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Samsung DVD611 DVD Player

Samsung DVD611 DVD Player

List Price: $189.99
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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Except from the skipping its a good investment!
Review: The first one I've bought had some trouble playing mp3 files. (This DVD are bought in Sweden where it can read CD-R etc). It also skipped a lot at the middle and the end of movies.

So I returned it and got new one, that played mp3 with a good result. On the ather hand the skippning part remaind the same with an average of ~8 skips/movie.

If you're not disturbed by the skippning, then its a great investment!!!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Might be OK, we are having problems.
Review: The one we purchased through Amazon does have an excessive skipping problem. The audio and video skip even during low impact compression. Sometimes it states that it can not read disk even though the disk is new and clean. With some fancy remote work, we can get it play the disk but only after a lot of time. It sounds to me as if there is a alignment issue due to shipping or QA. I think we may send it back.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Samsung DVD611 DVD Player
Review: The picture is clear and it is easy to use. Very good dvd player for cheap price!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Three Kings
Review: The picture was pretty good, but could be better. Although it was very easy to use.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Steer clear of this one!
Review: The title really says it all: steer clear of this model. I encountered problems in almost every department. The image of DVD movies often froze for a brief moment, causing the visuals to appear jumpy. Sometimes this problem even got worse, making a movie totally unwatchable because the image looked so awful (jaggy, big blocks on the screen at times, constant freezing etc). It even occurred that the player would not accept a DVD disc, which had been played just an hour earlier on that same player. Even with regular audio cd's this wasn't a great player, often rejecting discs or skipping tracks. Biggest disappointment in a DVD player I've encountered so far. Steer clear of this junk and invest your money elsewhere, that's my 2 cents.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Nice basic unit for the bucks - and it IS DTS capable
Review: This is a no-frills player, but it does a nice job and offers lots of features - particularly DTS - at a very attractive price.

Some reviewers have had problems with skipping, but I had this problem with only one movie, and it was a bad disc, not the player.

The user interfaces could be better, and I wish they'd put more controls on the face of the unit instead of the remote (my four-year-old LOVES to hide daddy's DVD remote!), but overall I'd recommend this unit pretty highly.

For the price, you can't go wrong...but for the same price you CAN go wrong with other units.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Minimal use, satisfied with performance
Review: This is my first DVD player so I can't compare the performance to another higher quality/price model. My initial impression is that it works well enough to provide a good DVD movie experience for the user. The performance and quality as compared to the VCR sitting next to it is wonderful.

If that's all you're looking for it will suffice. Being a PC tech-head, I can get around the remote having a clumsey interface. It also has a short range and you'll sometimes need to enter commands two or three times to get them accepted and executed. The interface for setup with the DVD options is OK, but you'll need to read the manual carefully at first because it is by no mean intuitive.

The actual performance is OK. I'm not happy about the occasional frame-lock which occurs. I would agree with the above reviewers in that you'll see this happen about 2xs a movie. As I am not one to sit still through an entire DVD it's not a big deal, but it may prove irritating to some, and rightfully so.

Other than these points, I'm satisfied that I didn't spend more than ... on the purchase of this item. If you're looking for a player to give you a good experience for less $, then this is a good choice barring the points I've brought up. If you're looking for optimal DVD performance and features, look somewhere else. Good luck!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great little DVD player!
Review: This is my first DVD player. I really like it. It's only skipped a couple of times so far (I've only had it for a little over a week). It played all of Disc 1 (seven episodes -- 3 1/2 hours) of the _Tenchi Muyo!_ Ultimate DVD Collection with no problems!! In fact, the only thing it has skipped on is _Gone With the Wind_.

I would recommend this DVD player to anyone on a budget (like I am -- I'm in college!). It's a really good little player for the price.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Low price, little problems, GREAT value
Review: This is the first DVD I have ever bought, but my friends who had them all had their brands to suggest. I liked the Philips that my friend had, but it always seemed to act up. I decided on this one after comparing prices and reviews. I am not sorry I made that decision. VERY rarely, I will ahve slight skipping or freezing problems, but it is always very minor and does not detract from the movie at all. There are loads of features, the sights and sounds can't be beat, and this has been a dream player to own.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't Waste Your Money And Time!
Review: This thing is a piece of garbage. In the first six weeks, this excuse for a piece of equipment: (1) Displayed skips in the video an average of 8-10 times per disk, (2) Developed a mind of it's own and began randomly running through a wide variety of functions (including scene-skipping, pause, fast forward, etc.) after viewing any disk for more than about 30 minutes, (3) Displays arbitrary error messages, (4) Locks up the disk drawer (usually with a rented disk in it!) for an indeterminate period of time, usually DAYS. "But it's 'low-cost'," you say? "These things are to be expected," you say? Hah! You couldn't GIVE me another Samsung product if you were giving away 10-dollar bills along with it!


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