Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 16.9 x 1.8 inches ; 4.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 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: B000NEHR8Q
• Item model number: DVD-HD870
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,831 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

HDMI output (720p/1080i)

Divx compatible

Progressive scan via DVD

MP3/WMA decorder

1 Analog audio input

1 Composite input

1 Analog audio output

1 Digital audio out

1 Coaxial out

1 Component

1 Optical

1 S Video

DVD-R/+R/+RW, CD-R/RW, SVCD, MP3, MP4, WMA, JPEG, VHS playback

Picture CD/JPEG disc viewer

Moving Zoom

Super Scan playback

EZ View Letter Box Eliminator

Instant replay

Instant skip

Smooth motion scan

10- bit/54MHz video D/A converter

24-bit/96KHz audio D/A converter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars DVD Player Stopped Working, July 15, 2007

By 

J. Peckey "neopumpkin" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

I purchased the DVD player in April of 2007 and within 2 months, the players performance slowly declined until now where it no longer works. When I first received the unit I noticed that it was slow to respond to commands sent from the remote, however the player was already programmed to work with the remote control from my Samsung LCD TV and worked without any configuration setup/changes, which was nice. As time went on, the player eventually became unresponsive to remote control commands and even when interfacing with the buttons on the front of the unit. I had to power the unit off and then back on in order to get it to function again, when eventually it was completely imminent that the DVD player would not play a movie for anymore than 10 minutes at best.

I could not return the unit to Amazon because it was past the 30 day return warranty, but I have a service request in with Samsung. The unit is still under warranty so I'm assuming all will be taken care of and i'll have a working DVD player within the next few weeks.

I would like to assume that I will never receive another defective product from Samsung, but I accept that some electronics go bad..that's what warranty's are for. My intention is not to bash Samsung here as I've recently purchased a Samsung 46" LCD TV and many other products of their's in the past, my intention is rather to share my personal experience with purchasing and using this particular DVD player.

Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars freezes every few moments while playing in 1080i mode, May 12, 2007

By 

Rajesh Lalwani - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

The DVD player freezes every few moments while upconverting to 1080i - seems like the processor is not fast enough to process it in real-time. So, now we leave it in the 480p mode - the problem goes away but it's not upconverting anymore.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad buy., January 19, 2008

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N. Wood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung DVD-HD870 Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

This was a present for my son to go along with his new HDTV. What a disappointment! It would not read any DVD's, even new ones. I ended up returning it to Amazon.