So I took my first foray into Blu-Ray a few weeks ago with the Samsung BD-p1600. It crashed/locked up/needed a hard reset every time I tried to stream Pandora. It had problems playing 4 of the discs I tried. Deja-Vu broke up and crashed the player 5 minutes in (then it wouldn't eject the disc). Pirates of the Carribean locked up 1 hour in. Mad Men Season 1, Disc 1 and some other disc that I don't remember now just spit it back out and said "This disc could not be played" 2-3 times until it finally played them fine.
I tried taking it back, and the 2nd one had all the same symptoms. Since Amazon had their special on the p3600, I went ahead and ordered that one.
So far it hasn't failed to play a single disc, Pandora streaming works fine, and it's faster to boot. Whereas with the p1600 I had no confidence in it's ability to play a movie, I'm feeling pretty good about this one. Based on the internet it doesn't seem like my p1600 experiences are typical, but I don't know what I could be doing wrong when it comes to just dropping a disc in the tray.
Any rate, here's a vote for the 3600 over the 1600 any day.
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