I have a
Samsung BD-P3600. It has the ability to get Netflix, Blockbuster, YouTube, and Pandora. It came with a free wireless dongle, and has a front USB port.
I have it running on wireless. That means the dongle is behind the unit, and within the slot of the entertainment center. I was concerned about that, and tried to get it to work with the front port. Due to the...elbow?...of the dongle, it won't seat in correctly. However, so far, it works very well.
I have a 61" Samsung HL-N617W. You guys would laugh at it, because it is not a new model. I think it was one of the early DLPs that Samsung came out with. However, the picture is beautiful on it. And I have not seen any reduction of quality when we watch Netflix.
As to the Netflix service itself, not all of their library is streamable. Not even close to it. What I did was sign up for the 1 DVD per month plan. Adding the HD option that comes to around $11 a month. That gives you unlimited streaming. Again, as someone else mentioned, not all titles are in HD.
Netflix is kind of a pain in that you cannot add to your que from your TV. You have to go online, log into your account, then add what you want to your instant que.
Blockbuster offers pay-as-you-go for streaming. That is the option I chose for them. We've really used Netflix more, so I can't speak much about Blockbuster's library. However, you can browse and add to your que from your TV with them.
The YouTube feature is kind of cool, with some caveats. The search feature sucks ass in terms of results. Plus there is not a keyboard to use, and you must enter your search terms like sending a no-keyboard text. What I did was to create a new YouTube account just for the house. Then from any computer we can add videos to that YouTube account's favorites. From there, using the BluRay, we can login to that YT account, and view the videos that we want to. I can't really give you any info on how it works to just aimlessly surf YT for cool stuff, as I haven't used it that way. I've only used it for stuff that I wanted to be able to see on the big screen.
I haven't done anything with Pandora yet.
The one thing that I have found with Netflix's streaming that is on the con side is that sometimes when we are trying to watch something at night, it will tell me that my connection isn't good enough. So far, that has been fixed by re-starting the BluRay. I don't know if it is due to increased Netflix traffic then or what.
I got this in December, and would recommend it.
That's my
