I am continually amazed at how often people blame new technology rather than their own shortcomings of knowledge regarding HD television. To the reviewer with the JVC 61" 1080P television who is "unsure about the upconverting technology" on this player...your JVC tv is a 1080P upscaler and does not have a direct 1080P input. Many people fail to realize that there is a difference between the two when buying their 1080P tv. They see 1080P and assume it's all the same. Most Sony & Samsung 1080P televisions have DIRECT 1080P signal capability built in through the HDMI inputs. Most 1080P sets by JVC and Toshiba, while "compatible" with 1080P, must perform a separate upconversion to achieve 1080P format imaging. I guarantee if you connect this 1080P upscaling player to a Samsung or Sony tv with 1080P direct connectivity, you WILL no longer question the value of the upconverting technology. Right now 1080P upscaling players for regular DVD discs is the way to go. Think of this... Read more

Let me be the first one to admit that I am no video expert, but I do have a decent untrained eye. Prior to this player, I was using the Phillips DVP642 (a great little player and a bargain at $60) via it's componenet output on my Samsung LN-S4092D. I was pretty pleased with the output (minus a couple of minor annoyances including a persistent blue band of pixels at the top of the image) but when I saw Samsung announce this new player with the much-hyped Faroudja de-interlacer I couldn't resist.

First the good -- this player supports virtually anything you can put in it including DivX (unlike the HD950). The menus are also nice although the player cannot adjust color, brightness, sharpness, saturations settings without first stopping the disk -- making it hard to compare differences. Also the player supports a good variety of output formats via its HDMI port and pre-packaged cable including 1080P (despite indications to the contrary on Amazon's site). The DVD also... Read more

I upgraded from the Samsung HD860 which upconverts to 720p and 1080i. I was fairly happy with the 860 since it was a huge improvement over my progressive scan player. Since I have a new Samsung HL-S5087 1080p HDTV, I thought the 960 should be the perfect match. Ten minutes out of the box with the included HDMI cable plugged in and the Revenge of the Sith loaded and I could tell a definite improvement. Breathtaking from the start, the blackest black and clearest details. Must be the DCDi Faroudja chip I have read about and expected to do just this. No need to buy blue ray yet. Wow, a great DVD player and handles so many other formats as well. I have not seen anything to complain about and I am a keen observer. I am very happy with this purchase.