Samsung BD-F7500

The front is a completely flush black glossy plastic face with a flip-down door covering the disc tray and a small rubber door on the right edge covering a USB port.

Samsung tied a silver ribbon around its high-end Blu-ray player. The 1.8- by 16.9- by 7.9-inch (HWD), 4.4-pound F7500 has a large silver-colored metal band running around the top of the player, giving it a distinct look and making it only slightly less capable of stacking other home theater devices on top of it.

The back of the player holds an impressive two HDMI outputs, both optical and 7.1-channel analog audio outputs, and an Ethernet port, but no RS232 port for home automation (a feature found on a few high-end Blu-ray players, like the Oppo BDP-103).

The 7.8-inch remote is black and chunky, with glow-in-the-dark playback controls to make finding it in the dark easier.