Samsung DVD-HD841 Up-Converting DVD Player
Doesn't meet the hype
You must be joking. I hooked this product up to my Sony 50\\" Grand WEGA LCD HDTV and the picture quality was mediocre at best. Use of the DVI connection results in the infamous \\"black crush\\" problem where black is just too black -- anything with any black around it is rendered black as well. So bad as to be unwatchable. When I switched to using the component inputs instead, it plays only at 480p, and this was only marginal. <br /> <br />My Pioneer Elite DV-37 has a *much* better picture than this Samsung, even at 480p. I know I shouldn't have expected the $199 Samsung to compete with my $1000 Pioneer DV-37, but Samsung has really hyped this player beyond reality. <br /> <br />This was my most disappointing electronics purchase of 2004 thus far. <br /> <br />Kevin