Samsung DVD-V3500 Progressive-Scan DVD/VCR Combo
Beware the red screen!
I recently purchased this combo player.  I was initially very impressed with it.  When I tried to play a DVD, the drawer failed to open so I exchanged the first unit.  On the second unit, the DVD drawer did open and the player operated normally.  The picture appeared normal on the line component feed.  When I switched my television to the component DVD signal (the &quot;high quality&quot; signal), the screen was tinted red.  I swapped out the new cable thinking that the cable must be defective.  It was not.  I returned the second unit and had the retailer's video department verify that the player produced the reddish signal on the display model of my television.  It did.  I was given a replacement player.  When I got unit number three home, I connected it to find the same frustrating result as the second unit.  I returned the third unit and had the video department test a fourth unit on another make of television.  It worked perfectly.  They then tested my model; red screen.  They then tested another sized television from the manufacturer of my television; red screen.<BR>Here's the unbelievable part.  My television is a Samsung LTM1775W LCD flat panel.  The smaller unit was the 15-inch model.  Samsung has marketed this player and it doesn't work with their own televisions.<BR>I will spare everyone my opinion of a manufacturer that creates this kind of consumer nightmare.  I bought this unit to avoid cross-manufacturer issues and ended up with an intra-manufacturer incompatibility.  In my email to Samsung I simply referred to it as &quot;ridiculous&quot;.  I now have a Toshiba player.