I've tried many platforms to stream NF on and the best ones I've found are the Samsung BD players. But, I wouldn't buy one again until the new models come out in April. I've tried this year's models and had no luck at all with them. I have three C5500s from the previous year and they are very reliable. I recently tried two of this year's 6500s and neither could even access NF. I called NF and they told me getting a 6500 that streams was a matter of luck. Called Samsung and got told the same thing. Ended up trying a BD D5500 figuring how much different could it be from a C5500. Wrong approach, did get it to stream NF, but it kept rebuffering (just as the NF guy I talked to previously said it would).
But the C5500s work very well and, hopefully, Samsung will have everything fixed when their new models come out next month.
I did do a lot of troubleshooting with the 6500s and could find nothing wrong with my Ethernet system. The C5500s were hooked up to the same lines as the 6500s and they had no problem connecting to the Net. Nor did they rebuffer every five minutes as the D5500 did. Worse than watching commercials.
But when the Sammy BD players work correctly, you get more bang for the buck than you do with any other streaming device, I think.
I've had and sold Rokus, Panasonic BD players, Apple TV and even tried an LG box (don't go there).
The PS3s do work very well and we do have one, but using a game controller for a remote just seems too weird.
The new Apple boxes might be the answer, but if they don't upscale NF's 720p content, I wouldn't buy another one. NF doesn't have much 1080p content and the Sammys upscale to 1080/60p, not perfect, but much better than any other device I've tried.
Rich
