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Yea, well not to be one to do things by halves I shelled out $189 to get a new DVD player. The reason for the high (in today’s standards) cost? It does HDMI upsampling and comes with a HDMI cable They are probably worth at least $80-$180 depending on the quality and length.

It’s a Samsung HD860 DVD player.

Samsung’s HyperVision DVD Players up-convert the resolution of ordinary DVDs to 1080p/1080i/720p High Definition - which means you’ll experience the video and audio quality you didn’t think was possible from a DVD player.

Samsung’s DVD Players deliver high-quality DivX images. Insert DVDs & CDs that have DivX images downloaded via a computer and enjoy watching them on the large-scale TV!

HDMI™ (High Definition Multimedia Interface) transfers Hi-Definition video and audio from your HyperVision DVD Player to your TV, home theatre or other digital AV components without loss of any digital signal. Simply connect your DVD Player to your home theatre system with a single HDMI cable for high quality pictures and sound.

Samsung’s DVD Players feature state-of-the-art 14-bit video DAC (digital-to-analog converter) and video processing running at 108MHz. The 14-bit DAC produces up to 16384 colour values, as opposed to 1024 with 10-bit processing, providing extended dynamic contrast and detail with natural and smooth gradiation between highlights and shadows. With the high speed 108MHz video processing, it boosts image resolution as close to the original DVD source as possible, allowing you to enjoy more life-like pictures!

* Advanced 14-bit Video DAC
* DVD/CD/VCD/SVCD /MP3/WMA/HD-JPEG Playback
* EZ View/Instant Replay/Instant Skip

I bought it from the Good Guys. It was advertised in the shop for $199 but they knocked $10 off it, as they do. So I was way happy.

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I also found out how to “Region Free” it…

I found that you don’t need to buy a remote use your Samsung remote

Make sure the player is switched on, and is at the Samsung logo
screen. Also check the tray is shut and that there’s no disc in the
player.

Now press the REPEAT button on the remote, followed by a five digit
code. This code is different depending on what region your player is
*currently* set to:

R1 - 29334
R2 - 38767
R3 - 56732
R4 - 76884
R5 - 53814
R6 - 24462

So for example if you have an R2 player, press REPEAT-3-8-7-6-7.

If you’ve done this correctly (and your player is compatible with the
hack), you should see a number at the top left corner of the screen
corresponding to the current region.

Now, pressing any number from 1 to 6 will change to the corresponding
region. Or, press 9 for “auto-region” mode.

Next, press OPEN/CLOSE to open the tray, followed by Standby (or DVD
POWER) on the remote to close it and put the player into Standby mode.
The next time you turn your player on, the new region will be set.

Don’t forget that if you want to hack it again, you’ll need to use a
different code, as listed above. If it’s currently set to “region 9″,
use the code for the last *proper* region you set it to.

From VideoHelp.

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