Samsung DVD-P230 Progressive Scan DVD Player
Warning: seriously flawed DVD player.
I've owned this DVD player for a while and the more I use it, the more I'm disappointed with it.<br />First, the front panel is poorly designed. It's impossible at first glance to distinguish the chapter number from he elapsed time. One has to count out the 6 digits of the time to figure out how far into the movie you are. Also, there is no way to display the time remaining in the movie. I feel the remote is poorly designed as well. Many commonly used buttons like fast forward and chapter skip are very small. If there is an order to the layout of the buttons, I haven't discovered it. The remote has a number pad, but you can't use it to go directly to a chapter you want to jump to.<br /> All these personal gripes are excusable and I'm sure that others like the remote and the display. What really bugs me about this DVD player is that it reads DVD's poorly. I've gotten used to the fact that the smallest scratch or smudge causes this machine fits, but what inspired me to write this review is that I bought two new DVD's and this so-called DVD player is showing all kinds of digital artifacts on the very first play. These discs have no problem playing on a friend's Sony DVD player. The machine also frequently freezes on the disc menus requiring me to eject and reload the disc. I am quickly approaching the point where I chuck this machine out the window in frustration. Save yourself the aggravation and get another brand.