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4.5 stars
"Don't sit on the remote..."
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.Updated
I would like to make an addition to my recent post. I am now running my HD-960 & HD Sat through my new Yamaha HTR 6090 Receiver via HDMI cables then one HDMI cable to my HD LCD TV, digital audio & video for everything. Everything is working great. Sound & picture are awesome to say the least. One thing I did not comment on in my previous post, but will now is that the HD-960 is a up-converter and not High Definition. The picture quality is near High Definition, but nothing more. I new this before buying the unit as I have decided to wait a few generations for the HD-DVD units to be perfected. This player when it comes right down to it is relative cheap unit, compared to the HD-DVD players, providing one with near HD picture quality. As mentioned previously I highly recommend this unit.
