Samsung DVD-HD860 DVD Player

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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-HD860 Chipset: Zoran Vaddis 888	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL	DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL	BD-R BD-RE BD-R DL	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	$40	7.0/10 14 votes	View 17 reports (48981 views) Post report
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	Video formats: VCD SVCD DivX JPG, DVD-JPG MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Audio formats: MP3 DVD-MP3 MP3 ID3 TAG WMA DVD-WMA				Other features: HDMI output 720p/1080i Upscaling Progressive Scanning SACD Visit manufacturer's site Region code free hack here Google this player.
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	1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Premium 16xDVD+R (SONY....D21) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Ritek 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. Post your DVD Media comments here
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	the_train_man from United States reported July 06, 2008: 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 10 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-MP3 DivX Comments: I have a Samsung HD860. I bought it when it was hot (April 2006). I used to watch occational movies on DVD. Never tried the VCD or SVCD because it was never advertised. I recently saw that this player was capable of playing DivX. But most of the blogs only had a way to unlock the region free code. I saw a few posts here where people were mentioning that the option of DivX play back didn't exist in their units. I was in the same boat. After a few futile attempts I was able to find a firmware update to this product. I had to download it from Samsung's website and write a CD with the update. It is a 1MB file that updates the firmware from version *2006* to *2007*. '*' refers to some junk alpha numeric characters. The link to the firmware is below. http://www.samsung.com/download/Model_Select.aspx ... ;language= Insert the data CD in to the tray, select the install option on the screen. The installation takes ~10 minutes. Eject the CD (if it does not eject, turn off and turn on again). Now you will have the DivX registration on your setup menu. Enjoy VCDs, SVCDs and DivX on your Samsung HD860.
	mojo_lo from United States reported April 15, 2007: 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? $? 2 days No rating Comments: If you read through this thread, you will notice that all the Canadians are able to play divx/xvid just fine. If you do a little Googling, you will see Brits and Aussies report that they can play divx/xvid just fine, that this feature is advertised on the box, and that there is a divx section in the gui menu system. For those in the US, check out the Samsung Australia manual for the HD860. Notice how often they mention DIVX functionality. http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfil ... 2_book.pdf Well, us Yanks cannot play divx/xvid, and Samsung USA does not advertise divx compatability on the box either. Seems the US players have been crippled via firmware. I'm assuming that the internals of the models sold in the US market vs/ Canada, Asia and Europe are the same. On the bright side, this player is supposed to have downloadable firmware updates that you can perform yourself. What we really needs is a firmware update that fixes common problems such as "pausing" for a brief time while playing a DVD. If us folks in the US market could download the firmware from a European or Australin Samsung website, I think we would be much more satisfied with this player. Unfortunately, it looks like it is a waiting game.
	Morris from Italy reported March 16, 2007: 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? $? 6 days No rating DivX XviD Chipset: Zoran Vaddis 888 Comments: No comments
	Evan from United States reported January 22, 2007: 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? $90 1 days 4 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG MP3 long filename DivX XviD Comments: Sucks, read reviews here aobut how most got it to play divx, i can not. It shows the file and thats it. Terrible. DVDs play fine. No vcd, svcd, divx support. Plays PAL fine. Looks very sharp and i wish i could keep it but it doenst play anything. My 4 year old panny plays svcd,vcd,dvdr,etc all but divx and pal conversion. *sigh*
	Rick from United States reported January 14, 2007: 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? $90 1 days 5 of 10 DivX XviD Comments: Didn't play divx files. Maybe some do, some obviously don't. Way to go Samsung. Mine was an open box item so I didn't know until I got it home. Buy with care.
	AnitaPeterson from Canada reported October 28, 2006: 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? $100 2 days 10 of 10 Comments: I live in Canada. I bought this DVD player from FutureShop. Here's the region-free hack which I used in order to make my Samsung 860 play all Region 2, 3 and 5 DVDs: This works with the Samsung remote supplied with the DVD player. Turn on the Player with no disc on the tray. The tv screen and the dvd lcd will display "No Disk" 2. Press the "Repeat" key on the Samsung remote control 3. Press the keys: "5 7 5 3 8" on the remote. Number 2 appears on the screen for a short time. 4. Press "9". Number 9 is displayed on the screen. 5. Press the "Open/close" button in the remote. The tray will open. Leave it open for a few seconds. 6. Just press the "On/off" button in the remote. 7. You now have a multi-region dvd player!! http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Samsung+DVD-HD860#24814 I'm very pleased with this player!
	San from Romania reported October 22, 2006: 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? $200 2 days 9 of 10 DivX XviD Comments: About DVD+R DL, I can't say "only with" but mine have BitSetting DVD-ROM. It plays XviD and DivX avi files from MULTISESSION written DVD+RW disks, independent if the avi files are placed in the root of the disks or in separate folders. The user manual states : “DivX 5 contents (MPEG-4 simple profile plus additional features such as bi-directional frames. Qpel and GMC are also supported.)“ With XviD 1.1 Final version of the codec: - B-VOP (Max consecutive B-VOPs: 2): Yes - Packed bitstream: Yes - GMC (3 warp points) is NOT supported, the result is a jerky playback (no continuity and plenty or artifacts). NTSC to PAL conversion for playback on a PAL TV works great, no “hiccups” at all! Region code hack posted by RF expert, June 11 2006 on this site (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Samsung+DVD-HD860) worked flawless.
	ohotos from Canada reported September 29, 2006: 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? $100 1 days 7 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-MP3 DivX MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Comments: Finally the manipulation given to me by Samsung (see two posts below) didn't work out, the DivX registration option didn't exist in the 860's menu that I had. Called Samsung and they said no other firmware is available, the online store where I bought the refurbished unit told me to return it and I bought a new one from Best Buy, this one has a DivX label on the front that the first one I bought didn't have and it plays DivX without any problems! Now I just have to figure out which region free hack is the good one... I am sure the HD860 has a few things that could be better but it does what I need now, less support for the two SACD's I have somewhere....
	clocker from United States reported September 23, 2006: 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? $100 1 days No rating JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-WMA DVD-MP3 DivX Comments: To get any of my files to play, I had to put the files in a specific folder on the disc. ie. I couldn't just load up a dvd with files without putting them in a folder. To get them to play, put the dvd in the player and wait for the screen to pop up displaying what is on the disc. If you put all of your files in folders, you should just see the names of these folders instead of the files on the disc. Push enter on the folder with the file that you want to play. When you are in the folder, you should see all of the files that you have placed there, as well as "..." at the top. If you push enter when the "..." is selected, you will be brought to the parent folder. However, if you push play on the "...", the first file in the folder will begin playing. To change to another file, push the info button and select which title you want corresponding to where the file was displayed in the folder.
	ohotos from Canada reported September 22, 2006: 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? $40 1 days 6 of 10 DVD-MP3 DivX Comments: Just got the HD860 and out of the box it played almost anything I tried, even converts PAL to NTSC, the reason I bough this. However it didn't play DIVX so I was kind of dissapointed, especially given the users manual says it does. After calling up Samsung support and being put on hold for three or four times they eventually gave me a code that activated DIVX playback on the HD860, just use the regular remote provided: press MENU press DOWN ARROW 3x to highlight SETUP press RIGHT ARROW 1x press DOWN ARROW 3x to highlight DIVX REGISTRATION press ENTER, done haven't tried this yet because I am at work, but I hope this is true!
	jb from United States reported July 07, 2006: 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? $100 7 days 4 of 10 JPG/JPEG DivX XviD Comments: This thing is a piece of shit. Attempting to play any DivX or Xvid does not work. I tried re-encoding the file, removing bitstream packaging, and QPEL/GMC, makes no difference. The disc is read and the filelist comes up, but it WILL NOT play them. Also noticed the upconversion tries to work too hard. Some movies are grainy and pixelated. Skips on some DVDs (non-burned). I would spend your $100 on a different player. I am still waiting on Samsung to get back to me on whether it actually supports DivX. The Zoran 888 chipset supports DivX 3-6/Xvid, warp mode up to 3, etc. Has Samsung disabled these capabilities?
	AndyKW from Canada reported July 05, 2006: 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? $125 21 days 6 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-WMA DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX XviD MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Comments: Add to my previous comment: The Player locks up or just goes back to the start of the video when using skip or Fast Forward on Mpeg-2s on a DVD. These functions work correctly on Divx file though.
	AndyKW from Canada reported June 23, 2006: 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? $100 7 days 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-WMA DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename DivX XviD DVD-MPEGISO Comments: Plays music MP3 WMA on data DVDs. Not just CDs. Plays Mpeg-2 video files copied from computer to DVD-RW. This saves multi-hour software conversion to DVD for viewing on TV. Captured from Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250 720x480 Video, Mpeg Audio Layer 2. Plays DivX, XviD on CD-RW or DVD-RW.
	Don from United States reported May 16, 2006: 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? $? 7 days 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DivX XviD Comments: It's a great player EXCEPT it DOES NOT play Divx or Xvid. I've spent two hours on the phone with Samsung and they told me directly it does not support those (also no mention in user manual). If someone knows how to make it work, PLEASE send me a link to where it shows how! Plays everything great so far though...
	Jack Daniel from Canada reported May 10, 2006: 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 VBR WMA CVD? $125 21 days 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-WMA DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX XviD MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Comments: I don't know what the other 2 reviewers were testing this thing plays pretty much everything. It even replaced my dead philips dvp642 and I like it a hell of a lot more, no divx/xvid sync issues, 16:9 support (no more hitting zoom to correct the AR).
	Candyman from United States reported April 21, 2006: 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? $90 14 days 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG DivX XviD Comments: Plays some of my dvd+r movies. Tried to play vcd but with no success, but this maybe an error on my part.
	Crisis from United States reported April 07, 2006: 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? $125 21 days 3 of 10 Comments: Many of my DVD-R movies stop and start with the sound cutting out, they don't do that on other players. Some play fine, but I'm going to be returning it.
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