Samsung DVD-HD850 review

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December 8, 2006

Posted by: Jamie Kellock

"Excellent value for money - poor firmware"

What I like:

Picture quality on 32" LCD via HDMI

What I don't like:

RW/FF scan speeds of 2x, 4x, 8x and 64x and no 'Auto resume' very annoying

Review:

If it wasn't for the firmware I would give this DVD player a 8 or 9 out of 10. The picture quality on my Samsung LE32R41BD is fantastic but in everyday use the player is badly let down by a couple of things that could have so easily been avoided.

As mentioned in an earlier review the RW/FF scan speeds of 2x, 4x, 8x and 64x are nothing short of useless, 2, 4, 8x are too slow and 64x is too fast. The only speeds I ever use on my Sky+ (and older DVD) are 16 and 32x. Also no 'Auto Resume' feature, so if you need to eject a DVD when it reaches the point that your 3-year-old daughter has spread jam on it, to clean it, it doesn't return to the last point in the movie but starts at the beginning again.

By the way, absolutely nothing wrong with the supplied HDMI cable, don't throw it away as advised by earlier reviewer.