As many people did this last weekend we went and raided Best Buy because of their Memorial Day sales. Low and behold the wife turned me loose in the Blu-ray players and said "Pick us a good one".Now having done my research there were some things I looked for; Built in WiFi, DNS compatible, networkable and netfilx streaming ability. I settle on the Samsung BD-c6500 it has everything I need minus the 3D pass through.
We then had to get some of the newest Blu-ray Movies out to test the 47" LCD HD in 1080p T.V. we have. So we got Avatar (naturally), Star Trek, Gi-Joe, Transformers: 1-2.
After getting it home and getting the WiFi set up, calabrating the monitor again (because I always unplug any thing electronic when I'm adding or removing peripherals) we plug in Star Trek..Holy smokes that's all I can say. With the 10gb Monster HDMI connections the bandwidth transfers are flawless.
Some things to know before you buy a Blu-ray player.
1: Internet is a must have. Most people don't know that these players do require Firmware updates in order to play the newest movies due to the way these movies are converted.
2: WiFi Capable or WiFi enabled is not the same thing as WiFi installed or WiFi embedded.
3: GET THE HDMI CABLE!!! Yes they are 60.00 for a 4' cord..but why spend the money on and HD 1080P tv, Blu-ray player, Blu-ray disk and then not get the most information transfer you can from player to monitor?
Over all I'm totally impressed with the level of quality of the image and sound that I'm getting from this changed from DVD to Blu-ray..If you can make the change now you wont be sorry.