Samsung DVD-P721M Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Good for DVDs only
This DVD player played my DVDs just fine, but it had big problems with Audio CDs and Photo CDs.<br />For DVDs, it works well. The remote is very well laid out, so I can keep my eyes on the TV while I'm using the remote. (All remotes should be this well designed.) Unfortunately, the joystick (which takes the place of the directional buttons) is a bit unreliable. I often have to jiggle it to get it to go they way I'm pushing it. This is annoying, but it has a second &quot;mini&quot; remote with ordinary buttons that work fine. Still, switching between two remotes is annoying.<br />The most useful feature is the &quot;Instant Replay&quot; button, which I LOVE. If I miss a bit of dialog because of room noise, I just hit instant replay, and it jumps back ten seconds. <br />For Photo CDs, it's pretty bad. It takes forever to load the pictures, and the controls for zooming and panning are so amazingly awkward to use that they're not worth it. <br />For Audio CDs, it's completely unacceptable. It cuts off the last two seconds of each audio track. You may not notice this on a lot of tracks because the song fades out or has two or three seconds of silence anyway, but for songs that play to the end if the track it's infuriating. I had to take it back.<br />I never used the memory stick or progressive scan, so I can't comment on them. I couldn't get the 3D audio to do anything.<br />If you're not interested in playing audio or photo CDs, it's a perfectly acceptable DVD player with a good remote control. But for audio and JPEG, it stinks.