Samsung DVD-HD841 Up-Converting DVD Player
Paid $50 for this BRAND NEW and I paid too much!
Ok. I was one of those people that thought \\"Hey these players are going for pennies, so why not pick one up and hopefully I'll get lucky!, Plus theses people reviewing are WAY TOO picky!\\". Well guess what? \\"These people\\" arent picky at all. They are simply telling it like it is. This player, for a lack of better words....sucks. I am using a Sony Wega 46\\" RP and this player displays a picture that is WAY to dark...with the reds being WAY to loud(Using the component output.The HDMI suffers from the \\"black crush\\" and I dont utilize it). The combination of the two make for an overall bad viewing experience. I will admit, that Im somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to Audio and Video, but this is just silly. Samsung could have had a winner here, with a HUGE cult following, but instead they chose to skimp on QC and rush the player to market. The funny thing is, my $150 iLO DVDR04 has a picture that is twice as bright and clean(Which I swapped back in as my main player over this unit, my Pioneer and my Sony). Its a shame, as this player has a gorgeous apperance.<br /><br />UPDATE! It appears that I had a bad component cable, thus causing the video issues that I described on the component outputs, previously. Now that I am using new cables, the picture is actually very good, using the component outputs, mind you. I give this unit a 3 star rating now. Still has other issues that should have been \\"ironed out\\" before bringing to market. But the video quality is actually watchable via the component outs.