Samsung DVD-M301 DVD Player
Lot's of Desirable Features, But Some Practical Limitations
- Had a brief drop-off or partial loss of signal (3 to 4 rows of white boxes running across the top or bottom of the picture).  My friends say this occurs sometimes on dirty or worn DVD's; however, both instances occured with brand new, out of the wrapper movies--&quot;Men In Black&quot; and &quot;Independence Day.&quot;  I later played &quot;MIB&quot; on my daughter's Fisher S2000 and there was no problem. <br />- The remote control unit looked to be ergonomic, but was not that easy to manuever, especially the small buttons ringing the central hub.  Not as easy or intuitive to use as our Fisher's.<br />- The instruction booklet eventually provided necessary information, but it is not a &quot;quick read.&quot;<br />- The picture quality and sound it delivered to our 32&quot; Toshiba made in 1998 was terrific and exceeded our expectations.  <br />After doing some research, I got the M301 because it had a lot to offer for the money.  [This was the second DVD player purchased for our household; the other is the Fisher.]  I had seen some comments last year about signal drop-off in Samsungs on bulletin boards, but hoped that this concern would have been addressed.  We returned the unit to Best Buy with no hassel.  I have not decided if I'll try another Samsung or will go with another make.