Here you have the Samsung DVD-HD860. I can find pretty much only good things about this beauty- and yes physically beauty. It looks brilliant. I currently have this set up to my TV in the living room with a home cinema system attached. Setting it up was very easy. Plug the cable into TV, and then just attach speakers from the home cinema system into the back. For 5.1 surround sound it took around 10 minutes. The instruction where very easy to follow.
Here are some specifications for you of this product: General
Dimensions (W x H x D): 430 x 50 x 205 mm Weight: 1.8 kg Playable media: MP3, WMA, JPEG, CD-R, CD-RW, DivX, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW,
Audio system
Digital audio format: Dolby Digital/DTS On-board decoding: No Surround sound effects: Virtual Surround Sound
This is great for people who have HD televisions. It converts ordinary DVD's to 1080i or 720p HD quality. This does not match that of truly HD format because it comes form the original quality- but it is close.
Design: At this price it has an excellent design. It is slim and sleek looking with a great colour combo. The front of the box looks very nice with the circular control unit. The black and silver design should work with most modern layouts.
The rear offers connection for pretty much any setup required. HDMI compatible- great for viewing high quality JPEG's on a large HD screen! If you do not have an HD TV then don't worry. It has SCART and component cable outputs for you.
The remote is very comfortable and the buttons are quite close together. Unfortunately it is lost down inside the sofa quite easily!
Function:
The player will accept a large number of types of discs and formats. It will take MP3, JPEG and WMA which are great for viewing personal items. The cd's can have a folder layout- This is when you go to burn music onto a CD it will ask you to make audio disc or data disc. Data discs can hold the full 700MB of space whereas an audio will hold no more than 80 minutes...
The great thing is that this can playback DivX coded formats. DivX is becoming more widely used and is a free codec for making video files smaller. Great for when you need to fit a video onto a cd but is a bit over 700MB if you know what I mean...
The onscreen menu is very simple to use- just select what you would like to play. Couldn't have asked for more.
The sound quality is perfect- haven't encountered any problems. It plays right in line with the video picture.
Conclusion: Because I cannot find any problem with my DVD player I have given it 5 stars. The picture quality would probably be better in a more expensive player but this does the job perfectly! I would say this has to be the best in class for low cost- high quality DVD players. 10/10!
Pictures of Samsung DVD-HD860
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Great detailed review - but you know I am such a Sony girl I wouldn't look at anything else but good to know there are other good products on market! :O) xx
Dec 10th, 2006
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