Typical price: £90
What is it: DVD player with video upscaling capabilities and DivX playback
What we think: The Samsung DVD-850 will go down as one of the bargains of the year -- a next-generation DVD player that precedes models from every other mainstream brand
Average user rating
7.7
very good
Average user rating from 3 users
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Samsung DVD-HD850 user reviews
April 21, 2006
Posted by: David Howel
"Cheap, sexy and it works"
What I like:
Good price and compatibility (includes an HDMI cable for free in some countries)
What I don't like:
Rubbish search speeds that increment at 2x,4x, 8x and 64x and all except 2x don't actually show anything like the video at the point the time marker displays
Review:
Good price, but the fast forward/reverse scanning features are really very, very poor. Samsung appear to know this as they've provided a set of 'jump forward and back 10 seconds' type buttons which quite frankly you will use repeatedy over and over instead of the usual high-speed scan functions.
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