Samsung DVD-HD850 DVD Player

214 reviews

Apr, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 214 reviews of Samsung DVD-HD850 DVD Player. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 3.8/5 for other DVD Players for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other DVD Players the Samsung DVD-HD850 DVD Player is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Samsung DVD-HD850 DVD Player

alaTest has collected and analyzed 17 user reviews of Samsung DVD-HD850 DVD Player from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.co.uk.

94% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Samsung DVD-HD850 DVD Player

alaTest has collected and analyzed 97 user reviews of Samsung DVD-HD850 DVD Player from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.6/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.com.

76% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Daniel (bcchardware.com)

Samsung DVD-HD850

As most of our tech-savy readers are aware, dvd technology has been around for quite a while, relatively speaking of couse. The first DVD players went on sale in November of 1997 and were of course terribly expensive as is the case with any emerging...

Good visual quality ; Great mp3 playback quality ; Good build qulity and great manual ; Upconverts dvd for HDTVs

Limit of 8 characters and no global shuffle for music ; Only one file type per music disk ; BensCustomCases.com Rating ; Quality:10/10 ; Performance:9/10 ; Software Pack:n/a ; Stability:10/10 ; Features:7/10 ; Value:7/10 ; Total Score 8.6

The HD850 is a great dvd player but not without some faults. It has great looks and performs very well in the video department. It also has very good quality mp3 playback, and some interesting features. On the other hand if you have a regular tv you...

Jan, 2007

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Expert review by : Guy Cocker (cnet.com.au)

Samsung DVD-HD850

The Samsung DVD-850 will go down as one of the bargains of the year -- a next-generation DVD player that precedes models from every other mainstream brand.

Slinky design ; High-end features ; Advanced connectivity ; Wide video and audio format support

No DVI output

Predictibly, it loses out slightly to the high-end prowess of Denon's mighty DVD-2910 when it comes to contrast reproduction. We've seen the car chases in Ronin more times than we care to recall and Samsung's player didn't pull out the finer shadow...

Oct, 2005

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Expert review by : Guy Cocker (cnet.co.uk)

Samsung DVD-HD850 review

It's telling that despite all the flat-screen TVs we've reviewed here at CNET.co.uk, a CRT TV is still our top-rated display. In this transitional period before high definition arrives (a period that will last for several years), there's no doubting...

Slinky design; high-end features; advanced connectivity; wide video and audio format support.

DVD-HD950 available for not much more; no DVI output.

The DVD-HD850 has been a hot consumer product since launch, offering high-end features at an extraordinarily low price. With the only competition coming from high-end manufacturers like Denon, the Samsung has the mainstream to itself. If you have a...

Oct, 2005

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Samsung Could Do Better

I purchased this dvd player to go with the Samsung 50" DLP I purchased. While I've found the DLP TV to be up to par, I have found this dvd player isn't. The main selling point was that this is an up conversion dvd player, meaning that using the ...

Upconversion

Playing delays

Jan, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Extremely Frustrating!!!

OK. So the picture is great and the sound is great. But that should be a given for any DVD player - let alone an up-conversion model. I had a economy JVC DVD player and when I bought a 50" Samsung DLP I figured it was time to upgrade my DVD. I went to ...

Good picture and sound. Sleek looking

Delay on tray opening.Horrible FF and REV functions!

May, 2006

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Review from slurpz_69

Just wanted to review it so more people can see how great it is!

Kind regards,Diana Maria.

Apr, 2006

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Nice DVD Player but NO DIVX in US or Canada

HDMI Cable Included, Nice remote, fast!

Dark Pictures, only digital for surround, no DivX

Sep, 2005

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Nice DVD Player but NO DIVX in US or Canada

I picked this up to go with my new Samsung HLR-4264W DLP TV and was fairly impressed by the results. Picture and speed of the DVD player were very nice through the HDMI cable but the up-conversion aspect of the player was a little underwhelming. Don't ...

HDMI Cable Included, Nice remote, fast!

Dark Pictures, only digital for surround, no DivX

Sep, 2005

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