Samsung DVD HD 870 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: If you don't want to spend a fortune upgrading your movie collection to high-definition discs, consider the Samsung DVD-HD870 -- for aroound £50 it will do a good job of upscaling your standard-definition DVDs to near HD quality

Pros: Styling ; features ; picture quality

Cons: Remote control ; ugly menus ; sluggish controls

Verdict: With support for lots of formats and a nifty upscaling feature, we wouldn't have a problem recommending the Samsung DVD-HD870 if you want to boost the picture quality of your DVD collection

Verdict: We preview the Samsung DVD-HD860 upscaling DVD player, which is designed to convert DVDs to high-definition resolutions.

Review summary: The Samsung DVD-HD860 is an upscaling DVD player, capable of upscaling DVDs over its HDMI output to 720p and 1080i. Despite some of the marketing hype espousing that they'll make your DVDs appear in HD picture quality, the increase in picture quality ...

Pros: HDMI video scaling ; compact design ; easy to use ; excellent performance for the price

Cons: Upscaled 1080i performance

Verdict: Samsung's DVD-HD860 is an upscaling DVD player that will breathe a new lease of life into DVD films for owners of high-definition flat screens. And the competitive price makes it an absolute steal