Samsung DVD511 DVD Player
This thing ships defective!  But you can fix it
I bought this player (my first) because I was on a budget and it seemed to have a lot of features.  I immediately liked the slight demensions of the unit and the small remote.  Once it was hooked up (which only took a minute or two) and a disc was played, my spirits fell.  I experienced the same skipping problems that most others have mentiond here.  I was really frustrated, but didn't want to go through the hassel of returning it and researching for another player, so I brought it to a Samsung service center for repair.  It seems the darn thing was shipped defective!  The laser eye had a problem and needed to be replaced.  OK, I thought, I'll go for it because it's under warranty.  Two weeks later I had my player back and it hasn't skipped on me since.  Not once.  The repairman told me that he's been getting a lot of the Samsung DVD 511 &amp; 611 with the same skipping problem.  I'd suggest taking your's in for this repair if your having troubles with skipping (especially if it's still under the year long warranty).<br />Now that it's running properly I am enjoying the 3X zoom, crisp picture, big sound and instant access that DVD affords.  My initial approval of the small remote has vanished though as I find it a bit too hard to find the correct button without staring at the thing for a moment or two.  A back light would help as would a scroll wheel for scanning forward and backward.<br />Taking it all into consideration, I'm still gald that I bought this player.  Is it the best?  Not  by a long shot, but it does allow me to watch films in the best possible way and it does so at a price I can afford.  So I'd recomend this player if you're on a budget don't mind that you'll probably have to get it serviced before you're really able to enjoy it.  Just keep in mind that the replacement laser eye works just fine and hasn't skipped on me once.  Yes it's a hassle, but I ended up with a great mid-priced DVD player.  I'll eventually upgrade to a more full featured model but until then, I'm content with this basic model.but until then, I'm content with this basic model.