Samsung DVD-HD841 Up-Converting DVD Player
Excellent picture, but it freezes and skips.
I bought this player to be able to see DVDs upgraded to HDTV resolutions on a DLP projector, but the 720p-1080i resolutions are only output via DVI, and my projector only has analog inputs, so the HD upgrade would not work for me.  Still, the 480p output via composite produced an excellent picture, but unfortunately the player would freeze and skip from time to time, even on brand new DVDs, so I had to return it.  After doing some research on the internet, I found that others have also experienced freezing and skipping problems with Samsung DVD players, so rather than exchanging it for another Samsung that might do the same thing, I got a Sony instead--so far it plays smoothly and flawlessly, with an equally excellent picture.  Sound quality on the Samsung was excellent.  The remote was rather complicated and not really very responsive.