Samsung BD-D6500 präsentiert sich als schlüssiges Gesamtpaket, umfangreich ausgestattet und mir sehr guten Wiedergabe-Eigenschaften. Nicht zuletzt wegen seines interessanten Designs ist er ein echter Geheimtipp, zumal er längst deutlich unterhalb seiner ursprünglichen Preisempfehlung gehandelt wird.

The BD-D6500's midrange positioning would likely attract the attention of a majority of shoppers looking for a 3D Blu-ray player, but it's a little expensive at S$449. It also offers some useful features we wished would come standard on more players such as built-in Wi-Fi and 1GB of memory. But its main selling point would be its minimalist good looks.

Great pictures should be accompanied by great sound, of course. Any Blu-ray player can send high-quality audio to a modern, HDMI-equipped surround receiver; it just has to send the bitstream down the wire. But older, pre-HDMI receivers can't decode the...