Samsung DVD-709

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DVD Player	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW	DVD+R DVD+RW	BD-R BD-RE	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	Price	Rating Info	Reports Comments
Samsung DVD-709	CDR CDRW	Few DVD-R DVD-RW Few DVD-R DL	DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL?	BD-R BD-RE BD-R DL	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	$50	6.7 (6.7) 85 votes	View 135 reports (22770 views) Add report
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	1 Arita 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 BestMedia Platinum 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Bulkpaq 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Datawrite Classic Yellow 2.4xDVD+R (PRODISC.R01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Infiniti 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Infosmart 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 KHypermedia 1xDVD-R (CMC00RG200..) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Lextron 16xDVD+R (INFOME..R30) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Primeon 2.4xDVD+R (RITEK...R01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Prodisc 16xDVD-R (ProdiscF02..) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Ritek 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Ritek 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 2 Sony 1xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 2 plays 0 dont play. 1 Storquest 1xDVD-R (VIVASTAR....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 TDK 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Value Disc 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Verbatim DigitalMovie 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. Add your DVD Media comments here
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	daf from United States reported December 28, 2006: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? Few DVD-R DVD-RW? Few DVD-R DL DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $250 over 1 year 5 of 10 Comments: My first one skipped so bad after a year so I went back to the store and bought another one and switched them and took the bad one back. Sometimes I have trouble with this but seems to be rare now. Sometimes plays dvd-r and dvd-r dl. Can't figure out why. I use the same dvd's and the same program to burn them.
	jim from United Kingdom reported January 02, 2005: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? Few DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? over 1 year No rating Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:RITEKG04] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R] Manufacturer Name : [Ritek Corp.] Manufacturer ID : [RITEKG04] Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4,489.3MB = 4.38GB (4.71GB)] Recording Speeds : [1x , 2x , 4x] [6x And Higher Might Not Always Be Detectable] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
	Chris from United Kingdom reported September 02, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? over 1 year 9 of 10 Comments: I got this to read dvd's on Datawrite "Yellow" DVD+R 8 speed 1st time using DVDFab. Writer I am using is a Pioneer DVR-108 x16DL
	glucoseboy from United States reported June 04, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? over 1 year 6 of 10 Comments: FUJIFILM DVD+R 4X TDK DVD+4 4X
	storm from Poland reported May 23, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW Few DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $? over 1 year 6 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-WMA DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Comments: Play some dvd-r and dvd+r but burned on 2x speed.
	Mike from United States reported April 01, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $150 N/A 7 of 10 Comments: won't play any CD-Rs or DVD-Rs, but have had success with DVD+R media from Verbatim, Sony, and Memorex. All burned with Roxio Easy CD-DVD 6. The Verbatim media was 8X and worked well.
	Gordy from United Kingdom reported January 25, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW Few DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $? N/A 7 of 10 DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename DVD-RAM Comments: Good though rather elderly player that can be made multiregion using the remote. Have access to 2 players. One only plays DVD-R (Datasafe RITEKG04) while the other only DVD+R (TDK, Maxell and Ricoh which all have code RICOHJPNR01).
	Raffaele Pantaleoni from Other reported December 05, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: Few CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $300 N/A 5 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD JPG/JPEG DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX MPEGISO Comments: Only CD-R working: princo Princo DVD-R: doesn't work Philips CD-RW: doesn't work Maxell CD-RW: doesn't work Maxell CD-R:doesn't work Fuji CD-RW: doesn't work It's a mess with recordable media! Very old player but very good with originals DVD. Great remote control! I'm about to change it because I'm going to put my dv videos on dvd and I would like to watch them on my tv! :)
	Ritchie B from Other reported October 29, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR Few CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD $? N/A 5 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD JPG/JPEG DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX MPEGISO Comments: Will not play DVD-Rs (well at least Arita DVD discs) Had no trouble with DVD+R discs. Good player with good quality picture output. Not for those who are into playing MP3s(or compressed audio), S/VCDs & DVD-Rs
	Jouanjan from Other reported October 11, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Yes , it can read DVD+R. I make a video with MySonic and Sony DRU-510 with a TDK DVD+R disk and it is perfect on my player with animated menu also. Quality of picture is fabulous. I have tried with DVD+RW TDK and VERBATIM but they don't succeed. All my tries with different CD-R and CD-RW have never succeeded.
	Jon from Other reported September 02, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: Few CDR CDRW Few DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $50 N/A 10 of 10 JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DVD-RAM Comments: Just bought a "clearance" '709 from Richer Sounds and for it's age is pretty fantastic! Macrovision is switched off via a hack so ideal for connecting to a DVD recorder or VCR. The picture is pretty good for it's age too...and at the ridiculous price of £40 I just couldn't go wrong with it. Won't play hardly any recorded media but is a brilliant second machine or for the use of copying to a DVD-R. Could only get a Verbatim DVD+R disc to work...wouldn't take any of my DVD-R's although I've used the machine to help create them! A classic model!
	Ali from Other reported September 02, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Can anyone tell me which make of DVD+RW this player plays without any problems
	smith from Other reported August 09, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A 3 of 10 Comments: No comments
	enight from Other reported July 31, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: DVD-R works, but only when burned as UDF/ISO. Burned as UDF, they don't play (I'm using Nero 6). My first tries with DVD-RW failed, but I haven't tested enough brands to be sure it never plays. I haven't seen problems with CD-RW, but only half of the CD-R works.
	banger from Other reported July 27, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: Few CDR Few CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: after having the player since it first came out and replaced it with a awia i have found out it plays dvd+r and may be dvd-r which ant bad for a very old dvd player (not since it just sites there colection dust for @2 years )
	Jeepster from Other reported July 05, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: Few CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $? N/A 7 of 10 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG Comments: The only CD-R that seem to work are Princo and Vivastar. I have found that it does play DVD+R. I have tried DataWite and TDK and it plays both.
	Nick Tarbox from Other reported July 04, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $300 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: I would like to confirm that Andy316 comments reported on August 18th 2002 are correct. Phillips CD-RW do infact work with this player. Once a VCD file has been created using Nero, the player will access the disc and a message will keep flashing in the window called 'Code94'. Eventually this will clear and the Menu 1.1 message will appear on the T.V. Press play and this message 'Code94' will flash up again, be patient and the disc will eventually play. For 100% disc playing results, Vivastar discs are the best. Nick
	Ocelot Lockmist from Other reported May 28, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: Few CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 6 of 10 DivX Comments: The 709 is, as other comments confirm, about as picky as they get. It runs hot, too - give it room to let it breathe otherwise it'll skip even on retail DVDs after a couple of hours. I don't have a DVD burner yet, only a good CD burner (Lite-On LTR-40125S ZS0K) so can't comment on DVD recordable results, but I have done some solid tests on CD compatibility. The laser is underpowered (and given the existing heat issues, raising the voltage would be perilous). You need a disc with extraordinarily high reflectivity to get this thing to read it - CD-RWs are a non-starter, and so are the vast majority of CD-Rs regardless of dye type (even blue azo, silver and black/red). I lost count of how many discs I tried. TDK azo type 0, Prodisc type 7, Maxell (really Prodisc type 1, didn't know they did a type 1), Ritek, Ricoh, my last imation, tx 99 minute (worth a try) and even out of desparation some CMC Magnetics (aka the "Coaster Making Cartel") junk. Results varied, but only between "Please insert a CD" and "Cannot play this disc, check if it is clean". So I brought out the last resort. Two words: Taiyo Yuden. (When you absolutely, positively got to be read by every fussy drive in the room - accept no substitute.) Specifically, this pile of 48x 80-minute unbranded silver top/blue-green dye (dye type 1 - it's not the vibrant blue of azo, more a dark cyan colour - cyanine? 48x rated cyanine?!) CD-R discs manufactured by the creators of the CD-R themselves, Taiyo Yuden. Great discs, best CD-R purchase I have ever made, thoroughly recommended to those who never want to burn (or try to read) a coaster again. A friend pointed me towards an online source - www.blankdiscshop.co.uk - where I could buy them online, 100 at a time, shrinkwrapped, delivered in the UK two days later. They're not quite so cheap, but I'm happy... ...because lo and behold, the TYs work consistently, even if I burn at CAV 40x (better stick to CAV 24x though, as my drive apparently "prefers" that). It still takes eight or so seconds to recognise the disc, but burn a VCD, or an SVCD that hasn't been authored with Nero (important) on one of these Taiyo Yuden discs, and it will, at least according to my tests, play every time unless the actual spec is a bit off (in which case, tap play three times or forward/back - bingo, problem solved). Oddly, burn an audio CD with the exact same TY media, and it will always reject it. Burned VCD and SVCD only, it seems, and never burned audio CDs - odd, I thought. Maybe it checks the ATIP? All pressed silver VCDs appear to work. (I don't have any silver SVCDs, but they probably work too.) Disregarding its issues with media it's a pretty good (albeit old-ish) player - good quality, although older firmware issues had problems with certain DVDs (The Matrix being an infamous one). RCE-proof auto-region/macrovision off, with a handset code. Better than a kick in the teeth - as long as you let it breathe, and use good CD-Rs!
	Graham from Other reported May 18, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: Few CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: It is very, very fussy about which CDRs you feed it. I have tried a lot of media on this player and the only one I have found to work is Sirius 12x 80mins.
	Frustrated w/ 709 from Other reported May 13, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: main issue is weak laser...TDK have worked flawlessly for me when burned at moderate speeds like previous person said about 8x and below...I have tested just about every CD-R and CDRW under the sun and only ones to play have been TDK and Fujifilm (fujifilm skipped but probably cuz it was burned fast and it was SVCD) it seems that any blue-bottomed cd WILL play and especially well if the the top side of the CD isn't visible from the bottom (ex: puttin cd label side to a weak light and if u can see label through cd side...it is too transparent....tdk media is pretty opaque which is probably y it works the best imo)
	TK from Other reported May 03, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 5 of 10 Comments: I have had this player for a couple years now. I wanted to note that is does NOT play VCD's. Also the loading times are very slow.
	steff from Other reported April 10, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: Few CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A 7 of 10 Comments: For all the people in the UK how can no longer get Princo CDRs for burning VCD/SVCDs - get Paradox 80 min CDRs. You can get them here http://www.cd-rmedia.co.uk/cgi-bin2/cdrmedia/list ... facturer=8 and I have been using them for months without a single problem. They're better than the Princos were and theyre cheap!
	karl137 from Other reported April 02, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? Few DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: http://www.709firmware.fsnet.co.uk/ i got one of those chips as advised by the american guy. i orded it on sonday it was in my hands tuesday morning. my dvd-r datasafe 1x and white lable 1x work geat so if any of you have one of these dvd players just go to the site above adn get the firmware upgrade worth every penny £15
	Ali from Other reported March 31, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $150 N/A 7 of 10 Comments: To my amazement the player I bought couple of years ago played DVD+R (DATAWRITE) data safe ones recorded on Philips DVDR880 but didn't played Philips DVD+RW discs. I have the EPROM version 3.23. Does any one know that if I update it to the latest version, it will play DVD+RW and will I still be able to hack it with the remote and disable the macrovision. Thanks deadsimple@hotmail.com
	ham hock from Other reported March 23, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 8 of 10 Comments: I was very frustrated with this player until I got an upgraded eprom chip from http://www.709firmware.fsnet.co.uk/ you can either send him your origional chip or purchase a new one. I live in the US and a new chip was $28.05 including shipping. This guys name is Mike Gordon and he won't rip you off. I received my chip in a little over a week. He also answers emails promptly. I tested DVD-R, DVD+RW, SVCD burned on TDK rewritable. They work fine. Previously the only thing that would play on this player was origional DVD'S. It wouldn't even play many origional audio CD'S. If you happen to own an eprom programmer capable of programming a 40 pin chip you can download the firmware and software free and do it yourself. Do the math: chip=28.05 cheapest Apex player=56.00
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