Samsung DVD-HD841 Up-Converting DVD Player
Decent Player
For those that are considering buying this DVD player please understand that I believe the quality of picture you will get depends on what you are hooking the player up to.  I have a Hitachi HD 50v500 widescreen LCD.  This television has a processor inside that upconverts a normal analog component input (for example a 480P signal) to virtual HD.  Therefore on my previous progressive scan player, the picture was pretty good. It was still not as great as a true 760 or 1080 signal, but definitely better than SD signals.  This is where you need to know what is happening to a sub-HD signal inside your t.v./monitor.  This DVD player upconverts the 480p signal inside and passes this signal digitally via the DVI cable.  This player is basically completing the same job that the Hitachi would be doing inside the t.v., resulting in a similar picture quality, which again is good but definitely not HD.  If you have a t.v./monitor which doesn't upconvert a sub-hd signal to virtual hd, then this player will noticably improve your picture quality.  But what it comes down to is this, how can you create more pixels when the pixels aren't there on the DVD to begin with?  There is no such thing currently in the U.S. as an HD-DVD, therefore we are stuck with a computer to approximate and fill in more pixels.                           <br />Bottom line, check with the manufacturer of your t.v./monitor to see what it is doing with a sub-hd signal before investing in this player.  For me a progressive scan player will suffice until the HD-DVD's come out.