Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50589 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: DVD-HD860/XEU
• Released on: 2006-07-12

Manufacturer's Description
An HDTV or a High-Def TV requires a DVD player that can deliver equally breathtaking visuals and sound. Samsung's DVD-HD860 can take conventional video and audio signals and upconvert them to breathtaking 720p/1080i quality. Through HDMI" (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Output technology and HD JPEG playback, this DVD Player can also transfer hi-def video and audio to the HDTV without any loss in detail. Just 45 mm in height, it fits neatly into any size home theater system.

HDMI Interface

The High Definition Multimedia Interface module (HDMI) transfers hi-definition video and audio from your HyperVision DVD Player to your TV,Home Theater or other digital AV components without loss of any digital signal. Simply connect your DVD player to your Home Theater System with a single HDMI cable.

Hi-Def Conversion DVD Player

The DVD-HD860 converts the resolution of ordinary DVDs to 720p/1080i for improved video and audio quality.

DivX Playback

Samsung's DVD players deliver high-quality DivX movies. Insert DVDs and CDs that have DivX movies downloaded via computer and enjoy watching them on a large screen TV!

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Customer Reviews

Making Samsung DVD-HD860 Region Free
I have just purchased this DVD player and was disappointed to find it's not region free. However thanks to a little digging I've found this code which works 100% on my machine:

This works with the Samsung remote supplied with the DVD player.

Turn on the Player with no disc on the tray. The tv screen and the dvd lcd will display "No Disk"

2. Press the "Repeat" key on the Samsung remote control

3. Press the keys: "5 7 5 3 8" on the remote. Number 2 appears on the screen for a short time.

4. Press "9". Number 9 is displayed on the screen.

5. Press the "Open/close" button in the remote. The tray will open. Leave it open for a few seconds.

6. Just press the "On/off" button in the remote.

7. You now have a multi-region dvd player!!

Hope that helps people out :)

Oh and other than that I have been very happy with the player, a great bit of kit that I would definitely recommend.

That's the way, uh-uh, I like it, uh-uh...
I've been adding to my collection of DivX movies a lot lately, and I used to watch them through the Media Player on my Xbox. Sadly, my Xbox has decided to give up on me so I needed a player to watch them on, and as I like the look of Samsung's range at the moment, I went for this. There are cheaper DivX players around without HDMI upscaling, but as I'm thinking of getting a HD ready TV soon, I figured it would be smart to get this.
It's a nice looking player, the remote is easy to use, and the menus easy to navigate. The region code remote hack on this page works perfectly well. When it comes to DivX movies, it seems to have trouble playing any that are on CD-r discs. From a DVD-r they run fine, but mine had an eppy when I tried a CD-r, although that might be down to the discs that I use. You should ignore the review complaining about DivX movies playing inside a black 4:3 ratio frame. If you take a couple of seconds to explore the menu you will find that you can select one of three output modes : They are 4:3 widescreen, 4:3 pan and scan, or wide.
I haven't tried the HDMI option out yet, but it's right that you don't get a lead with it, but that's not unusual these days. Don't buy one from Comet or Currys, because they'll insist you sell your soul (and charge you the Earth).

An excellent purchase... Thank you Samuel Sung.

warning
this hdmi upscaling DOES NOT include an HDMI lead as described in the description it comes with a bog standard red white and yellow component lead. Aside from this when you get an hdmi for the player the results are amazing when used in conjunction with an HD Ready television i own a Samsung LE26R41BDX and the picture is top dog.