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Originally Posted by FarmerBob 
I went into my nearest and the last in my area BB that had the 2550 (2) and they were marked down to $314.00 and had a nice chat with the severally under worked A/V guy. The outcome is that their system basically shows that the 3600 (and the new series) DOES NOT have the Silicon Optix Reon chip and he said that he had heard that Samsung was trying to save money (increase profit) by making their own chip that is not as good as the Reon. He agreed that was a big mistake and a deal breaker for him as he was looking to get the 3600.
Although I went through all that, I did not get the last 2550. After my talk with the SR, I am hoping that enough "word" gets back to Samsung and they wise up and the 5600 is a step in the right direction. Plus, I'd rather have a refurb'd unit. They tend to last longer and work better since they have been handled differently. Plus, I have read that there was question about the 2550 being able to playback AVI files, that was something I wanted and made me shy away from the 2550. Now I have read that with the last FW update it will. That hurts.
Anyway, I have all Pioneer gear (except my Samsung DLP) and a 301 DVD Carousel (DV-F727) that looks incredible and am not use to a one disc player. But love the premise of all the new features. So I'm gonna sit back and see what response from Samsung in regard to my inquires is and the backlash of the quality change and see what they do. Who knows maybe now other manufacturers will see the "joy of features", step up and give a broader selection with all these great features. I'm in no hurry. There will always be a 2550 somewhere. I hope I didn't jinx myself.
I went into my nearest and the last in my area BB that had the 2550 (2) and they were marked down to $314.00 and had a nice chat with the severally under worked A/V guy. The outcome is that their system basically shows that the 3600 (and the new series) DOES NOT have the Silicon Optix Reon chip and he said that he had heard that Samsung was trying to save money (increase profit) by making their own chip that is not as good as the Reon. He agreed that was a big mistake and a deal breaker for him as he was looking to get the 3600.
Although I went through all that, I did not get the last 2550. After my talk with the SR, I am hoping that enough "word" gets back to Samsung and they wise up and the 5600 is a step in the right direction. Plus, I'd rather have a refurb'd unit. They tend to last longer and work better since they have been handled differently. Plus, I have read that there was question about the 2550 being able to playback AVI files, that was something I wanted and made me shy away from the 2550. Now I have read that with the last FW update it will. That hurts.
Anyway, I have all Pioneer gear (except my Samsung DLP) and a 301 DVD Carousel (DV-F727) that looks incredible and am not use to a one disc player. But love the premise of all the new features. So I'm gonna sit back and see what response from Samsung in regard to my inquires is and the backlash of the quality change and see what they do. Who knows maybe now other manufacturers will see the "joy of features", step up and give a broader selection with all these great features. I'm in no hurry. There will always be a 2550 somewhere. I hope I didn't jinx myself.
Where did you hear the 2550 firmware has PC streaming?? I'm just about to return the 2550 for the 3600 but it would be difficult if it can play AVI's over the network.
hope this helps some.
