Setting up the video and audio outputs are a must. The setup menus were laid out in a very comprehensible manner and I had no difficulty in navigating any of them. After this minor annoyance the rest of the setup went very smoothly. It would be really handy though if manufacturers could put a hidden "reset" button on their components that would manually set all settings back to default. This is probably due to a previous reviewer having set the output to HDTV only and it probably won't be a problem with most consumers because units sent from the factory will have the output set to the lowest common denominator. I went into the menu and changed the video output to svideo and guess what? My old TV works just fine with it now. Inside you will find the Samsung DVD-HD850 player, a beefy remote, an HDMI cable, a 3 wire composite L/R cable and a fairly hefty manual. This player comes in a fairly nondescript brown box like any other electronics. Whithout further delay lets delve into this player and see if it is worthy of your dollar. This is a High Definition compatible dvd player which means that if you have an HDTV this player will try to scale the 720x480 resolution of dvds up to match your tv. In this review I will examine the Samsung DVD-HD850 which is a moderately priced dvd player. You can't really blame them, in these days of rising fuel costs, money grabbing governments, and ever eager charities there is so much competition for your dollar that one has to wonder how much is too much to spend on a dvd player. The question most consumers are voicing today is "Why spend over a hundred dollars on a dvd player when I can get one for 49.99 at my local Best Buy?". Since then though - through the wide acceptance of the DVD standard - prices have dropped to insane levels while the number of companies producing dvd players has risen to levels where even name brands are eclipsed. The first DVD players went on sale in November of 1997 and were of course terribly expensive as is the case with any emerging technology.
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