Samsung DVD-HD931 HDTV Converter Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Too much pilot error here.
I've seen a lot of negative reviews here on this Samsung 931, and I can tell you I recognize a lot of the complaints from my own trial-and-error adjustment to the technology.<BR>First of all, if you want a plain vanilla DVD player, don't buy the 931. Likewise, if all you want is progressive scanning (i.e. the upgrading of the image from 480i to 480p), don't buy the 931. You can cover that need neatly with a sub-$100 DVD player from virtually any manufacturer you can think of.<BR>However, if you want to complete a truly high performance home theater that features a modern, HD-capable TV, preferrably one equipped with a DVI input, then by all means buy the 931. At that point you can do what I did, which is to try and figure it out by pushing all the different buttons and in particular using different combinations of the two trichromic LEDs on the left side of the front panel. When that finally fails and you're sure the machine is broken or at least unreliable, you can break down and read the manual (ouch!), after which it all makes perfect sense &amp; works like a charm. <BR>The problems, it seems afterall, were just &quot;pilot error&quot;. The 931 is solid and can be quite spectacular, especially when playing action films at 720p via the DVI connector.