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7.9 out of 10

Samsung DVD-1080P8

First seen: 30 december 2004

Information found in: from 51 sources in 22 countries.

Best Price: £52.00

  • User Score (166)
    6.8 6.8 from 166 reviewers
  • Expert Score (2)
    7.9 7.9 from 2 reviewers
  • Design (4)
    8.9 8.9 from 4 reviewers
  • Value for money (14)
    9.2 9.2 from 14 reviewers
  • Features (36)
    7.9 7.9 from 36 reviewers
  • Ease of use (6)
    9.4 9.4 from 6 reviewers
  • Performance (31)
    7.5 7.5 from 31 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • cheap and brilliant, nice looks, high quality picture, easy to set up, easy to use
  • no friendly menus, clumsy forwarding

hi-def conversion DVD player With the SAMSUNG 1080P8 DVD player, everything old is new again. Experience your favourite movies in beautiful high definition. This DVD player will up convert your standard DVDs to 1080 high definition so you can enjoy an enhanced cinematic experience with superior sharpness, colour and details. Take your movie watching to another level with SAMSUNG.

  • enjoy standard DVDs in HD quality - Now you can enjoy regular DVDs in brilliant high-de…

Manufacturer's Specs

Release Date

  • First seen
    30 December 2004

DVD-1080P8

The DVD-1080P8 from Samsung has a High-Definition Multimedia Interface or HDMI and has an HDMI video upscaling up to 1080p. This DVD player from Samsung is also known as a HyperVision DVD Player as it features HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface). It also has a 14-bit D/A converter. Other features include progressive scan and child protection key. It too has built in decoders for DTS and Dolby Digital surround sound in addition. It’s compatible with all versions of DivX, JPEG, …

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DVD-1080P8

The DVD-1080P8 from Samsung has a High-Definition Multimedia Interface or HDMI and has an HDMI video upscaling up to 1080p. This DVD player from Samsung is also known as a HyperVision DVD Player as it features HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface). It also has a 14-bit D/A converter. Other features include progressive scan and child protection key. It too has built in decoders for DTS and Dolby Digital surround sound in addition. It’s compatible with all versions of DivX, JPEG, MP3, MPEG-4, WMA. In a dim light the playback controls are rendered invisible on the glossy background. It has the dimensions of 16.9 x 1.8 x 9.9 and weighs at 4.6 lbs. It’s available in black.

Features

This DVD player can upconvert standard DVDs to 1080 high definition. There’s an HDMI connection on the player to assure optimal scanning of the disc by your HD set. It can play and support Standard DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW. The following formats are supported by the player MP3, WMA, JPEG, MPEG-4, or DivX. There is also a 14 Bit/108 MHz digital-to-analog converter onboard. The 14-bit DAC produces up to 16384 colour values. The HD Upconversion featured is of 720p / 1080i / 1080p. As for the A/V quality, this DVD player has DTS output and Dolby Digital Surround Sound. For connectivity purposes, there are the HDMI Output, Component Video Output, Composite Video Output, Coaxial Digital Audio Outputs and Optical Audio Output. The audio output is to be connected to a two-channel system. T here’s alsoa code in the setup menu that allows you to register your player and watch Video-on-demand content. Other functions include a two-stage zoom mode, bookmarks, an 128x search speed, slow motion, Instant Replay and Skip functions that enable you to skip forward or back by 10 seconds. EZ View helps to make the picture fit the screen in different ways depending on the aspect ratio of your TV and the source material. The deck also supports Samsung’s Anynet+, the HDMI CEC mode that allows it to be controlled by the remote from a compatible Samsung TV. The setup menu includes features that can be set up such as brightness, contrast and colour settings (from 1 to 5), and a brightness-boosting Black Level mode. Also here are the HDMI resolution options, where you can choose to manually upscale the picture to 1080p, 1080i, 720p or 576p/480p, or select Auto.

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  1. Samsung DVD-1080P8 DVD Player

    Reviewer: TrustedReviews
    15 May 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Value for money 9
    9.0
    Features 7
    7.0
    Performance 8
    8.0
     

    Recent research in the US showed that the biggest challenge faced by Blu-ray manufacturers is not hi-def digital downloads or high hardware prices but the fact that people are perfectly happy with the picture quality from their upscaling DVD players. And judging by some of the upscaling decks we've tested recently, we can understand why - they might not be hi-def, but the pictures are sharp enough to make anyone think twice about paying £300 upwards for a hi-def deck. Read more

  2. Samsung DVD-1080P8 Upconverting DVD Player

    11 August 2009

    I decided to purchase the Samsung DVD-1080P8 because I love Samsung products for their quality and reliability. Since I own a large collection of DVD’s, I wanted a DVD player that would upconvert my standard DVDs to 1080 high definition. Now I can enjoy an enhanced cinematic experience with superior sharpness, color and details. Read more

  3. Samsung DVD-1080P8

    Reviewer: CNET
    6 January 2009

    The Samsung DVD-1080P8 is a single-disc, mainstream DVD player.Compared to other mainstream DVD players on the market, it is very inexpensive at around $80. Read more

  4. Samsung DVD-1080P8 / XEU DVD Player Review

    Reviewer: Digitaltrends
    2 weeks ago

    DVD Player, Progressive Scan, Dolby Digital (Digital out only), DTS (Digital out only) Sound Read more

  1. Samsung DVD 1080 P8 DVD player

    Reviewer: PriceGrabber
    6 January 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    I happened to be at my local grocery store (Fry's) and saw this DVD player. The fact that it upconverts to 1080P seemed to be a bonus. The kids love watching their DVD's in Nana's bedroom and do we. It's simple to operate and have had absolutely no problems what so ever with it. Read more

  2. Samsung DVD 1080P8: Make your old DVD's better!

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    10 June 2008
    Overall 10
    10
    Features 10
    10
    Ease of use 10
    10
     

    I really like Samsung products. I own a samsung TV and so the natural choice for a DVD player was a Samsung model. When you buy a new HD TV it is natural to think you then need to buy a HD DVD player. These can cost you a pretty penny and the HD DVD's themselves will cost over £20 each. If you are like me then you have a decent amount of normal DVD's that you still want to be able to play but you want to enjoy them on your new HD TV. This DVD player will upscale your... Read more

  3. "Worst Samsung product I had. No support"

    Reviewer: CNET
    7 April 2009
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    I bought it 6 months ago and now it does not read any cd or DVD; no heavy use. We have 3 DVDs at home so very lightly use. Contact Samsung and support and service center according with them Service center is 1240 miles away. It is better througt it away and get a new one. Read more

  4. Dead in 12 months

    Reviewer: Amazon
    23 December 2009
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    Bought this product last thanksgiving (2008). Responds slowly to remote commands. Picture quality on my 32" Samsung LCD TV was great. I used it sparingly over the next 12 months. Played DivX encoded movie just great, but then stopped playing my DVDs altogether. Labor and parts warranty have expired, and it costs $80 to fix. Very unreliable -- wouldnt recommend buying a samsung DVD player. Read more

  5. Please stay away from this

    Reviewer: DealTime UK
    1 weeks ago

    I bought this dvd player for my Husband's birthday last year. We are not big movie watchers in this house so it rarely got used. We were watching a movie the other night and half way through it just stops and says it cannot read disc. We cleaned the disc off and put it back in and again it said it could not read the disc. We tried other discs and no luck. We used a disc cleaner, no luck. We checked the wires and no luck. I immediately went to Samsungs website and no... Read more

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