Samsung DVD-1080P7 Up-Converting 1080p DVD Player

I purchased this player about 3 months ago but needed to return it due to the lack of Divx support and some spotty playback issues.

Impressive. Limited fine tunning capacity.

I purchased this DVD player for the specific purpose of making full use of my Samsung LNT4071F purchase. I am using Belkin, HDMI 1.3, 6ft. long cables.

So far I have not been terribly disappointed. I really do perceive a quality difference in my regular DVDs' quality. The movies which seem to produce the greatest amplification are animated movies like The Incredibles and Over the Hedge. In those movies, I could see the individual blades of grass and veining on the leaves of the hedges. Granted, I was looking for the changes.

Watching regular movies, like Legend, the Firefly Series, and the X Men movie series, showed improvement in the quality of the picture. I think the images were more crisp, edges more defined. Hopscotch, an older movie with Walter Matthau, did not look as good. Though, to be honest, the Hopscotch DVD looked so-so on a regular DVD player and CRT TV. My conclusion is that the amount of information put into the DVD is what will determine the quality perceived.

Something to be aware of: Wireless routers may interrupt signal output.

I have a wireless router (DI-524). Do not put the router near this DVD player. Somehow the router will scramble the signal going from the DVD player to the TV. This was not a problem with my older, Panasonic SA-HT810V DVD player. Note: The DI-524's signal strength set to the lowest setting, and the antenna is not attached as I use a wired configuration. I have not read on any forum where this is a problem.

The movie we were watching: AVP Requiem. Not a good movie.

In the settings for picture quality, I have blackness set to off. The picture appears too dark with it on. I have not read many reviews about this product outside of the Amazon reviews. The main features which influenced this purchase were the price, Anynet Connection, and that it was an upconverter.

Fast load and play dvd player so far as I have know, look great too.

This product is dismal. I give the vender and the product one pity star.

No return policy or info. The DVD broke in 5 uses and was far from stellar. Cheap construction, limited options and slow loading times. The up convert sounds good in theory, but you can not really see any difference especially on larger screens. Up converting is an unsuccessful attempt at alchemy! If you want HD you have to start with an HD format not a normal format and then expect to create something that is not there. All and All a poor experience that ended 90 dollars poorer and with one more square foot of land fill real estate spoken for.

We purchased this DVD player about a month ago (2/2008) to replace a previous generation Samsung DVD player. It is connected to our Samsung TV via HDMI. The player itself works great and the up-conversion is nice.
Samsung stumbled on the remote layout, but that's minor (previous generation remote layout made more sense and was less cumbersome).
The biggest beef is the power switch on the front of the player. When the player is "OFF" there is a barely noticeable red standby light, but when the player is "ON", there is a BRIGHT blue light surrounding the button. This is very annoying in a dark room while watching a movie so the player had to be moved to a non-visible spot (stored behind a closed door - have to do some maneuvering to pause movies...). It may just be my player because the previous gen player had the blue light when the player was off, but when powered on, the light was gone. TV is the same way (no blue light around power button when on)
All in all, a good player that we hope to have for a few years while we wait for Blu-Ray prices to drop.