Laws prohibit reselling returned items as "new", and the word "refurbished" is used. Few electronic items can be repaired, not to mention "refurbish". The best the sellers could do is to test it. However, in view of the excellent reliability of electronics, many sellers simply skip this probably unnecessary and labor intensive step.
There are more than 90 reviews and only 7 one star ratings are related to "not working". This shows my point. I was expecting a blu ray player, but it came with Wi-Fi, and I can watch You Tube easily, not to mention Amazon.com Prime and Netflix, among several others. I was about to use my computer/tablet to play You Tube on my TV, so this one saves me this step.
It is very easy to set up and in five...

I was ready to pack it up for return!

Got my BR player today, and packaging was great. So I plugged it in, hdmi came with it, which was a surprise, I decided not to go wireless, because everything else in my house is, and I'd rather my TV not have loading problems. So I also plugged in my router. Turned my input to the new blue ray player and noticed there was no Amazon Prime! NOOOOO! So I go through the apps and no Amazon Prime there either! So I log onto my Amazon account and look at the other people's reviews. THANK YOU! You must go to settings and update software. Amazon Prime then appears.

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