Samsung BD-D6900

Samsung BD-D6900 review

The Samsung BD-D6900 is more than a mere Blu-ray player.Also lurking inside this svelte silver box is a Freeview HD tuner, bringing you the best of both high-definition worlds in a single space-saving unit.It's a single-tuner affair, and there's no internal HDD as found on its twin-tuner stable mate, the BD-D8500, but it does support external HDD recording via USB, which could make this an ideal solution if you already have a tuner in your TV.Being a Samsung product – a company to whom value for money is something of a mission statement – the BD-D6900 is unsurprisingly packed with all the latest techno-tricks, providing hours of entertainment without a Blu-ray disc in sight thanks to its built-in networking capabilities and online access.But the real eye-catchers are 3D Blu-ray playback and 2D to 3D conversion, something until recently could only be found on 3D TVs.As ever, the deck benefits from Samsung's unique fashion sense, but here we find the company really pushing the boat out. The BD-D6900 is fitted with a gorgeous silver top panel that beautifully complements its latest range of silver 3D TVs, and everything has been squeezed into an abnormally slim case – at just 33mm high, we've eaten sandwiches thicker than this.