Samsung DVD 709 Reviews

Operation Problem - Advantages: Clear Picture - Disadvantages: Remote Control, can't figure how to use, need help-please contact

I have been the owner of a Samsung DVD-709 for over a year now, and on the whole I am very impressed with the unit. The sound quality is great, the picture quality has never let me down, and the quantity of features on this budget priced model (now around £149 but costing £259 when I bought it :( ), make it stand out from the crowd. ...  Read the complete review

I knew DVD was going to be big years ago, when my Dad came back from Japan babbling about the new format.."same size as CD's but with MPEG-2 movies". Since he works in broadcasting I understood his excitement, and could see the potential. Sick of the VHS video tape standard (crap colours, crap soundtrack, limited lifespan) I ...  Read the complete review

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Samsung is a japanese company that have made a great dvd player here. i say they are great because i went round my mates the other day and we watched a film on his one of these and i liked the fuilm so if i liked the film it must mean that the dvd player is probably good or maybe i just liked the film either way i liked the film and the dvd player ...  Read the complete review

very good for money and very good product. - Advantages: you can go to what part you want to go to, no jolts - Disadvantages: none really

I have had 2 other DVD players before this one and I can say that my Hitachi one was much better. I would recommend a Sony. This DVD player is a good quality product for the price. But its cheap for a reason. It is not that well made. It has a picture quality which will not WOW you like that of a Sony or Panasonic model. You might as ...  Read the complete review

Samsung wins again; the best DVD player in history. Samsung's quality range of monitors has blown us sky-high with amazement as picture quality is so superb, and now they have turned to DVD! With Samsung quality and reliable Sony televisions plugged into the back of them, these DVD players are a marvel! And whilst youre on the subject, why not ...  Read the complete review

Soft hack with the remote control is now available see www.709online.co.uk. Very easy to do. - Advantages: Hackable - Disadvantages: Poor sound

VHS is almost dead. Not today, and maybe not tomorrow but one day it we will look back at the humble video cassette and laugh our socks off. We did it with music cassettes when the CD came along and we’re going to do the same with VHS now that the DVD has arrived. It didn’t arrive yesterday though, it’s been here for quite some ...  Read the complete review

I have owned the Samsung 709 DVD Player for about a year now. One of the reasons I purchased it was because of it's modern design and funky silver colour, it's a must have to complete your entertainment centre. There are two types of DVDs, Region 1 or Region 2. Region 1 is US and Region 2 is UK. This DVD Player plays Region 2 ...  Read the complete review

This player is/was the best selling DVD player in the UK, and rightly so. With a low price it falls into the budget DVD player catagory, however it really doesnt deserve that, as many people may consider it not to be as good as as £300 players, whereas in some cases, it is. The player comes in a nice silver/champagne colour and it has 6 ...  Read the complete review

I have owned this DVD player for 1 year now, it was purchased as a region 2 machine, and thanks to the good folks at DVD review magazine, I managed to hack it to multiregion without having to undo the case at all – nice one! This hack also allows NTSC (region 1) discs to be played at PAL50 (all non samshing players I have found will only ...  Read the complete review

I'm a big gadget fan, and enjoy movies and surround sound, so a DVD player was an obvious purchase to make. At £299 the Samsung DVD-709 was the cheapest DVD player on the market at the time I bought it, though since then cheaper models are available. However, in terms of quality the DVD-709 is unbeatable for the price. You get a high-quality ...  Read the complete review

I bought my 709 about 18 months ago and it's a great player - and still working perfectly. So I'd highly recommend it as a second hand purchase. It's easy to make it region free and it also plays RCE disks. So it will play anything that you throw at it. The player is classified as a "budget" player which makes it sound cheap ...  Read the complete review

... then how many features does an advanced one have. I ask this as I examine the remote control of my Samsung wondering how to swith the arabic dubbing off and wondering what picture size to have. The remote really contains a mass of controls and resembles an explosion in a button factory. The joystick is probably a neat way of reducing the ...  Read the complete review

The Samsung 709 offers exceptional value for money, the unit is a nice silver and the remote is solid with all buttons conveinently placed, play back is excellent with stunning pictures and crisp clear digital sound, there is A/V socket and digital output connection on the back enabling you to connect the player to other AV's, i also got my ...  Read the complete review

The Samsung 709 has had a lot of bad press because it failed to play 'There's Something About Mary' (R2) & 'The Matrix' (R1) when first released, which I feel was unfair as Samsung quickly made available a firmware upgrade which solved the problem - the discs now play fine. People will tell you that the player is cheap ...  Read the complete review

I had already been introduced to the joys of DVD through owning a DVD-ROM drive on my PC, but really wanted to get a DVD player so I could watch films on a normal TV. Unfortunately the TVs I have available to me are a bit on the old side (verging on ancient in some cases!), without the required sockets. The solution to this was to get a ...  Read the complete review

In recent month's, since the Matrix and Something about mary fiasco, the 709 has been undoubtledly one of the strongest selling dvd players in the uk and europe. IT sold so well because of retailers undercutting each other with this player, each going that that little bit lower in price, right down to £140. Now the player has gone back ...  Read the complete review