Samsung DVD-HD841 Up-Converting DVD Player
DON'T BUY THIS.  GO WITH THE TOSHIBA.
I'm 35 and reasonably electronic literate.  I bought this piece of [...] at Best Buy and in short I packed it up and took it back the very next day.  The only other dvd player with HD capablities at Best Buy was the Toshiba SD-5970 and the sales floor rep actually told me to go with the Samsung.  I couldn't have been more dissapointed with anything I've ever bought electronics wise and it's even more expensive than it's Toshiba counterpart believe it or not.  To sum it up I bought this player obviously for it's HD upgrade capabilities.  I wanted my dvd's obviously to be viewed in their optimum picture quality and thankfully I did get just that, once I switched out my Samsung for the Toshiba after a trip back to Best Buy that is.  The Samsung's picture actually was barely an improvement on the Progressive scan Sony that I already have and for me that was enough.  The Toshiba not only didn't have the screen flicker that the Samsung revealed but it has a near true HD signal and the clearness in picture compared to the Samsung is like night and day.  Great picture, crisp and clear and truly HD like and it's DTS compatible as well.  If you're a fan of the fact that the Samsung can play SACD's then don't let the only difference between these two sucker you into buy it like it did me along with the bad advice I received from the Best Buy representative also.  If you're like me and are all about optimum picture quality do yourself a huge favor and do not buy this product.  Save a few dollars and get the near true HD picture that you and your HDTV deserve and go with the Toshiba.  The difference was huge and don't let their prices fool you either as the Samsung is actually the more expensive of the two.  Bottom line;  If you care about picture quality and are picky about this sort of thing and want your dvd's to look the very best they possibly can on your HDTV then buy the Toshiba.  Enough said.