Samsung DVD HD Upsampler?


Boy, and I thought the audiophile world was complicated!
As I roam this new jungle called home theater I ask my rep at Circut City about the playback quality of dvd's on a high def tv I'm close to purchasing.
Lo and behold, he showed me the Samsung dvd player that I guess will "transform" dvd's to hi def quality when viewing on a high def tv.
He also said a $130 cable-sorry, I didn't get the cable name but I will do that today-is also required.
Anyone have any experience with this dvd player?
Any recommendations, opinions etc.
Thanks!
greh

Showing 1 response by kichoi

I believe you are refering to DVD-HD841 or HD941. The only differece between these two model is the HDMI output on HD941 and DVI output on HD841. I own HD841 to use while waiting for the Bravo D2 to return from firmware upgrade from the factory. To my surprise, the Samsung is a Gem in both audio and video not even considering its price.

In audio, its stereo output is clean and well detailed approaching the highend CD player but less defined bass. It must be due to its simple power supply. Video wise, it is an excellent unit for component output although I use its DVI output.

If your TV has no DVI or HDMI input, just use the player's component output. And no player can make HD out of normal DVD source. It is nice for TV or monitors that has fixed scan input and you can set the player to match the TV and not have to tinker with input scan frequencies.

Let me know if you have more questions.

Ki