Samsung BD-JM57C Streaming Blu-ray Player with Wi-Fi Renewed

After seeing DVD is an almost abandoned format now (all the bonus features go to Blu-Ray) I decided to bite the bullet and start looking for players, the price and features made this stand out so I grabbed two, one for upstairs, one for down.. Setup was a snap, after connecting to wifi it prompted me to upgrade the firmware, a painless process, set up my apps, Pandora, Netflix, Amazon prime, right out of the gate I used to watch Netflix on my wii at 480, (big bonus, I thought my two older flatscreen tvs were 720, on setting up the Blu-Ray, this player pushed them both into 1080i) so my Netflix jumped from 480 to 1080, you can imagine how pleased I am with that.. My old DVD players were upconversion players and DVDs looked great at 720, again, imagine the satisfaction of seeing all my DVD's jump to 1080, they look amazing. The apps are great. It also plays burned DVD's if anyone was curious about that as not all players read burned DVD's. It has a USB port so you can plug in a thumb drive with music, pictures or video and access them on your tv. It's a small player, fits into shelf systems with the smallest of footprints, all in all, I'm sure the pricier systems have more features, but this does everything I want and more. Couldn't be happier with the purchase. The included hdmi cable was nice, batteries for the remote would have been welcomed too. A lack of a power light seems a bit confusing, but put a thumb drive in the slot and it lights up when the units on so its a decent workaround. The remote is pretty basic and featureless, I noticed some units have dedicated apps buttons like a Netflix button, but as handy as that would have been, it's not a huge chore getting to the apps. For people commenting that there's only like 11 apps, go to the opera tv store app.. You can download hundreds more apps. The very slight complaints aren't enough to cost this a star, for $44 bucks I jumped into the hd world of Blu-Ray and it'd been a bargain at twice the price. And it's really nice for the upstairs player being able to watch Netflix in 1080 on the tv instead of having to watch it on my iPad. If you're on the fence, get it. You won't be disappointed. Now to get a bigger tv 😀 Read more

I liked the product and the picture was great on a 70 Inch and 3, 50 inch TV's. This is a great product. Samsung has made great Blu-Ray players for a long time and this one is what most people want. Great price (refurbished) and simple controls. If I had to ding it for anything it would not be the Sellers responsibility to take a hit, it's the manufacturer. 1) An indicator light to let you know if it is on could not be that hard to install, especially in todays world. 2) Boot time is a little long until you go into the settings and change to quick boot. The unit will work harder if you do this, but its worth it. This unit is solid in its construction and has performed flawlessly on the 4 TV's we have them connected too. Make sure to update the firmware if needed after you get it configured for wifi or network. I bought 4 and had to update 2. This was not an issue, just a reminder. I would definitely purchase these units again. Read more

Ok great unit for the money. Just a warning when you go to install the batteries.. I did not have my glasses on and put them into the remote via the shape of the opening. It was not 100% rectangular... it had an opening that looked like the top of the battery. so I put the top in there.. did not work. Thought it was a bad refurb (many refurbs are not refurbished - they just plug them in the wall and if they work... they figure that the client returned saying it was damaged even though it was not). Then I got my glasses out and noticed that the battery shaped opening is supposed to be ignored - the diagram on the inside was going the other direction. Oh well. So just pay attention at first. Enjoy. Read more

In my search for a blu-ray player, I intended to avoid refurbished products and instead go for something new, but every new product I looked at had very mixed reviews and the reviews made me hesitant. It came down to an $80 Blu-ray and this one, and I am so happy with my choice! First off, hats off to Amazon. They gave me free one-day Prime shipping with this product. I ordered it at 11:30pm on Friday and it got to my house at 1:30pm on Saturday. I was so happy. Second, the blu-ray works even better than I could imagine. I essentially wanted something that I could play Blu-ray discs and watch Netflix on. This player does it all. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Pandora, even more apps in the store. You can even attach a USB and watch videos, play music, look at photos, etc. Third, the device itself looks like I ordered it brand new. It came in what looked like the original box (inside of an Amazon box), with the remote, instructions, and even an HDMI cable! Setup was so easy, the device isn't slow by any means (unless your wifi is slow - which only affects the apps), and the layout is beautiful, reminds me of Windows 8. For less than $50, this blu-ray player is a dream. Read more