Samsung BD-P4600: Wall-mountable Blu-ray player with Wi-Fi add-on
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Your flat-screen TV looks awfully lonely mounted on the wall by itself--why not give it a companion? That, we assume, is the rationale behind the Samsung BD-P4600 wall-mountable Blu-ray player. The BD-P4600 looks to include all the features of its step-down sibling, the BD-P3600: Profile 2.0/BD-Live, Netflix and Pandora streaming, 1GB onboard memory, built-in Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, "Touch of Color" style accents, and--the big upgrade for 2009--802.11n Wi-Fi via an included USB dongle. But unlike the 3600, this ultraslim 1.5-inch model has a slot-loading disc drive and can be mounted on the wall. Just remember that doing so means you'll need to hide the HDMI cable running to the TV or receiver and the power cord. That's probably why Samsung also includes a stand that mounts it at a 25-degree angle, so you can show off its slim lines. Look for the BD-P4600 in April 2009 for $500.
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John P. Falcone covers home theater and network entertainment products. He's been writing for CNET since 2002.
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by tonytiger112
April 25, 2009 4:23 AM PDT
- Picked this up last night and wow......technology and design perfection have come together!!! This looks absolutely stunning under my LN52A750....I still can't get past the look of this thing.
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by kevinufo
May 27, 2009 11:09 AM PDT
- did you ever get the wireless to work?
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by maxmanfrin
June 6, 2009 5:33 AM PDT
- I'm using the usb key to connect wirelessly to my Apple Time Capsule 802.11a/b/n network and everything is fine.
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(4 Comments)I'm still working on the wireless, seems to be an issue with vista 64bit, or it could be me...lol......
The disk loads in the side, and the the controls on the unit itself are red buttonless touch (plays a little tune, optional)....anyway....gotta go play.....
Love it!!!.........
I am using a Mac time machine and N.G.
Using a cable connection, I have to unplug to reconnect to Netflix.
The only issue is the PC streaming... I'm not yet able to have the player recognize my MacBook running OS X 10.5.7 in order to stream video and audio from there.