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Summary: works for me!!!
Review: .... i have had no problems with it. i love it!!! we have had it for about 4 months and use it once a week and it hasn't skipped or froze on us once. it was easy to install and easy to use. its a great deal and i would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: works for me!!!
Review: .... i have had no problems with it. i love it!!! we have had it for about 4 months and use it once a week and it hasn't skipped or froze on us once. it was easy to install and easy to use. its a great deal and i would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: samsung 511
Review: A great DVD player. Flawless play back. I thought I would get a cheap machine for the price, but I watch more movies on it than on my $1000 yamaha player.
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Summary: I Really Like My DVD Player
Review: Before I bought this machine, I did a lot of research. I was on a budget and I didn't want a total piece of ..., so I made sure to find something with (relatively) good ratings.A lot of folks said they had problems with this particular player, especially skipping and types of distortion. I've had my DVD511 for only three days now, but so far, it's been a real delight. I the DVD I ordered (from Amazon!) along with the player plays perfectly. I've also watched 2 others with no problem. So maybe Samsung fixed whatever was wrong with its player before. The only reason I would suggest paying more is for the features not included that may be important to some. I tried playing a VCD with no luck. But those things are bootleg anyway, so who cares. Also, I couldn't play a CDR, but I don't recall ever reading it could. Also it has limited video output (only RCA and SVideo) and it does NOT have Dolby 5.1 audio. But for the bucks, what do you expect? The options it does feature are really cool. The remote, though small, is so simple to use. I had no problems manipulating languages and subtitles, as if I needed to. Also, the search function can go very fast without Alvin and the Chipmunks-esque voices. If you're poor like me, and you want a good machine, I highly suggest this one.
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Summary: I loved it AT FIRST.....
Review: But I've had this player for only 6 months now and every single movie skips. I'm taking mine back tomorrow and getting a different make and model.
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Summary: BAD product / BAD support / BAD BAD, BAD
Review: Ever want a DVD player that looks nice on the shelf but doesn't fuction? Well this is would be the unit for you. Samsung must have stayed up nights working on the bugs in this machine; Creating them that is. Half the movies skip, freeze-up, or just flat out never start playing. I called Samsung and they acknowledged the problem and basicly said "Goodby and Good luck, you're on your own." This was after weeks of tring to get hold of a real person. This player has got to be the worst on the market and support is non-existent. If you buy it, you may as well throw your cash away. I went with Sony and am very happy. You may choose another brand but please, for you own sanity, FEAR Samsung.
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Summary: Skipped. Fixed. Skipped again.
Review: First off this is my first DVD player. It was a Christmas present in 2000. Within days I had the skip/distortion/freeze up problems like I see so many others have had. After about 3 months I took it to be repaired. The laser was replaced. Fine..that was on Samsung. Now about 3 months later it has started again. It started about 2 weeks ago when I rented "Unbreakable." It would not load. I noticed scratches on the disc. Okay..I rented another one. Same thing. Now I am getting distortion on DVDs that I own that played all the way without a blip the first two or three times. So in a nutshell you could get one that works properly, but you may get a bad one. I do not play DVDs constantly. Maybe one or two a week, so overuse is not a problem. I think'll need to lay out some extra $$$ for a quality DVD player. When it works the picture is great, the sound is great. It has features that I would never use. Plus, it is short enough to fit in the space above my VCR.
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Summary: DVD BRILL!!! VCD on CDR brittle
Review: From what I've seen of this player, it plays DVD's crystal clear with very few problems. For a real DVD buff then this may be the player for you. However, for people who also burn their own VCDs there is the drawback that you will have fun trying to play VCD's burnt onto CDR, which IMHO is not good. The major factor with VCD's is that you can encode your home movies to VCD/SVCD. This player only plays a few brands of CDR (proabably the ones that appear to it as normal CD's, I don't know enough about the technology to elaborate). Backing up your DVD's to VCD is a bit overkill perhaps but if you want to burn home movies to CDR then you'll probably be out of luck with this one unless you can find a particular brand that it likes.
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Summary: exillent
Review: good price and exellent quality for the price samsung name is one of the best products for the price
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Summary: This thing ships defective! But you can fix it
Review: I bought this player (my first) because I was on a budget and it seemed to have a lot of features. I immediately liked the slight demensions of the unit and the small remote. Once it was hooked up (which only took a minute or two) and a disc was played, my spirits fell. I experienced the same skipping problems that most others have mentiond here. I was really frustrated, but didn't want to go through the hassel of returning it and researching for another player, so I brought it to a Samsung service center for repair. It seems the darn thing was shipped defective! The laser eye had a problem and needed to be replaced. OK, I thought, I'll go for it because it's under warranty. Two weeks later I had my player back and it hasn't skipped on me since. Not once. The repairman told me that he's been getting a lot of the Samsung DVD 511 & 611 with the same skipping problem. I'd suggest taking your's in for this repair if your having troubles with skipping (especially if it's still under the year long warranty). Now that it's running properly I am enjoying the 3X zoom, crisp picture, big sound and instant access that DVD affords. My initial approval of the small remote has vanished though as I find it a bit too hard to find the correct button without staring at the thing for a moment or two. A back light would help as would a scroll wheel for scanning forward and backward. Taking it all into consideration, I'm still gald that I bought this player. Is it the best? Not by a long shot, but it does allow me to watch films in the best possible way and it does so at a price I can afford. So I'd recomend this player if you're on a budget don't mind that you'll probably have to get it serviced before you're really able to enjoy it. Just keep in mind that the replacement laser eye works just fine and hasn't skipped on me once. Yes it's a hassle, but I ended up with a great mid-priced DVD player. I'll eventually upgrade to a more full featured model but until then, I'm content with this basic model.
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