Samsung DVD611 DVD Player
Sophisticated features at a rational price
I am very pleased with my Samsung DVD-611.  I have previously owned the Samsung DVD-709 which performed admirably.  I own Video CD's from Asia. The Samsung products output the PAL encoded signal from these disks with a good  quality NTSC signal. I had tried playing these disks on the Philips DVD  players, but Philips DVD players always output a PAL signal when the input  source is PAL which, does not sync correctly or produce correct colors on  the American NTSC televisions.  Since many Video CD's are from Asian  countries using the PAL standard, this presents a real problem.  The  Samsung DVD-611 is future proofed with DTS outputs.  The component outputs  include coaxial and optical. The remote is sophisticated yet simple to  operate.  The mechanism on the Samsung DVD-611 operates quietly. The  Samsung DVD-611 includes sophisticated features like 2X and 4X video zoom  and multiple levels of fast and slow motion.  There is no need to pay more  for a high quality DVD player.