Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player

Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player Review

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Overall, this player provides great screen presence and functionality for the price. The glossy black finish gives the appearance of a higher-end model when you first turn the player on and an unavoidably intense blue status light appears, but the euphoric feeling quickly ends and is promptly negated when out of the corner of your eye you see the 80's era faint blue/green block digital alpha-numeric readout (i.e. OPEN, PLAY, etc.). Mechanical whirring and clacking noises occur when the tray is opened and closed. Redemption takes place when the image finally hits the screen.br /br /Five stars for the picture and ease of remote operation.br /Three stars for inconsistencies in appearance and lack of refinement.br /Final verdict = 4 stars

Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player Feature

• HD Upconversion
• Selectable Upconversion (720P-1080i)
• DIVX compatable
• HDMI Output
• Sleek Black Design

Let Samsung DVD bring the future to you. It was only a dream yesterday but Samsung makes it real today. It will be a way beyond your digital imagination.PRODUCT FEATURES:14Bit/108MHz High Video DAC;HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Digital Interface;HD (1080i/720p) Up-Conversion;Playback of DivX (MPEG4);MP3, WMA and HD-JPEG Playback;Digital Audio Output (Optical and Coaxial);DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, SVCD, VCD, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, Picture-CD, JPEG Disc playback.

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Customer Reviews

Don't waste your money - Brian Alan Ratliff - Boston, MA
Very disappointed. As others have reported, the remote is very slow to respond to commands. Worked fine out of the box. But started having issues, the most annoying being that via the HDMI output the audio is not sync'd with the picture. And of course it will only up-convert via the HDMI output, which was the major selling point. Audio seems to be fine thru the Component output. br /br /Searched the Samsung website for a possible firmware update. I did not see a "update" listed, but a download was available. I'll give it a shot, but I'm not hopeful.

great dvd player! - Eduardo Escobedo Jr. - Los Angeles, CA
i am hesitant to drop a few hundred on a blu ray player and probably wont buy one till the prices drop or till i can get a good deal of 200 or less...so i decided to buy this upconverting dvd player...and let me tell you, it gets the job done...it is very very close to perfect hd quality...at first u cant tell the difference but if you have any other dvd player in the house you will notice this one does not pixelate as much...this is a great deal if ur not in the financial position to get a blu ray player yet


Mar 19, 2010 04:08:05