Samsung DVD-709 DVD Player, Open Box Gotta-Go Warehouse Sale! List $229.95,Regularly $199.99, Sale $99.99!

[ETLA]

$99 DVD player at HIFI!!!

 

[oblivion2888]

any coupons?

 

[Atrac]

No wonder, I think this unit is 2 years old. Hifi.com is probably the only place left on the planet that still even sells it.

 

[daid]

I had this player and got rid of it. Pretty junky, and didn't play a lot of DVD's properly. I got it back when HIFI was giving it away free with the Creative 5.1 Speakers.

 

[spinynormando]

This machine is a junk box. I got it free with the 5.1 system last year and sold it to my buddy. He complained so much I got him a panasonic rv-30 instead.

 

[ConnCarl]

Well, yes, my DVD-907 was manufactured 1/99, I just checked.

You know what, though? That isn't going to diminish my enjoyment of it one bit. This model was built to sell for around $300 originally, and as a result it is feature-rich, much more so than anything else in the $100 - $150 price range. I've looked at the Oritron, the Apexes, and the Raite (I own a Raite AVPhile 915) and they don't have the features (Component Video out, Dolby Digital out, etc) nor the quality appearance and "feel" of the 907.

Most BIOS revs of the 907 can even be made to play discs from other regions through a simple remote hack, widely publicized on the 'net. I tried it on mine and it works. I have found one disc that gives trouble on my unit, "The Matrix". Allegedly Samsung has an updated BIOS that should fix this, but it hasn't bothered me enough to send it in.

The bottom line is, if you are worried that your elitist home theater buddies are going to whip out a flashlight and a mirror, read the manufacture date and snort in distaste, don't buy it. If you want a well-made $100 player without the "cheap" look and feel of most sub $150 players, complete with a built-in Dolby 5.1 decoder, component video and S-video outputs, and a free, easily applied region hack as well, grab one of these before they're gone.

 

[dman]

Some Hack info on the 709 and other Samsung Series...
Samsung 709

FYI, anyone have the 711 and know how well it does on MP3's? Reports on the net have said it's got problems...

 

[Lore]

It's not too shabby of a unit; I have one from the hifi.com deal a whiles back and I've upgraded the firmware to the most recent as of a few months ago (3.28 I think).

 

[Expandable]

Lore,

How do you upgraded the firmware? The deal seems pretty good.

Thanks.

 

[Atrac]

Well, I ragged on this player earlier, but I'll have to say that this 709 has a *HUGE* following overseas.

Check out this page for more information:

Samsung 709 European Page

 

[RossMAN]

Looks like a nice deal but I'll rather prefer a Toshiba SD1600 over this.

Wonder if the Toshiba's will ever play CD-Rs?

 

[neutronzenith]

<< ]RossMAN
Wonder if the Toshiba's will ever play CD-Rs?
>>



Actually, my SD-2150(dual-tray sd-1600) plays CD-Rs no problem... I use cheap media... audio cds and vcds.

NZ

 

[RONType1]

hey i got the samsung dvd-711.. didn't even know it could play mp3s! hee runs burned cd's great even on cheap compusa cds... not too shabby of a unit, hopefully it works better than my previous jvc (it sucked bad.. returned it). let me know if you have any other info on the 711...

 

[chipper]

I have this unit. It's OK but there is NOT a built in 5.1 decoder. It's DD/DTS &quot;ready&quot;.

 

[ConnCarl]

Chipper:

I had confused the model in this thread with the 907, which I own.

The 709 is actually better in one way. Supposedly you can not only play discs from other regions, but you can disable Macrovision as well!

 

[Jeraden]

I'll echo some of the others in saying this player is junk. I tried 2 units and both had medium to severe skipping problems. The one would skip every 5 minutes, the other was about every 15 minutes. Didn't bother trying a 3rd one and got a toshiba sd1200 (think its toshiba) instead and have been extremely happy with that one.

 

[Methos1995]

I've had the 709 for a while now, and wonder if it will play CD-R's at all? I've tried Imations, TDK, Maxell, Fry's GQ, K Hypermedia, and Sony. None have worked. I want to make vcd's, but I'm still a novice, so I thought I might be doing it wrong. So to test the DVD out, I tried playing music I burned to these cdr's, and still nothing. Can anyone help?? I saw somewhere that someone had success using That's Write and Sirus (not sure of this one), but I've never heard of these brands before, and can't even find them anywhere. Have any of you heard of these?? Or have any of you had success with other media?
Thanks.

 

[Anon19]

i don't believe the 709 plays CD-Rs, on DVD players it usually says it like DVD/CD/VCD/CDR or some stuff. But I don't believe the 709 plays it.

 

[solarisjames]

I could use a player that plays cdr's and vcds. The toshiba sd-1600 doesn't and i'm now looking for a second player.

 

[madmacks]

its loud!