Samsung DVD-V8500 DVD/VCR Combo
Quit working and I didn't like it even when it did work
I could tell that this was junk right out of the box. I had purchased a samsung combo (DVD-V1000) in 2001 which served me very well for 4+ years so I thought I woudl replace it with another Samsung. But this machine did not live up to expectations. It did not play DVDs I created myself or MP3 cds, etc. Another thing that ticked me off is that my SAMSUNG TV remote would not control this thing! I would expect that if it's the same manufacturer, the remotes would be compatable. No such luck. Then it would sometimes not recognize regular movie DVDs at all, and eventually would not play any movie. It just stuck at the \\"Loading\\" screen. Stay away from this DVD player and Samsung DVD players in general. I do love my Samsung DLP TV though.