Wow, the difference hd makes!
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The hd quality is great. I went from using standard def to this and it is a significant improvement. I'v use it on Skype and it's great.
220973
Replaced my old 120GB 7200RPM HDD on 2005 Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. The switch was smooth. This new drive is performing well and in fact much faster than my HDD. My PC is again "like new" in terms of performance. Great upgrade for the $$ I paid. Love it!
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Its got a great picture in HD and a good picture in standard format.  sometimes, I'm just wowed by the awesome clarity and detail in some HD programs, especially on HDNET and on PBS.  Definitely at 1080i, this plasma's picture is better than most, if not all LCDs and almost all other plasmas in the same range.  As for overall external looks, its the most elegant and clean design of all, except maybe the Bang and Olufsen line, but hey, thats like comparing a BMW to a Ferrari.
Hell, I did enough looking and shopping and reading.  I spend less time shopping for cars than I did for this TV.  Its even gone up in price by $200.00 since I bought it...So I feel real good there.
Menus are easy enough to weed through.  THE ONE ISSUE I have so far, and I've only had it for two weeks, is that there is slight screen burn(yeah, I know, I know, and I've adjusted it for maximum burn in protection ALREADY!)from the edges of the standard view - only noticeable when picture switches to HD and displays light to white backgrounds - but at times, is clearly noticeable - a distinct line forms in the area where the standard picture normally displays on each side of the screen.  It is reduced after watching HD signal for an hour or two, but I've done everything to reduce screen burn - and this just seems like its there to spite me!  Anybody else have the same issue???
I'm hoping that after the burn in period it will just go away - but probably not.  I guess I'm 90% satisfied.
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OK admittedly I going from a 50" 720p to this bad boy, but wow.  What a difference.  The picture quality is fantastic. It has the blackest blacks I've seen and for watching a movie or sports its just brilliant.  I did need to bump up the contrast and the brightness as my room can be very bright in the day time. I also have not yet used the 3D capability, I honestly did not even want that but it seems to be a feature that comes with all high end systems these days.

Overall really happy - this was very highly rated on CNET and I agree, especially at the price that Amazon had.
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I'm using this with a Sony 34XBR960 HD CRT set using 1080i with HDMI. My initial reaction is that the upscaling from standard DVD is dissapointing. There more grainiess in HD-A2 than in my standard Sony DVD player.  I'm guessing that the upscaling in the Sony HD set might be better than in the HD-A2, not sure what else would cause this.

There was also a color shift in the HD-A2 compared to the standard Sony DVD player.  I'm curious if others have noticed this?
2274956
There's a lot of hype about "HD" and 1080P now a days. I recently purchased a nice 50" plasma tv that supports this input via HDMI. Since I have a big DVD collection, I wanted to have a better viewing experience. So I purchased the Sony DVD player that does upscaling.

Bottom line - You do notice a difference in picture quality but it's not the same as BlueRay or HD because of the media being used. I purchased this for 2 reasons... price and time. It's inexpensive compared to a BlueRay or HD player and who knows where HD media is going just yet?

Be sure and check the specs on your TV before you buy this unit. There are a lot of tv's that only display 720p or 1080i, which isn't 1080p. Good luck and happy shopping!
2210559
all i can really say is ive had this hd fooooor...less than 3 months. you know how it is with electronics...works today...not tomorrow. this hd was easy to set up...cause there wasn't any set up. just connect & go. one thing i notice with this drive is that even when its idle, it kicks into gear faster than some others ive had. and what especially impresses me about that is the fact that its connected thru the usb on my comp. that was a test cause normally i use the firewire ports. i do video editing, so i need my drive to be on it!
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I have never seen a better picture than the one on this Sammy.  HD content on it is simply jaw dropping to my eyes.  Way too bright out the box, but a few adjustments to contrast and backlighting brought it to an awe inspiring level. This replaced a 62inch Mit$u DLP (broke after just 3 years) and I couldn't be happier. No more fan noise, no more green push, no more suckiness of the Mit$u.  I dusted off the xbox 360 HD-DVD player and watched Transformers again. This TV actually made me like the movie. Much much better than my theater experience.  Black levels were excellent and the colors, Oh my!!! This thing is almost 3 dimensional at times.

The Auto Motion Plus feature works as advertised, but I changed the judder reduction to 3 and the blur reduction to 10.  No soap opera video with these settings.  I haven't had the set calibrated yet, but I can't imagine it getting much better anyway.  Maybe a year or two down the road, I'll look into it, but I'm just scared to touch anything now.

The negatives are small, but must be noted.  The internet connectivity is very gimmicky as the Yahoo widgets are limited.  I checked out Yahoo News, and it has a bunch of headlines, but no full stories.  It is also painstakenly slow to navigate.  The menu system in general is pretty slow also.  There is a touch control panel on the front bezel that can control volume/power/channel/source, but there are no visible labels. I thought there might be some way to illuminate the panel, but could not find anything in the manual.  This makes the front panel touch buttons fairly useless.

I for one love the design of the front bezel and it compliments the TV perfectly.  Who wants a dull black box when you can have the glass over red carbon fiber look! Ok, I went too far there, but I like it.

Overall, this is a fantastic product and I hope to enjoy it for years to come. When the economy gets better, I will be getting me a blu-ray player to feed this beast. It's so hungry for HD...
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We just signed up for Netflix and I had purchased the superior HD DVD player a while ago before they were sunk by big companies.  Well, as you know, HD DVD is in Hades with BetaMax and others....Netflix has BluRay discs and so I purchased this player from Amazon after researching here and at cnet.com

First noticeable difference is that it fires up and is ready in no time.  My HDDVD player took forever (start it up, go make a sandwich, get a beer, and then MAYBE, you'll be able to put the disc in).  I put a "regular" DVD in and it started play right away and I noticed a difference in image quality (the Samsung upconverts, blah, blah).  I couldn't wait so I bought my daughter the Bee Movie in BluRay and WOW!!!; it's out of this world.  I have HD programming thru cable for now and had the HD DVD (up to 1080i only) but 1080P is even better.  It was stunning and the movie isn't a bad one either, I'm sure my kids will watch a couple hundred more times.

It has a LAN port, but the device is miles away from the cable modem and we use mostly wireless laptops at the house, so for the firm upgrade, I downloaded from Samsung's site, extracted the zip file, copied the upgrade file to a simple usb thumb drive, started the player up after removing the disc and the upgrade went off without a hitch, so I guess I can manage that, no problem.

I recommend for anyone wanting a bluray/regular player for $250...it's well worth the money.

Update:  the thing stopped working all together about 2 weeks in.  I had to pay to send it to Samsung in NJ ($11 shipping via UPS) and they fixed it.  It's going to suck if this happens some more.  Up until then, I loved the player.
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This HD worked better than I thought it would. I was looking for a replacement HD for my laptop with Windows 7 and at first I was a little worried about the size of the HD and if that might affect boot time and overall performance. I was compelled to see that after I installed the Operating System and all Windows Updates including various programs, games, and music that the HD still works like a charm. My OS is fast as well as the boot time and everything works very nicely. I am an extremely happy customer and if I have anymore HD requests, this will be the first place I turn to.
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I have been using the HDMI400 cable for the last 2 years and since switching to the MD1000HD model recently, the difference is certainly noticeable.

The colors are more saturated and brighter scene for scene, color for color and images are sharper.

This is a great cable.
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I just plugged it in and followed the screen prompts. It took a while to prepare the drive, and I think I had to restart the DVR to effectively see the difference in the "percentage full" display. It's been running for more than a month now. I can now save more HD shows.
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Installed this drive to replace my stock 320GB 5400 RPM drive due to performance bottlenecks. /dev/null testing indicated an approximate 39% speed increase between the two models which is pretty significant. I cannot hear the drive at all in my Macbook Pro and feel no extra vibrations or heat. A fantastic drive and a welcome addition to my new MBP!
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Went from 7200 RPM HDD Drive to this drive and have noticed significant improvements from a "direct migration" with files intact from one drive to the other. Boot times are faster pretty much exactly as advertised above, but everything in general is also faster from loading browsers and webpages to opening application, everything just "snaps", if you know what I mean.

Haven't done any extensive testing as I just received the unit but I had to write this review cause at $94 "2TB version" this drive is a steal and the lowest I have seen it and possibly the lowest you can probably ever get it, so get it now, don't think twice!
Sure I would love to have a true 2TB+ SSD, but it's out of my price range "as many" and it seemed like now was the time to bite and boy i'm glad I did, so far i'm loving it.

In particular i'm really noticing improvements in games I used to have lag with or games that would not load textures fast enough and this is where an SSD obviously shines or at least this one, cause it has reduced significant lag and i'm able to increase the graphical details in almost all my games and get smooth results which is something I just didn't expect, it makes all my games seem fresh and new, it really makes that much difference, I can only imagine how great a true SSD will be. This thing is built to improve gaming and it shows, if you are a gamer you will highly appreciate this lost link in lag reduction and framerate improvements.

One day I would love to own a pure SSD, but for now this will DEFINITELY do and i'm very glad I made this purchaseover my old 7200 RPM HDD! If I have problems with the unit down the road I will revise the review, though with a 3 year manufacturer warranty i'm not sweating it too much. I had to post this review early as the performance gains are WORTH IT over a bare HDD at the same RPM's and at this price you can't go wrong!
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This Great Tuner can convert HD Signals so your Older TV will work, plus it has an HDMI Output, so it can be used with a flat HD Screen as well! You can even use it to hook up a VCR or older 480p DVD recorder so it can record HD as a conventional signal!
Throw in the mix the new fad: Recording Broadcast HD (full 1080i) thru a frontal USB input and be able to play the thumbdrive back on DVD players equipped with USB Inputs and your Windows Media Player in your PC!
It also has a composite output and regular RCA Output.  This little baby is packed!
Improvement Note: The remote range angle could be improved, I found myself having to point straight into the unit to get the remote to work.
Otherwise, a thousand Kudos to you, iView!  I would give you more stars, but they would be off the scale!
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I bought this tiny little PCI-E Card with the Buffalo 2 TB SS USB 3.0 External HD.

After swapping out the standard bracket for the (included) Low Profile bracket, I slipped this little Puppy into the PCI-E 1X slot and used the (included) power cable to get power from a SATA power cable being used by my DVD drive. (Note: The included Power cable has a Male SATA to Female SATA adaptor that feeds out to another Female SATA plug and finally terminates with a 4 pin floppy type female plug to power your new USB 3.0 card. Since I didn't have any spare power feeds from my Power Supply, this adaptor cable worked prefect for my install)

After buttoning up my cabinet I booted up and installed the (included) drivers from the CD and restarted my PC again (force of habit from my older Win. systems) I verified no conflicts or driver issues in Device Manager and that was it! .... Simple, straight forward and problem free installation with no need for additional items since everything that was needed was INCLUDED! Gotta Love it!

I unpacked and plugged in my new Buffalo 2TB 3.0 external HD ( Using ..You guessed it! The INCLUDED USB 3.0 cable and power cable), WIN 7 64 recognized and installed the HD, drivers and assigned the Drive letters!!! Too Cool... A Whole Lot like a True Plug N Play Device!

Other than the Amazing speed increase, There is a ton of very useful software pre-installed on the HD and is setup by default to use the included "Green" program which automatically controls the power for the external HD to mimic whatever your PC is doing... Powers on with PC, Shuts down with PC and even Sleeps with PC! And they make great Bedfellows!

Gotta say... I am Extremely Impressed with Buffalo and these devices as they have obviously done thier homework on this project. Flawless packaging that includes everything you need to upgrade to USB 3.0 and the amazing data transfer speeds that that entails.

BTW, If ya got a couple extra Gigs of system RAM that your wondering what to do with.... Check out the included RAMDISK software on the HD for EXTREME transfer speeds! If ya listen closely, You can almost hear Captain Kirk Demading "WARP SPEED" just before ya click your mouse button!

WTG BUFFALO!!! Well Done!!!
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I plugged this baby in, and I can definately see the difference in performance! I became so proud of my computer! Until I ran out of disk space... So now I'm going for a new Hard Drive!!!