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With 1080p upconversion for watching standard-definition DVDs in high-definition and a USB port for connecting a USB flash drive or digital camera, this DVD player allows you to watch DVD movies and view JPEG images in rich clarity on your HDTV. Have questions about this product?Ask Mr. Samsung, fellow shoppers and Best Buy staff. Share your answers.

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Customer Reviews for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Review 1 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Dies after 14 months

Customer Rating

3.0

Posted by: CathL

from Richmond, VA

on 05/19/2010

Value for Price

2.0

Picture Quality

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: easy to setup & syncs with Samsung TV

What's not so great: broke right after warranty ran out

It was nice while it worked, but there's no excuse for such poor quality that an $85 DVD player lasted barely a year.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 2 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Great DVD Player!

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: Deb89

from New Jersey

on 05/04/2010

Value for Price

5.0

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: Low price, Easy to set up

Good quality workmanship; Our DVD's look beautiful

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 3 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Great DVD

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: max20082

from Indiana

on 04/26/2010

Value for Price

4.0

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: It will play AVI and DivX movies, and HDMI output

What's not so great: Everything is good

It is a great DVD player, easy to use, and the remote is very good, and easy to use, anyone would be happy with this.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 4 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Not worth lasting more than a year

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: moonstarssky

from San Antonio, TX

on 04/05/2010

Value for Price

2.0

Picture Quality

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

What's great about it: Picture quality

What's not so great: Loud noises and disc reading error.

I haven't had this product a full year. After months it started making noises when loading a disc. Now it won't read my discs. I tried cleaning it out with what was recommended on the Samsung website and it still doesn't work. I even tries a laser cleaner and it still doesn't work.
The only redeeming quality was that it had really good picture quality.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 5 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Would Recommend

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: SS56

from Timonium, MD

on 04/05/2010

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: Easy to use, great picture

Great product, great price. It was easy to set up and the picture is great.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 6 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Poor build quality

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: gebjeff

from Oak Hill, VA

on 04/04/2010

Value for Price

2.0

Picture Quality

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

What's great about it: Great Picture; Integrates with Samsung LCD

What's not so great: Doesn't last

I've had this DVD player for about 15 months, played around 20-30 DVDs, and it won't load any DVDs. It locked up on a DVD twice and then totally failed. I opened the case and tried to blow any dust away from the laser, but it doesn't make a difference.

Since the price on Blu-Ray players has dropped, I may buy one instead of another upconverting DVD player. But reviews on most of them also indicate that the build quality is poor.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 7 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Weak on features, cheap on quality

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: Anonymous

from Hermosa Beach, CA

on 03/20/2010

Value for Price

1.0

Picture Quality

4.0

Ease of Use

1.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

What's great about it: Remote control is compact

What's not so great: Doesn't play MP3s well, scan has ridiculous settings

This is basically a cheap box. The designers cut many corners. Scan, for example, has 2x, 4x, and 64x speed. That means if you want to get through more than 20 seconds of DVD time, you go to 64x scan and all of a sudden you're chapters ahead or behind of where you wanted to be.

They did not focus on playing audio CDs at all. It's much more suited to DVDs. MP3 CDs didn't even play.

Also, the subtitles of new DVDs kept appearing and each time we put in a disc, we had to go to the menu to turn subtitles off. LAME...

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 8 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Fried after 1 1/2 yrs.!!

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: Lasalle69

from New Bedford, MA

on 02/18/2010

Value for Price

2.0

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

Ease of Set Up

3.0

What's great about it: Slim Design

What's not so great: Won't last !!

Brought this a year and a half ago to match my new Samsung 32" LCD. What a dissapointment. It fried out and stopped reading discs! Not worth it!!

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 9 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Don't waste your money!!

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: craig21

from South Dakota

on 02/03/2010

Value for Price

1.0

Picture Quality

3.0

Ease of Use

2.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

What's great about it: Easy setup

What's not so great: Player quit working after a month

Setup was fairly simple, picture was decent. Bought it a month ago, then it just quit working, won't even turn on. Took it back & exchanged it for a Sony. Hopefully the Sony will last.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 10 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Horrible piece of junk

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: anonymous2010

from Milwaukee, WI

on 01/29/2010

What's great about it: Nothing

What's not so great: Remote Battery, just doesnt start after few days

Returned it twice, first when remote stopped working after 2 days. then the next piece of the dvd player just wont start after a week of 2nd exchange. Just dont buy this.. horrible, not so great picture eve. menu controls on screen r not clear

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 11 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Great Deal For The Price

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: Edward1101

from St. Louis

on 01/14/2010

Value for Price

5.0

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: Feature Loaded

What's not so great: Batteries needed to be of a better quality

Bought as a present for my younger sister. She had no problems quickly setting it up and it is feature loaded, especially the NexFlex & USB interface. Short of actually playing Blu-Ray, she said it functions beyond her expectations and got me the Big Brother thumbs up.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 12 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Great Price, Deceiving Results

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: AshleyB86

from Roanoke Rapids, NC

on 01/13/2010

Value for Price

2.0

Picture Quality

2.0

Ease of Use

2.0

Ease of Set Up

2.0

What's great about it: great price, easy set up

What's not so great: played DVD's when it wanted to; kept getting "no disc" error message.

When I purchased this for my sister for Christmas, I thought I had caught a good deal--turns out I was wrong. My sister had no problem whatsoever hooking the device up to her television, but the device itself was a pain in the a--.

It barely played any of the DVD's she used on it. For starters, whenever she would put a DVD in, the screen would read "no disc". However, she did get to watch "27 Dresses" on it, but the very next day, she put the same DVD in and got the "no disc" error message. We thought it was because she didn't have an HDMI cord, so we went out and purchased one, only to get the same result.

Samsung's customer service did not help at all either. My sister was told she would have to pay to send it off to their service center...even though she had only used it once. Needless to say, when it comes to DVD upconverters--do NOT use this Samsung device. We ultimately ended up returning it to Best Buy and purchasing the LG brand.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 13 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Great DVD player

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: creekridge

from Texas

on 01/11/2010

Value for Price

5.0

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: Great price, easy to set up, great picture

What's not so great: A bit particular about the disks it reads, remote is a bit lightweight

Bought unit to replace 5 yr old 5 DVD changer (also a Samsung). Remote is smaller and not as well laid out. Provides a better picture, but pickier about disks it reads - won't read some disks other player would. Very easy to hook up and use. Book doesn't cover how to turn off subtitles which come on each time unit is turned on, not a huge deal, but a slight irritation that I have to turn off subtitles each time. Unit is very quiet and came with all necessary cables and batteries. I'd buy it again and would recommend it. I sure don't understand the lower rating others have given it. I've found Samsung DVD players to be super high quality and this one is no exception. I highly recommend it.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 14 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Not worth the energy to repair!

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: LME

from Mandeville, LA

on 01/11/2010

What's great about it: The ONLY thing redeeming is that I purchased the combo with the surround sound speakers. We feel ok about the speakers

What's not so great: Everything ;( after 6 months.

After breaking once during warranty, it took weeks to receive the repaired product. Then less than 3 months later the dvd player broke again with the same problem, not reading discs. Oddly enough it was the best dvd player we had for about 7 to 8 mos. We are VERY pleased with our samsung 50" plasma, and have had it for over a year now, with no problems.

****Also beware, this dvd player is NOT compatable with any ipods or iphones. It comes with a dock and everything and we thought we were set, owning a few ipods. IT DOES NOT READ THE IPODS OR IPHONES> Also, the USB does not work although we didnt actually try either the dock or usb until at least 6 months after having the dvd player, so we kept it because we didnt feel like waiting more weeks to get it back again. We watch a lot of movies.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 15 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Good !

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: ItsAji

from Tampa, FL

on 01/03/2010

Value for Price

3.0

Picture Quality

3.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: USB, Upconversion

What's not so great: Features, Menu,

The USB port did not recognize external hard drives.
It accepts only pen/flash drives (media without cables).

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 16 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

DONT BUY THIS

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: StaceyKid

from Ohio

on 11/13/2009

Value for Price

1.0

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: had a good picture quality

What's not so great: broke down after 8 months

don't even waste your money on this. When I bought this player it was $81.99 and it broke down after 8 months wanted to charge me $50 to fix it. Best Buy guy told me they were even having problems with their demo player. Garbage...

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 17 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Decent DVD Player for Less Than $100

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: CSRCyborg

from Scottsdale, AZ

on 11/08/2009

Value for Price

4.0

Picture Quality

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

What's great about it: Easy to set up, good price

What's not so great: DVDs not as good as Blu-Ray, but hey - that's not the DVD player's fault. :-)

XBox 360 went on the fritz, so while Microsoft was repairing/replacing it, we decided to get a "backup" DVD player and got this one. In addition to the normal DVD player features, this one also has a USB port on the front panel that is supposed to allow you to plug in a USB device and play/view movies/pictures on your TV from it. I never got a chance to try it, but the theory is cool!

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 18 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

stay away from samsung

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: runaround

on 10/16/2009

What's not so great: customer service- it's nonexistent!

I do not have this particular dvd player but within 8 months i have purchased tv and bluray dvd with surround around and had it installed by best buy. i have used the dvd player approx. 5 times and it broke down. sending it back and dealing with samsung is a complete nightmare! i am writing this as i have been on hold for a rep. for 28 minutes now! they are completely frustrating to deal with, they think nothing of having you uninstall everything you just paid to have installed and send it back, all at yourown cost! i sent the dvd back a month ago and they refuse to even look at it until i now send the speakers back which by the way are wall mounted! the speakers work fine! why is it so easy for a company to take your money but so difficult to get a problem resolved? by the way, still on hold!

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 19 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

bad luck with Samsung

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: Eidos

from Indianapolis

on 10/10/2009

Value for Price

1.0

Picture Quality

1.0

Ease of Use

1.0

Ease of Set Up

1.0

What's great about it: nothing

What's not so great: fails after 1 year and no support

I have 2 Sumsung DVD players of two different models. Both failed about 14 months after first use. The failure is that both will not play any DVD and flash a message stating "Firmware Error". This is a design flaw Samsung does not address. Look at the web for "Thousands of complaints" without any solution. My suggestion is to buy another brand.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 20 for Samsung Progressive-Scan DVD Player with HD Upconversion

Doesn't play all DVD-R dvds

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: SteveV

from Hendersonville, NC

on 09/12/2009

Value for Price

5.0

Picture Quality

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

What's great about it: great pix & sound

What's not so great: Didn't play older DVD-R burned discs

After my CyberHome CH-DVD 300S finely died after years of faithful daily service, and already having hundreds of home-burned DVD-R discs, it was important to me to find a new DVD player that could play all these discs. Despite the specs, few players are capable. Both this unit and a Philips brand player I tried recently were able to play only my most recently burned discs. My older DVD-R discs, burned with an earlier Pinnacle Studio version and earlier DVD burner, would not be recognized. I returned the unit the same day.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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