| Samsung DVD-1080P8 1080p Upconverting DVD Player | 
 enlarge | List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $65.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 120 reviews)
Sales Rank: 297
Category: CE
Publisher: Samsung
Studio: Samsung
Brand: Samsung
Label: Samsung
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 16.9 x 1.8
MPN: DVD-1080P8
Model: DVD-1080P8
UPC: 036725607910
EAN: 0036725607910
ASIN: B0014H16OM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1080p Upconversion | | • | HDMI CDC | | • | Progressive Scan | | • | 14 bit video DAC |
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Product Description
selectable 720p/1080i/1080p output via HDMI digital interface * Anynet+ simplifies control of compatible Samsung components via the HDMI connection (HDMI-CEC) * 1 set of audio/video outputs (composite, 480i/480p component video, and HDMI) * plays DVD-Video, DVD-R & DVD-RW, DVD+R & DVD+RW, CD, CD-R & CD-RW, MP3 & WMA CDs, and digital picture CD (JPEG) * remote control *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 115 more reviews...
 Not great January 7, 2009
First thing I noticed is that it is SLOW. My iPhone starts up faster than things thing turns on and starts playing a DVD. Also, it's pretty big. Mostly it is empty space inside -- they could have easily made it 50% smaller. Picture does seem nice, but not worth the disadvantages. I'm returning it.
Samsung DVD 1080p8 January 7, 2009
This product works great with my samsung lcd tv.For the price it a great product.There aint much of a difference in pictuce quality from my old dvd player.
Not up to the task January 6, 2009
bought this DVD player for two main reasons:
1. To play upconverted DVDs on my new sony LCD
2. To play some of my DIVX encoded movies
3. To play international DVDs
Pros:
- nice overall appearance and design of the player
- The 1080P upconversion was standard - I haven't seen the upconversion output of many other DVD players, but don't expect any miracles from any sub $100 players. The artifacts / pixelation / mosquito noise ... made any of the DVDs I tried barely any better. The upconverted DVDs looked worse on my new 32" Sony LCD than on my 8-year old 32" Sony XBR flat tube.
- Price was right: $50 or so on Amazon
Cons:
- I couldn't get it to play non-region 1 DVDs. Not even DVDs with no region-coding. It kept refusing to play those too. I tried all kinds of hacks but to no avail --> That's the kiss of death
- The overall operation of the player was sluggish. Response to remote control key presses was slow and annoying. DVD door would not respond quickly...
- The menu was also fugly to look at and operate.
- I tried several DVDs with DIVX encoded files and it couldn't play any of them ! --> not good.
Conclusion:
Save yourself some money and some time. Don't get this Samsung DVD-1080P8 (mine went back to Amazon. great return service). Get instead the Philips DVP5990 (it gave me upconversion, USB playback, multi-region).
Good budget DVD player. January 6, 2009
Setup was very easy, but then again no one should have issues hooking up a DVD player to a TV. The quality of the upscaling DVDs is pretty good on my Samsung A450 in 720p and 1080i using the HDMI cables I got from Monoprice. One of my only gripes is the lack of a visible clock and the generic remote control. It functions for the most part but is sometimes hard to use in dark rooms because of the black buttons.
I was debating on getting one of the Oppo series DVD players, but with the economy the way it is, this was the next best affordable option. Since my TV is a Samsung, it just made sense to get a DVD player of the same brand.
 Stopped reading dvds and was very slow January 4, 2009
I need to get a refund for this product. It stopped working in less than 45 days.
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