Samsung DVD-HD960 Up-Converting DVD Player
Excellent Picture and Sound, Poor User Interface
Upconversion works much better than I expected.  The pictures are superb on my new Samsung DLP HDTV, and yes, the provided HDMI cable works great. <br /> <br />However, the player's control software is frustratingly slow.   <br /> <br />--- <br />Item - How many seconds should it take for the system to boot up? <br />To get ready to display the DVD contents? <br /> <br />My Sony DVD player is much faster than this player. <br /> <br />--- <br />Item - How many seconds should I wait until I can get back to the DVD menu, and change scenes?  or run a special feature?  or select a different setup option?  Or enable commentary? <br /> <br />This player responds to the user inputs way too slowly.   <br /> <br />--- <br />Another issue:  <br />The Samsung TV came with a feature called AnyNet, and an AnyNet cable.  When I selected the player, I had expected to be able to control the DVD player using the TV's remote control through this AnyNet interface.  I am disappointed that the DVD player does not have the AnyNet feature.   <br /> <br />Yes, the DVD player's remote can run most of the features of the TV.  It can not, unfortunately, run some of the TV features that I was already accustomed to.  Now I must either do without those features, or have both remotes on hand. <br /> <br />