Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60092 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: DVD-1080p7/XEU
• Released on: 2007-06-06

Manufacturer's Description
Samsung's Hi-Definition DVD Players convert standard DVD image quality to High-Definition—for an audio-visual experience unlike that you've experienced from an ordinary DVD player.

Up-Conversion (1080p/1080i/720p)
High Picture Quality.
Samsung's HyperVision DVD Players up-convert the resolution of ordinary DVDs to 1080p/1080i/720p High-definition—which means you'll experience the video and audio quality you didn't think was possible from a DVD player.

HDMI Output
Best Picture Quality.
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) 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 for high quality pictures and sound.

DivX PlayBack
Enjoy DivX Movie with Wider and Bigger TV Screen.
Samsung's HyperVision DVD Players deliver high-quality DivX movies. Insert DVDs & CDs that have DivX movies downloaded via computer and enjoy watching them on the large-scale TV.

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Customer Reviews

Received yesterday - multi-region hack works
Received this player yesterday and hooked it up last night using an HDMI-HDMI cable. Played Region 2 and the picture quality on my Samsung 1080P LCD was superb. You could see the difference compared to my previous player, which was a good quality player. HDMI definitely an improvement on scart if you can use an HDMI cable.

Then tried the multi-region hack and it worked first time - playing Region 1 to the same quality. Improved quality even on older DVD's.

Hack for this player is the same as for the Samsung M105:

* Press the Repeat button on the remote (not the Repeat A-B)
* Press 5, 7, 5, 3 and 8 in order on the remote
* Number 02 will appear at the top left of the screen
* Quickly press 9 on the remote
* Quickly press the open button on the remote
* At least 15 seconds later power off the player, then power back on.

The player should now be multi-region.

If it isn't repeat the process as any delay pressing either 9 or open can lead to failure, as can not allowing 15 seconds before powering off.

If there's still a problem go to www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk and search for Samsung DVD-M105 to see if there's an alternative hack.

All in all, very happy with what I got for my money, although there are cheaper alternatives such as the Philips 5980.

Not Bad But Could Be Better
I had been using my Xbox 360 as an upscaling DVD player using the VGA cable and I was really impressed with the picture quality but the noise from the 360 while playing movies was annoying especially during quieter scenes so I opted for an upscaling DVD player.

I got this Samsung because the company had a good reputation especially for HD hardware..

The DVD player itself is small in depth and about the same width as normal DVD players/Hi Fi separates.. its black which makes a change from silver which for a long time became the norm.. the display is simple and clear and green in colour although I would have preferred blue to match my other equipment.. the DVD drawer opens and closes quite smoothly but I have heard a small "clunk" every now and again when opening/closing it.

The menu system is pretty basic and sometimes slow.. here you have options to change audio/video settings, resolutions (manual/automatic) 576p/720p/1080i/1080p..

I hooked this player up to my Toshiba 32" HD LCD (720p) with a HDMI cable and inserted a DVD into the drive which gave me quite a shock, the picture was grainy with digital noise evident.. occasionally I experienced sound drop out although this doesn't happen a lot also I've had the DVD freeze for a moment while moving from one chapter to the next.. ok back to the picture quality... as I was saying the quality didn't look great, my 360 seemed to upscale much better than this.. I entered the menu to alter the picture settings (Brightness/Contrast/Colour Saturation) and here I discovered another problem.. each setting has 5 stages brightness level 1, level 2.......... level 5 etc, the problem is the difference between them is way too great, it can jump from contrast that looks too dull to a contrast that blinds you.. a word of warning, if you set up your equipment using a calibration DVD like the THX ones you get on some DVD's then you may as well forget it, altering the brightness and contrast on the DVD and the TV is just too frustrating, in the end I used my eyes to set this DVD player up and this resulted in a much better and cleaner picture.. inserting King Kong and allowing the player to upscale to 720p was quite pleasing to the eye but playing Blood Diamond for the most part looked quite bad, these DVD players do need good material to play, if the source material isn't very good then it cant work magic.. all in all, since setting up this player and doing it without the use of a calibration DVD I'm much happier with the picture quality although my 360 does beat it when it comes to upscaling movies.

The Avi playback was a totally different story, I downloaded some material and put if on a CD RW, put it in the player and waiting for it to load and was impressed with what I saw, the quality was much better than expected although no where near as good as a regular DVD but way better than I expected, it played thru the full movie without any lip sync problems and I was pleasantly surprised.. a big thumbs up to Samsung for the Avi playback!!!

I have given it 4 stars because the hassle setting it up because of the picture controls is just annoying, an option to bypass these settings would have helped a lot, I was tempted to give it 3 stars but that would have been a little harsh..

All in all its not bad but I'm beginning to wish I had given the Sony upscaling DVD player a try instead.

Samsung have big problems with this player!!
In essence this looks like a really good DVD player, and I must admit it looks great too. However, when I received the player and connected it through my Samsung AVR710 AV Amp - guess what they're not compatible with eachother!!!!! Firstly I thought it was a faulty DVD player so Amazon replaced it (thanks Amazon :-) ), but the second player was the same. The HDMI signal won't stay connected through my amp. So - if you are thinking of connecting this through Samsung Amp...dont buy it!! I've spoken to Samsung and they have hinted at interoperability problems but they wont commit to it.
I have also spoken to Richer Sounds (who I bought the amp from) and they have also had a lot of returns of this player due to similar issues, or it not playing all your DVD's.....Sorry to be so negative but BUYER BEWARE!!