Samsung DVD HD960 DVD player

Pros: quality build, style, efficient

Cons: Don't sit on the remote

Summary: I owned a Samsung HD-841, which has treated me well thus far. So when the 960 came along I decided to give it a shot. I have found the following to be an improvement on my 40" Bravia

Colour (yes, I'm a Canadian...that's how we spell colour)= crisp & clean (blacks look great)

Connections = As soon as I plugged it in, it recognized 720p and the correct time. That was a very nice surprise. It's got what one needs regarding connections. There is a component, S-VHS and a HDMI connection, which I prefer as opposed to the 841, which was DVI. Although the DVI provided a good picture. It also has the digital optical for sound (works very nice and sounds great). Up-conversion looks fine to me, but half the time I can't tell anyway as I'm half blind... as per a recent conversation with my wife.

Looks = I like the look of this unit, it has lots of style, fits in nice with my other components. That blue light everyone talks about from the 841 is still there, but I never noticed it watching movies then and I don't notice it now.

All around great unit and I highly recommend it. I have had no problems except when I was watching a Rammstein DVD and inadvertently sat on the remote. The results from this was quite spectacular. The song & video, Du Hast, sped up and there was an immense amount of what sounded like static guitars, but it actually improved the song...seriously it did, although the video looked like he11. Anyway the last part is not Samsung's fault. That dubious distinction belongs too my big a$$.
The only thing I wish it did was record, but Samsung has other players that do that.

Last, but not least..
Go buy the player it sounds good and looks great and I don't feel you'll be disappointed.