Samsung DVD-HD860 Up-Converting DVD Player
Great deal for the price
If you need a nicely priced up-converting DVD player, without all the bells and whistles, this is the player for you.  You can definitely notice the picture quality increase (when using the up-convert setting) compared to the usual picture quality provided by standard def. progressive scan (480p) DVD players.   <br /> <br />The higher the quality of the DVD transfer, the better it looks with this DVD player.  With my old Sony standard-def player, it didn't make much of a difference whether the transfer was high quality or not.  Now I can tell which DVDs received a good treatment or not.   <br /> <br />I have this DVD player matched with a Samsung HL-S5086W 50\\" DLP HDTV and the picture quality is excellent.  It pays to use an HDMI cable rather than the component video as the picture is sharper and seems to have deeper color saturation.  I'm very pleased with the purchase. <br /> <br />In summary, this is a great low-priced player and does exactly what most people would need from it: up-converts your standard definition DVDs until you are ready to upgrade to Hi-Def DVDs and it doesn't bog you down with a lot of unnecessary options or complex menus.