Samsung Bd-5100 Upgraded Multi Region Zone Free Blu Ray DVD Player - PAL/Ntsc - Worldwide Voltage - 6 Feet HDMI Cable Included

For our UK DVDs, this is a miracle worker! It's a very sleek and small player - looks terrific. We have a Samsung TV, which was a big reason we went with this model. The remotes integrated with no programming needed, which instantly eliminated a remote from our process. Of note, early on we had issues with it not recognizing certain US Blu Rays and I was going to reluctantly return it, but it turns out that we must have pushed some buttons on the remote accidentally (while it was off) that changed the programming. I e-mailed the company and they were extremely helpful and responded almost immediately. Here were the steps in case you run into this issue: First go to settings and find the option called Quick Start and make sure this option is set to OFF. Then turn off the player and wait at least 5 seconds to make sure it is fully shut down. Then press 1 1 1 1 1 several times on the remote. This will tell the player to set it to zone A and region 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PAL/NTSC, which is what we wanted. Problem solved and works like a charm and now we know how to reset easily should it happen again.

Purchased the BD-F5100 6 months ago and have been very pleased with its multi region capabilities as well as a DVD/Blu ray player. This unit is mated to a Samsung LED HDTV. Unfortunately, the reviews of different Samsung players have been combined into the thread of this unit and may have caused some confusion about its multi region capabilities. Therefore to clarify, for DVDs this unit automatically detects the region (0-9) and then plays the disk. However, for Blu ray disks, one has to manually change the region (A, B or C) first; otherwise, the player defaults to the factory setting, which for USA is Region A. The user manual from Samsung does NOT address how to manually change the Blu ray region. However, enclosed in my purchase was an instructions sheet from 220-electronics.com with the following directions (abridged version follows): 1) Turn player off using remote - wait until player is fully off before proceeding. Make sure Quickstart is turned OFF as region switching will not work 2) Press button on remote to select (blu ray) region: Region A: press button 1 on the remote control Region B: press button 2 Region C: press button 3 The player will automatically turn on and boot up in the region corresponding to the number you entered. This reviewer has viewed DVDs from multiple regions and Blu ray disks from Regions A & B without trouble and hopes others find this information of use.

Why? I had bought a new Samsung SmartTV locally and it appears to be perfectly compatible with the TV. I turn on the player and it turns on the TV, loads the disc information and prepares to playback right where I left off. The multizone/multiregion flexibility gives me many more choices for ordering more TV shows on DVD. Similar products? The only ones were made by the same manufacturer, Samsung. I looked at two other models. The first has been discontinued and the third offers features I am not interested in. Attributes? Size. It is small, virtually compact but with a long power and HDMI cable. Connectivity and placement were fast and easy. However, I could wish for a carousel player since TV show discs generally only have four episodes. That is less than four hours per disc.

It's a good product that does what is says it will do. My only problem with it is that it only comes with Netflix, Pandora, and YouTube streaming options. So I have to keep my other Blu Ray player to watch Amazon Prime and the dozen or so other apps it has on it. Too bad.

I'm giving it 4 stars as it does what I bought it to do. Once it was hooked up and working (see below) it plays region A, B and C bluray disks and region 0-8 DVD's and displays PAL disks wonderfully on my NTSC TV. That's what I was in need of. I took it out of the box and hooked it up to my Samsung Smart TV with the supplied HDMI cable. Nothing. Nada. Would not respond to the remote. I could power it on at the box itself but none of the other functions would work. Changed the batteries in the remote. Tried other HDMI ports on the TV. Last ditch before boxing it up to send back I swapped the HDMI cable with a working Roku. Voila. It started responding to remote. Would play disks, etc. While not a complete brick the Roku did not work properly now. Went and got another HDMI cable. Now it all works. Went through the setup which is reasonable. It has a wired network connection. It could connect to Netflix and see All Share running on my PC. Went to the screen for the firmware update and it claims it cannot connect to the internet. Went back to the network setup and it all checked out OK. Went back to firmware upgrade, no go. Perhaps it's a false message as it is in fact running the latest firmware. My Samsung TV and Samsung Home Theater are both able to connect for updates. At some point if I feel the need to update I'll try the USB route. But as initially stated it does what it was hired to do and does it well. I just hope if there ever is a need to upgrade the firmware it'll work the USB way.

Yo andaba buscando algo que tocara discos de NA, EU, Mexico y Asia. Este fue el perfecto no he tenido problemas con el.