Samsung DVD 511

The Samsung DVD 511 is basically the new Samsung 709. The 709 was a vey popular player due to a multi-region hack that was avalible. Well the 511 also has a hack and it is a lot better than the 709s. It is easy and only needs to be applied once. It is as follows; To make sure your player is in factory settings cold start the player Power on your player Press and hold both the Play and Stop buttons on the player (not the remote) After a short while you should be presented with a set of language options. Release the Play and Stop buttons on the player. Select the language To convert this player to Multi-Region playback ...  Read the complete review

Following in the footsteps of Samsungs legendary 709 comes it's newer, stronger little brother, the Samsung 511. It borrows very heavily from it's older sibling but improves on it in almost every way. Again Samsung have made one of the most attractive looking players on the market. This particular model includes a 3D sound spatialiser. For those of us who don't have dolby 5.1 sound systems this does a pretty good job of mimicking a surround system. The picture quality and performance of the machine is excellent. It's not plagued as much by the delay as the machine makes transitions between layers of discs. The remote control is also much improved from the 709's ...  Read the complete review

The Samsung 511... what could possibly go wrong with a DVD player from a reasonably good manufacturer like Samsung? A lot, I'm afraid. I swapped this player twice and still had problems. Maybe it was a bad batch; I'll never know. First of all, the player seemed to overheat after about 30 minutes. "Don't put is on top of anything else", I was told - hands up who keeps their Audio/Visual equipment stacked up in a cabinet? Overheating is just not the kind of problem one expects. The unit plays MP3s, apparently. This seems like a great feature until you realise it doesn't read CDR's - are we supposed to be buying MP3s in the ...  Read the complete review

Following in the footsteps of Samsungs legendary 709 comes it's newer, stronger little brother, the Samsung 511. It borrows very heavily from it's older sibling but improves on it in almost every way. Again Samsung have made one of the most attractive looking players on the market. This particular model includes a 3D sound spatialiser. For those of us who don't have dolby 5.1 sound systems this does a pretty good job of mimicking a surround system. The picture quality and performance of the machine is excellent. It's not plagued as much by the delay as the machine makes transitions between layers of discs, usually only taking a second ...  Read the complete review

I purchased the Sammy 511 about 6 months ago. Lets start with the build quality, this is good and the player looks good with a metallic finish. The drive mechanism seems of good quality and the buttons are sturdy enough. Next on the list is the remote. No problems here everything falls to hand quite easily and it is very responsive only do not lose it as the buttons on the player itself are very basic. The 511 has an RGB scart socket and an s-video socket. It also features a coax and optical audio connection. The player will play DVDs CDs and VCDs. It does not officially play CDrs but seemingly some do work with it. Now onto the sound and vision. For ...  Read the complete review