Samsung DVD-HD860 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Samsung is a very neat and compact deck with sleek design, and at a great price

Pros: Picture; Design; Picture adjustment otpions

Cons: No 1080p upscaling or other killer features

Verdict: The DVD-HD870's pictures are backed up by an acceptable audio performance, with retention of sonic detail being its strongest point, making this a good budget deck - provided that you've no 1080p aspirations, that is

Review summary: There appears to be a competition among the major DVD player makers to see who can cram the most into a deck and charge the least for it. The Samsung DVD-HD870 won't upscale your DVD collection to 1080p, true, but there's enough here for the £70 price tag

Pros: Design and style, Price, Connectivity, Ease of use, Picture quality

Cons: No 1080p upscaling

Verdict: A great-looking DVD player that's a solid picture performer, but if you want 1080p upscaling, avert your eyes now

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

Review summary: The £100 DVD-HD860 is a vision of slim elegance with its black finish, sloping silver fascia and subtle blue lighting. The feature list is fairly standard, with DivX VOD, MP3, WMA and JPEG playback but no DVD-A or SACD.

Pros: Excellent colour and detail reproduction, Handy 'trickplay' modes

Verdict: A very attractive DVD player that does the basics well but doesn't offer enough extras