Samsung's BD-P4600 Blu-ray player is packed with features and its unique design makes it wall-mountable, but most buyers will be better off with the step down BD-P3600.

The Samsung BD-P3600 is a terrific Blu-ray player and the fastest on the market, loading discs faster than the PlayStation 3.

In our test it played DivX AVI files from a USB stick while such files burned onto almost any blank disc - CD or DVD - play without fuss in the optical drive. It also claims to play DivX HD files, a unique prospect for any disc player as far as we know.

Call yourself a movie fan? Then you need Blu-ray. On a big screen (40-inches plus) you'll see a sizeable jump in resolution, as well as incredibly vivid, rich colours, and if your player's internet enabled, you can get a myriad of extra features with BD Live

Samsung continues its groundbreaking Blu-ray exploits with the BD-P3600, which accompanies the superb BD-P4600 in the company's latest line-up.

January's CES demonstrated that 2009 will be the year when Blu-ray finally fulfills its potential thanks to a new wave of players equiped with all sorts of exciting innovations

If there has been one thorn in the side of recent Blu-ray players, it's the painfully slow loading times. So, it's refreshing to see that Samsung's BD-P1600 addresses this issue. During testing, this player outpaces machines that cost up to eight times as much.

The USP for the Samsung BDP-3600 is its ability to access BD-Live content and software updates wirelessly tthrough the supplied USB adaptor. But that isn't the only feature that makes the BD-P3600 an attractive proposition.