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Samsung’s DVD-HD960 gives you crisp DVD playback that sparkles with color and clarity. It can upconvert the signal from your regular DVDs to 1080p, the highest video display resolution available. That’s a rare capability in today’s players. And with advanced Faroudja DCDi circuitry, you’ll get a clean, blur-free picture. DCDi ensures smooth, natural looking playback by eliminating the jagged edges and other artifacts that can occur when film-based images are converted to video. Just hook the ‘HD960 up to a compatible HDTV via a digital video connection, and settle in for a vibrant, detailed picture.
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The ‘HD960 also makes a great music player. It can handle your CDs and MP3 or WMA (Windows Media Audio) mixes. And if you’ve got a surround sound system, you can hook up this player via one of its digital audio outputs to start experiencing engaging surround sound from movies and music.
Features
Upconverting, mult-format progressive scan DVD player; measures 16.9 x 1.77 x 9.8 inches (WxHxD)
Transforms standard DVD to near 1080p HD-quality video (as well as 720p, 1080i formats)
Compatible with DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, MP3, WMA, JPEG
Outputs: 1 HDMI, 1 component, 1 S-Video, 1 composite, 1 coaxial audio, 1 optical audio
Supports both Dolby Digital and DTS encoded DVDs
Review By Amazon
Enjoy your favorite DVD movies in high definition without having to wait for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players with the affordable Samsung DVD-HD960 single-disc, progressive scan DVD player–the perfect partner to your HD-capable LCD or plasma TV. Where standard DVD players (even progressive scan models) provide just 480 lines of resolution, the DVD-HD860 will “upconvert” the picture up to 1080p (as well as 720p and 1080i)–taking full advantage of your HD television’s sparkling resolution. This elegantly slim unit can also play a wide range of disc and file formats and offers a number of playback convenience features, including bookmarking, multiple camera angles, and folder accessibility on MP3/WMA-formatted discs.
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Review By Tech.yahoo
The slim design of the HD960, along with the glossy black front panel, accented by a silver lining along the bottom, gives the player a high-tech and low-profile look that will blend seamlessly with other audio and video components in your home theater. The front of the player is simple and straightforward, with only the essential controls laid out along the front panel. The power button is placed on the left corner and emits a soft blue glow once the unit is powered on. The basic controls of play, pause, fast forward, and rewind are consolidated on a black circle control in the far right-hand corner, and the only other control button is the open/close for the DVD tray. An LED display to the right of the DVD tray supplies the basic information about the disc being played. All in all, the minimalist design does a very good job of blending together both function and style.
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Review By Reviews.cnet
The DVD-HD960′s styling is highly derivative of Samsung’s BD-P1000 Blu-ray player, which is a good thing. The top half of the front panel is glossy black, with an LED display to the right of the disc tray. Further to the right is a large black circle with front panel controls such as play, stop, and chapter forward/backward skip, which can also scan forward/backward if you hold them down. The bottom half of the player is silver and slopes inward, being distinguished by the power button on the far left with a surrounding blue glow. Home theater enthusiasts will bemoan that the blue light can’t be turned off, but we think most others will dig the high-tech look.
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Review By Products.howstuffworks
The DVD-HD960 is compatible with DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW and recordable CD containing JPEG, MP3 and WMA files. It can also play DivX files burned to DVD and CD. Note that the DVD-HD960 will not play MP3 or WMA stored on DVD. Samsung has included internal decoding for Dolby Digital and DTS formats, or you can route surround sound data to a home theater receiver via the coaxial and optical digital audio outputs.
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Review By Reviews.digitaltrends
Despite a few minor drawbacks, the Samsung DVD-HD960 is an excellent interim step between investing hundreds of dollars in a HD-DVD or Blu-ray player and being stuck with a plain old 480p DVD player. The image quality improvement with this upconverting DVD player is a huge step up from a traditional 480p DVD player, and only the most discerning viewers will notice any artifacts due to the upconversion. Adding to the extremely user-friendly setup and operation, stylish design, and playback options of DivX and HD JPEG playback, the HD-960 offers a lot of good reasons to upgrade from your old DVD player. The biggest drawback, however, is the relatively high price when compared to other upconverting DVD players.
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Review By Audioholics
The DVD-HD960 and DVD-HD1080 boast a natural, clear picture, upconverted by way of DCDi by a Faroudja FLI-2310 chip which substantially eliminates jagged edges that appear when standard interlaced video is viewed on progressive-scan displays.
The cream of Samsung’s DVD player crop, the DVD-HD1080, boasts 5.1ch DVD Audio / SACD support via its HDMI output (apparently HDMI 1.2, though a Samsung rep could not verify this) and true HD 1080p progressive output. The unit has a Jog-shuttle control (we like these), allowing for improved ease of navigation within the DVD’s content.
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