Samsung DVD-HD860 HDMI DVD PLAYER - £59.99
SAMSUNG DVD-HD860/XEU
SAVE £20 - The latest technology in a stylish modern finish - Samsung DVD player with HDMI connection WAS £79.99
This seems cheapest price on the internet for this great little player - it can even be picked up in any store too. Amazon and Play.com are stil charging £20 more too...also plays DivX for those interested.
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Jump to unread Post a CommentAlso does anyone know if this upscales?
Also does anyone know if this upscales?
According to Amazon this player is DivX compatible and upscales :)
Same price there too (though dispatch time is significantly longer)...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-DVD-HD860-XEU-Multi-region-Upscaling/dp/B000F4PF2O
http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/dvdplayer/hypervision/dvd_hd860xeu.asp
Looks good, probably won't come with a HDMI cable though & best to get a good one, so could cost £20 more for a cable.
This has on-board software that will take a normal DVD, aka the ones we buy now, puts it through the software and produces the picture in high def or near to. Edit: should also say that it will have HDMI connection which is the new scart connections but only better!
A HD-DVD/Blu Ray is as you say true HD but would take a true HD disc and play it at true HD rather than converting the picture, though I'm sure that machines coming out now will also "upsale" the picture.
Hope that makes sence without going all techie :thumbsup:
An upscaling player takes an SD signal (DVD) and upscales it to simulate a HD signal (1080i/720p/1080p). It basically makes the best picture it can by trying to make an old SD disc the right res for a HD tv.
Its very debatable wether or not these have any effect at all. As if you feed your normal DVD via component to a HD tv then the panel will upscale the image anyway to make it suitable for the screen.
A HD DVD/Blu Ray player does not have to simulate the correct resolution as it outputs them directly from the disc. So with these the film is of higher resolution and the TV does not have make up lines that do not exist.
I bought an upscaling player earlier this year as I needed a player and could not stretch to £400+ for a HD DVD player. Now it was an improvement over the player it replaced but these players will not blow you away by any stretch (unless you have a proper cheapo DVD player).
£60 for this player is a good price and worth buying if you are playing the waiting game to see how the 2 formats fair over the next few months but if you have a 360 then you may as well add another few quid and get the HD DVD add on.
Pretty sure it does via Optical out, and via digital coax.
It will output 5.1 via optical or coaxial. Just means it doesn't have a full set of 6 analogue channel outputs.
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Just seems a really good price if they all do the same job, or are some better than others?
Have had a Samsung for about 6Mths Model ??119. It records onto Dash r/rw only and is terrible. It goes back to Tesco this week. (Paid about £68 for it.)
So not too sure about Samsung recorders but would be prepared to give this a go.
trouble is, Hard drive recorders are coming down all of hte time and I wondered if others buying this already have hard drive recorders on their freeview box or what. Otherwise why aren't we waiting for them to drop low enough to purchase? Just a thought, so don't shoot me down in flames, please.
That's the CD scan speed :thumbsup: :-D it does 2/4/8 on CD only....nit pickers :roll: :giggle: :p
Just seems a really good price if they all do the same job, or are some better than others?
In theory they all do the same thing, but in reality the Pannasonic S52 Sony S76 (I think thats the model) and one from a company called Oppo are better regarded than the samsung.
I have the Panny and can vouch for that one.
But this a pretty cheap, so you pays your money etc etc
HDMI, VGA, Scart RGB, S-Video, Component video outputs.
Audio 5,1 analogue 6 RCA outputs, Coax digital audio output.
Upscale via HDMI or Component to 480/576p, 720p and 1080i.
DivX playback.
Built in memory card reader, and for those brave enough, there is a site detailing how to add a USB socket to the player, as the hardware is there, it's just missing the port.
It maybe cheap, and from Aldi, but for the price and features you can't really complain.....
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Oh, and can be made region free.
Still not made my mind up yet, but maybe ill treat myself for xmas.