Customer Reviews

Samsung DVD-P241 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

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1 star:		(7)

 

 

i was looking for a good, but cheap DVD player that i could use in my young son's room. There are a lot of no-name DVD players out there for a bit cheaper price but I guess I am still leery of buying anything with a name I don't recognize.

This Samsung player seems to be just the ticket. It's got a few more bells and whistles than you'd think in a player for around $50 bucks indlucing the EZ view letter box eliminator for small screen TVs, distortion reduction, and can play MP3's and Kodak picture CDs.

But I mainly got it because it's easy to use and cheap so if my young one does anything to it it's easily replaceable. Not a machine for your high-end TV but certainly capable of doing the job.

I bought this dvd as a second dvd for a different room. I already had a Panasonic DVD-S27, which cost about $20.00 more.

The Samsung works equally well and read commercial movies, DVD-R, JPEG, and comercial music CDs files very well. I didn't test it for any other formats but I assume that it would work for the other formats.

I am completely happy with it and feel that there is no need to pay the extra $20.00 for Panasonic or Sony.

Finally go tired of my 5 disk Kenwood DVD player (not progressive scan) and found this at Target. I hooked it up to my home theater, and the sound and video were incredible, the zoom feature allowing you to change from letter box to full screen had little distortion and the dolby digital worked perfectly.

Overall, an inexpensive namebrand dvd player which has performed consistently (as had my other samsung products). I would recommend this product.

For guys like me that regularly watch DVDs on a small screen

(14") television, the EZ View Letterbox elimination option is

a real life saver. EZ View gives me the option of eliminating

letterboxing by expanding the center of the image and cropping

the sides, which is basically how Widescreen (16:9 ratio) movies

are "panned and scanned" to fit into a Fullframe (4:3 ratio)

television screen. This option makes it easier to view the

center of action in movies that don't have a Fullframe version

available. In particular, this feature made it possible to

properly view some of my favorite movies that are only avail-

able in a 2:35 ratio, such as Tora! Tora! Tora!, Zulu and The

Thin Red Line, without the image getting so compressed as to

be unviewable. I thank Samsung for giving us the ability to

make the trade off ourselves between image compression and

cropping off the sides of the movie.

This unit is truly impressive. It plays all media I have thrown at it and the sound and picture quality are great for the price.

The low price and high performance makes this a true bargain.

Good job Samsung!!! Thank You Amazon for great service as well.

Good entry level player with the quality of high-end models. Crisp, clear picture, excellent color rendering. Change image from widescreen to letterbox to zoom with one click E-Z View. Reliable playback for various media (DVD, CD, MP3 etc). Easy to use, sleek design, unbeatable price.

I bought this player from Best Buy. I tested DVDs, CDs, music CD-Rs, and mp3 CD-Rs. All worked fine initially. Two days later preparing for a Christmas Party, the player locked up after inserting the mp3 CD-Rs. The player normally shows a screen where you can see the folders and files. It locked on the background for this screen. I had to disconnet the power cord to the unit, and re-connect in order to retrieve the disc. The other types of media still play fine. I will be returning the unit for a different model/brand.

Everything works fine. Reasonable price. Nice design. I think it's a good product.

I picked up the Samsung DVD-P241 on 11-26-04(blackfriday sale)

Got it home and set up was easy.I placed Harry Potter PoA and it started Buzzing (loudly)

then it told me check disk so i got a new cd and got the same massage.

Back it go's today !!!!!

This DVD player worked very well. Didn't care for the Fast Forward, but I did get used to it.

I write this with actual knowledge, since I used the product for 4 years before it finally died. I definitely feel I got my money's worth.