Samsung DVD-1080P9 1080p Upconverting DVD Player

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 16.9 x 1.8 inches ; 3.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001TK3D3Q
• Item model number: DVD-1080P9
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (119 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,244 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Get amazing DVD images, plus improved connectivity, with Samsung’s DVD-1080p. Crisp, clear 1080p upconversion offers brilliant high-definition entertainment – it’s like enjoying your entire DVD library in a whole new way. Innovative HDMI-CEC connectivity offers one-remote convenience with your other Samsung electronics. Advanced BD Wise technology syncs your Samsung components for optimized picture and sound quality, every time. And multi-format playback – including DVD, MP3, WMA, JPEG and more – makes this player as versatile as it is impressive.

Key Features

• 1080p up-conversion
• Super Scan Playback
• Instant skip
• Instant Replay
  
• HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface): transfers hi-definition (720p/1080i) video and audio from your DVD Player to your TV, Home Theater, or other digital AV components. Simply connect your DVD Player to your Home Theater System with a single cable for the high quality pictures and sound.
• HDMI-CEC (Anynet+): A true “plug and play” product, it comes with a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) feature that lets you operate multiple HDMI products with a single remote control..
• 14 bit video DAC
• Progressive scan output scans individual picture lines in sequence
  rather than alternately, maximizing the clarity of digital images and
  bringing new realism to your DVD viewing experience.
  
• DivX playback: Insert DVDs & CDs that have DivX movies downloaded via computer and enjoy watching them on a large-scale TV.
  

Connections

• Video
• HDMI output: yes
• Component video out: yes
  
• Audio
  
• Coaxial Out: yes

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

97 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid player for the money, April 23, 2009

By 

Kay Hayes "knitting ninja" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung DVD-1080P9 1080p Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

For the price point, this is a feature rich player. What you get:

- a very sleek looking player that loads fast. Compared to the Phillips I bought at a big box store for the same price a year ago, it is greased lightning.

- a functional remote that is comfortable and easy to use.

- a USB port on the front of the player to play .mpg and picture files or to rip music to a flash drive or MP3 player from a CD or DVD.

- easy to navigate controls on the front panel. This is essential for me because my employees, who will not have the instruction manual available, will also be using the machine.

- an HDMI output, as well as the regular RCA type jacks.

- a ton of other features I will not use in my particular application.

Setup was a snap, even without so much as a glance at the instructions. I was even able to do a picture slide show from a flash drive without instructions, it is that intuitive. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars:

- If you want to connect an old school coaxial cable (the one that you screw on - with the little wire in the middle of the cable), you are out of luck

- I don't see any instructions on how to get it to control the volume on my TV (and it does not do it on it's own) even though the remote indicates it has the capability.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice inexpensive player, April 18, 2009

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Tucker Mac "Tucker Mac" (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung DVD-1080P9 1080p Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

I have owned alot of dvd players. I current have a Samsung BDP 1500, Toshiba HDVD, Samsung 1080p7, and LG & Onkyo unconverting players.

The P9 is pretty sweet. It does what it should do. I got it to play regular DVDs and audio CDs instead of using the Blu Ray player. With audio and standard DVDs the upconverting player loads and navigates MUCH faster than a Blu Ray player. I really got the Samsung because it matched my Blu Ray player in appearance and the older Samsung 1080p7 in my bedroom works so well.

Everything works as it should. Having said that, the CD ripper to USB port is the easiest way I've found to rip audio CDS. If I had to nit pick, I would ding it for not having an optical output. The P7 and P8 did, but Samsung must have figured the P9 didn't need it. I don't use HDMI video switching on my receiver and I have 2 optical and 1 coax digital input. Luckily my other 2 devices I use have optical audio outputs.

Overall, it looks great and works well and is pretty inexpensive. Highly recommend.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money, depending on circumstances, May 2, 2009

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P. MCCLORY (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung DVD-1080P9 1080p Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

If you have a new LCD TV and still are using an old DVD player, and aren't ready to take the Blu-Ray plunge, then this is the product for you.
I just bought a new Samsung LN26B460 (26" 720P LCD), and had it hooked up to my old Sony DVD player through the RCA cables. The picture wasn't as good as it used to be on my old CRT. So I bought this upconverting DVD player and I'm not disappointed. The picture quality improved immensely. It is now better than it was on my CRT. I can't say if it is as good as 720P Blu-Ray, and I'm sure it isn't as good as 1080P Blu-Ray, but it is way better than a non-upconverting DVD using RCA cables. It is most likely that the improvement is only because of the HDMI connection instead of using RCA cables. It doesn't matter what I set the player to, the picture seems to be the same, because the TV will also convert the picture to 720P no matter what. So the converter on the TV seems to be the same quality as the converter in the player.
If I were to guess, I'd say it is just a touch below 720P Blu-Ray quality.
As far as the rest of the player goes, it works as expected. It isn't super fast at loading DVD's, probably about normal. It isn't too noisy. I guess my one complaint would be that I seem to have to press the buttons on the remote more than once for them to work. I have the player at an angle to were I sit, and it doesn't seem to have the strongest sensor. If I'm aiming straight on, it works fine.
If your player already has HDMI or DVI connector, then I wouldn't bother getting this one, I don't think you will see a big improvement.