Customer Ratings & Reviews

If you've never had a modern Blu-Ray player before, the first thing that strikes you about this unit is that it is completely useless without the remote control. While this is hardly a new phenomenon, this player takes it almost to its logical conclusion. My conventional DVD player at least lets you play, stop and skip to the next or previous chapter from its front panel. This player has just two buttons on it - Power and Eject - and no indicator lights. Hookup is simple enough: The player has an HDMI port, an Ethernet port and a wi-fi radio built in. The HDMI cable is not included, so be sure to buy one if you don't already own one. You plug the player into your TV set with the HDMI cable. (If your TV set is old enough that it doesn't have an HDMI port, you can buy an RF adapter to convert to Component, Composite, SVHS or coaxial, but you'd probably be better advised to buy a different player, one that has whatever connection your TV set has.) More about the network setup later. The player is a bit slow to boot up. Modern HDTV sets can also be slow to boot up, and this can be a bit disconcerting at first if you're used to older components, which were pretty much instant-on. Expect to wait a good 15 seconds after pressing the power button before it sends any output to your TV set. Once the player is booted and displaying on the TV set, operation with the remote is fairly intuitive. If you put a disc in, the player will automatically switch to DVD mode and begin to play your disc. Simple enough. But you don't buy this player just to watch movies on discs. (If that's all you want, there are cheaper, simpler units on the market.) I, for one, was very interested in seeing what Internet content I could watch with it. To watch Internet content, the first thing you need to do is connect the set to your network. (If you don't have a network in your home, now you have a reason to get one.) This process is fairly straightforward. If you only have a wired network, you have various options for getting an Ethernet connection to your Blu-Ray player; I won't detail them here. Most people reading this probably have wi-fi networks, and will want to connect wirelessly. Either way, the guided setup procedure for the player walks you through the process of connecting to and verifying your network. Alas, the player doesn't do WPS, so you will need your wi-fi passphrase, if connecting to a wireless network, and you will need to type it in using the guided setup's on-screen keyboard, which is a rather tedious process. The product info for this player boasts that there are over 240 "apps" for it. Unfortunately, this is something of an overstatement. The player's home screen includes "presets" for VUDU, HULU, Netflix, Amazon Video, and YouTube. There is a button you can select that lets you add more presets, but just about the only thing you can add from there is something called the Opera Store, which turns out to be where most of the "apps" are located. The Opera Store is a vast collection of vintage, foreign and indie movies, sports, and how-to videos. It requires no subscription, is mostly free of charge, and is rather fun to explore, but all the video content is heavily laden with VERY repetitive advertising. I already knew that VUDU is a service that offers nothing free, but I was disappointed to find that HULU no longer offers anything free. YouTube is free on the player, just as it is on your computer, although you may occasionally run into a video that requires you to log into your Google account before you can watch it.That process is tedious and involves switching between devices, since the player offers no way to log on. The player does support screen-casting from YouTube on your smartphone, tablet or computer to the player. That's handy, because the on-screen search engine is slow and hard to use, while searching YouTube from smartphones, tablets and, especially, computers is a snap. The only "gotcha" is that your smartphone, tablet or computer must remain on and awake in order for this to work, and screen-casting will deplete the battery charge fairly quickly. Therefore, you'll want to keep whatever you're screen-casting from plugged into its charger while you do this. I haven't poked around enough to find out if you can screen-cast from the other "apps". I'm also an Amazon Prime customer, so I can get lots of nice video content from there at no extra charge. Most Internet video access works well (assuming your network connection is strong and your Internet bandwidth is decent) and intuitively, although interrupting YouTube videos and backing out to your search results is less than obvious. Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to add more apps to this player. (Fancier, more expensive Samsung players do allow you to get more apps from Samsung's proprietary app store.) Another thing that the on-screen, guided setup procedure does is ask if you want to download a software update for the player. I strongly advise that you do this - and I would strongly advise downloading and installing any future software updates that the player might ask you about. Maybe one of them will make the Smart features smarter! Those who prefer not to juggle a lot of remotes will be pleased to know that most cable TV system remotes can be programmed to operate this unit with full functionality.

The player works just fine. I wish it had a a small light to let you know when it was on, it looks the same when it is on or off. Hence, you are never quite sure if it is on or off. Also, some of the remote keys are not clearly labeled as to their function, so you have to memorize some buttons. Other than that, it works great! It seems a little, tiny bit of engineering or product testing would have revealed those minor issues.... its funny how newer technology (ok, bluray isn't exactly NEW, but i'm over the age of 30!), didn't incorporate practical things from the past......

This blu-ray player was easy to setup and simple to use. The DVD startup takes longer than expected. Good product for a surprisingly reasonable price. Great video quality!

Easy plug and play. A smart Samsung TV knows what it is. You can use one remote for everything: TV and BluRay. I'd give it 5 stars, but you can't tell if it's on or off.

I was never able to stream internet through my Samsung Smart TV as it was WiFi ready, but not enabled. This Samsung Player was easy to install and I was able to stream through my apps immediately. A very low cost option compared to the price of a new TV.

The Samsung - BD-J5700/ZA - Streaming Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-ray Player is an excellent device because it not only plays Blue Ray Discs, but can connect to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and other streaming services. Easy to connect and operate.

Great little blu Ray player. The only reason I gave it a 4 is because it has no display. So hard to tell what’s going on. Not sure why Samsung does that.

We set this up for my boyfriends parents in Florida so that they could stream Netflix (an Amazon prime). They also use it to stream music. Easy set up and easy to use.

Love this product it's small so it fits anywhere. Love that it connects to the tv right away and it has built in Wifi which is great no extra wires conecting to the tv.

This product is so easy to set up and use. The wi-fi accessibility feature made it so easy to connect to Nextflix and I am enjoying my shows everyday now without having to connect my laptop or my sons XBox to my TV to do it. Great, great, great purchase

Simple set up and does the job right. Would be beneficial to have a power light to know when it is on/off. Otherwise, no other concerns at this point.

Works great easy to set up. Wish it had a power indicator light so I would know if the player was on to eject disks. A small price to play for the quality of the picture.

Very compact very sleek very easy to use in a high value item I'm totally satisfied with the quality of this item and product by Samsung. I love how you can change the picture size on the remote

I love this blue-ray player!!! If I'd only known how great this was before spending money on the Apple TV (which I also like) Easy to set up and easy to use. Turned my older plasma into a smart tv.

Very easy to use. Easy to connect to wifi allowing you to stream content such as Netflix with a not so smart TV. I've enjoyed every Samsung product I've ever owned, and this one is no exception.

I bought this for a relative who wanted Netflix and Amazon Video and wanted something that will play blue-ray and DVDs. She loves this and watches Netflix everyday when she gets home from work and can navigate to Netflix without any help! Great buy!

Kids broke the dvd player so we needed a replacement. Able to pick up this bluray for a good price on black friday. Easy to setup and picture quality is good. Have not tried the streaming since the tv has the capabilities.

The picture is excellent. The apps work fast and the wi-fi connected quickly and easily. Works great and the Black Friday price was phenomenal.

Purchased this for the wi do feature which works good considering it’s on a 3rd floor internet worked Netflix came in good price was very good

Unit works well the only complaint is that the device does not have a light when it is on so I always have to double check to make sure it has been turned off