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Reviews for Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerProgressive Scan - MPN: DVDHD841 
By member:
zeta10
- Dec 7, 2004
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: Looks nice, good picture, has DVI output, Dolby 5.1 output Weakness: Need for initial multiple video hook-up if you want to use DVI I purchased this DVD player because I needed one that had progressive scan/ HD and it had the output that I needed (Dolby 5.1 audio since my reciever does not have an integral decoder, and DVI for video, which is supposidly higher fidelity than component video.) 94% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
pjmacl
- Sep 11, 2004
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: Basic operation is ok Weakness: Its price is based on its DVI output which does not work correctly Samsung has an excellent concept but has failed on the implementation. The roughly $200 price point is justified by the DVI output and the ability to interpolate up to 1080i. However there are two major problems. Firstly the design approach is flawed as while you can select among 4 different resolutions from the DVI output, the selection is NOT held after power down. Thus you have to reselect each time you use the unit. More disastrously, Samsung did not correctly implement HDCP on the DVI output. What this means is that for some HDTVs and in particular if you use an external DVI switch between the DVD unit and your HDTV, the DVD signal gets blocked as soon as you change from the default lowest resolution. Samsung has been very unhelpful addressing this latter problem. I have discussed with their Technical Support. They acknowledge that the HDCP problem existed on their higher end HD-931 unit and that the s/w has been been updated to fix it, and they have also acknowledged that the HD-841 uses the same s/w. However they will not acknowledge the problem on the HD-841. How's that for double-speak? As the unit is basically non functional for DVI use I returned it to my retailer for credit, and I asked Samsung to credit the distributor's shipping and restocking fee but they refused. 94% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
jaustindds
- Sep 16, 2004
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: decent picture. Weakness: just decent picture. For those that are considering buying this DVD player please understand that I believe the quality of picture you will get depends on what you are hooking the player up to. I have a Hitachi HD 50v500 widescreen LCD. This television has a processor inside that upconverts a normal analog component input (for example a 480P signal) to virtual HD. Therefore on my previous progressive scan player, the picture was pretty good. It was still not as great as a true 760 or 1080 signal, but definitely better than SD signals. This is where you need to know what is happening to a sub-HD signal inside your t.v./monitor. This DVD player upconverts the 480p signal inside and passes this signal digitally via the DVI cable. This player is basically completing the same job that the Hitachi would be doing inside the t.v., resulting in a similar picture quality, which again is good but definitely not HD. If you have a t.v./monitor which doesn't upconvert a sub-hd signal to virtual hd, then this player will noticably improve your picture quality. But what it comes down to is this, how can you create more pixels when the pixels aren't there on the DVD to begin with? There is no such thing currently in the U.S. as an HD-DVD, therefore we are stuck with a computer to approximate and fill in more pixels. 94% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
sgtmack
- Dec 13, 2004
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: Plenty of out puts. Has DVI and component video, plays cd, dvr's. Weakness: none so far. Plenty of people are complaning about loosing their settings when they turn off the dvd player. Well what i found to fix this problem for me is to along with the dvi conection is to also hook up a video out from the dvd to the tv. Now i don't have to go into the dvd players menu to select the dvi every time i turn it off. 93% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
lucerrr1
- Jan 19, 2005
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: Appealing bezel Weakness: Cheap connectors, disks skip, settings will not stay, DVI will not work I recently purchased the Samsung 841 for the price and for the fact it was one of the few DVI dvd players out that was under $200. Needless to say I will be returning it today. Unfortunately I read the feedback forums on this model after buying, and if I had read before purchasing, I would have never got this model. Here are the issues (some are already known): 91% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
hey_moe
- Jul 18, 2004
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: Easy to use/ when it works Weakness: Total piece of crap This is the third one I have had to return. I have read on line that others have had the same problem. What has been happening is when you load a dvd disk it locks up and you are stuck from that point on. If you return it make sure you let them know the name of the dvd disk that is in there. This must be a ongoing problem with this player. I have owned many DVD players but this one has got to be the worst I have ever seen in production. 87% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
DJslowlife
- Nov 25, 2004
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: It powers up consistently. The blue lighted display looks nice. Weakness: The DVI setup is lost each time the unit is powered off. The composite video output works better than the DVI output. Sound from 5.1 channel SACDs and DVD-audio is only output to front two speakers. As other reviewers have stated, the HD-841 DVI function is not designed properly and must have the setup parameters re-entered every time you turn it back on again. I was not that impressed with the DVI capability and found that I got a better picture using the composite video output. 78% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
Reply by member: Snommis69
Dec 9, 2004 A rebuttal to this review - the comments about this player and DVD-A and SACD are not true. I have owned this player for quite some time, and it plays DVD-A and SACD in beautiful 5.1 surround.
Reply by member: glanghus
Jan 15, 2005 IT PLAYS 5.1 SACD/DVD-A just fine. This person obviously doesn't know how to use the player, and unfortunately, tech support couldn't help that individual :(
Reply by member: lucerrr1
Jan 19, 2005 I recently purchased the Samsung 841 for the price and for the fact it was one of the few DVI dvd players out that was under $200. Needless to say I will be returning it today. Unfortunately I read the feedback forums on this model after buying, and if I had read before purchasing, I would have never got this model. Here are the issues (some are already known):
By member:
mrtwo
- Mar 19, 2005
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: Great picture! Great looking DVD player. Weakness: Does not include HDMI adapter. I was concerned when I first hooked up the DVD player to my hdmi input using a dvi to hdmi converter since there was no video, only a blue screen. I had to hook up composite cable and change the DVI mode via the instructions. After this, the video was great! The player does upconvert to several modes. On my Panasonic 60 inch LCD projection set I am able to get 480p, 720p, and 1080i to work perfectly. I have not yet seen any skipping. Trying to get a fair comparison, I compared freeze frames of the same movie on several different settings and also against my Toshiba progressive scan DVD going through component video. I did not see any noticible difference when looking at the paused screens. I am not sure if this is a fair comparison as I believe the processing looks better in motion. 67% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
ogre71
- Feb 1, 2005
Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD PlayerStrengths: Super buy. Save 40% from Best Buy and no tax. Samsung has a super product that improves DVD quality by 30% from progressive scan. Weakness: 90 day warranty for the Refurb. The picture quality is outstanding on my HDTV. Major improvement from my Toshiba Progessive Scan DVD Player. Super deal when comparing a Panasonic or Sony HD up-conversion DVD player. Outstanding value for the dollar. 60% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top 
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Samsung DVD-HD841 DVD Player
Strengths: DVI
Weakness: Remote signal is weak. Remote has to be directly pointed at player
I have had this dvd player for about 7 months. I did not have any problems up until the last 2 weeks. I am now loosing my dvi setting when I power it off. The only way I can get it back is by using component cables. S-Video cables do not let me save the option for dvi.
100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful?