Samsung DVD-HD841 Up-Converting DVD Player
Great player for the money - excellent 5.1 music
I bought this unit for it's DVD-A surround capability (as well as SACD) and upon hooking it up and comparing it's sound to my previous Sony unit (older model) that played SACD's, I was quite surprised at the improvement in sound. Only problem I've ran into with this player is playing regular CD's - after I've played surround discs and then I put in a conventional compact disc, there is a terrible distorted sound. I then stop the player and press play again and the distortion is gone. Not a big issue since I've got other CD players around and I bought this for movies and high resolution discs anyway. The couple of people who said that this player doesn't play DVD-A's or SACD's in 5.1 are wrong - it plays them in full surround and plays them wonderfully.