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Samsung DVD-V9800 Tunerless 1080p Upconverting VHS Combo DVD Player
See it at Amazon.com for $79.00Average Customer Rating
(2.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
STAY AWAY: PRODUCT BREAKS AFTER 5 MONTHS and OUT OF WARRANTY
(1 out of 5) by Poetry Fan on Dec 12, 2008I am finally giving up trying to get this unit repaired. Samsung gave me the runaround, telling me that I need to pay to ship it back to them, pay for the packing material, and they would charge me for labor. This was after the unit stopped working after only 5 months. There products are shoddy, stay away. They don't tell you that they consider their expensive electronic items "disposible." Stick with a solid brand like Sony.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
Broke 5 days after Amazon's 30-day return policy
(1 out of 5) by Carina Morningstar on Oct 24, 2008 (Seattle, WA USA)My unit broke after 35 days of moderately heavy use (5-10 hours/day, DVD player only; never got to use the VCR). Note: it broke 5 days after Amazon's 30-day return period, but started showing symptoms about 10 days before it stopped playing DVDs entirely (see below). To take advantage of Samsung's Limited Warranty, I must mail the unit (at my own expense) to the nearest authorized Samsumg repair center, two states away.
For approximately 10 days prior to it's demise, the unit started to have difficulty moving between submenus and became very slow and sometimes noisy. It also started to cause light and dark bands to appear horizontally on my TV.
One final minor annoyance: there is no "Audio" button on the remote control that allows the user to easily switch between audio tracks (at least, that I could find). Since I often listen to shows in Spanish or with commentary, I found it a bit cumbersome to have to go into the unit's (somewhat confusing) on-screen menu.
For approximately 10 days prior to it's demise, the unit started to have difficulty moving between submenus and became very slow and sometimes noisy. It also started to cause light and dark bands to appear horizontally on my TV.
One final minor annoyance: there is no "Audio" button on the remote control that allows the user to easily switch between audio tracks (at least, that I could find). Since I often listen to shows in Spanish or with commentary, I found it a bit cumbersome to have to go into the unit's (somewhat confusing) on-screen menu.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Burned with the "no tuner" - WATCH OUT !!
(1 out of 5) by Frank Snyder on Dec 22, 2008 (Wilkes-Barre, PA)Purchased this for my parents, thinking this would be a nice replacement for their aging VCR. WRONG ! They have cable, and this stupid thing has NO TUNER. Now, I am in the unenviable position of giving a gift that I immediately must turn around and send back. Other reviews are right, there is nowhere on the description that says that this device is TUNERLESS. I think these descriptions need to be a little more transparent.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Dvd player died after 4 months
(1 out of 5) by P. W. on Dec 20, 2008Definitely avoid this one. Your labor warranty only last 3 months, and when the dvd player fails, you'll be stuck with an expensive vcr.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Best bang for the buck
(4 out of 5) by Samuel Goldman on Aug 12, 2008After having done many searches looking for a combo upscanning player, I kept coming back to the Samsung as having a strong brand reputation, all the features you might want at a price point that is well below the other choices out there.
I have had the unit for about 1 month and so far it seems to be working as expected.
I did notice some of what seemed like compression noise but I have not had the time to fully investigate. All I can say is watching a DVD movie on my 42 inch LCD at 1080i was a very nice experience.
I have had the unit for about 1 month and so far it seems to be working as expected.
I did notice some of what seemed like compression noise but I have not had the time to fully investigate. All I can say is watching a DVD movie on my 42 inch LCD at 1080i was a very nice experience.