It plays video much better than it's predecessor
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I purchased this as a gift for my 8 year old grand daughter.  I did get to inspect it and  review it's features.  My wife owns the initial Kindle Fire model so I am familiar with it's operation

The new model is slimmer and has a more vivid picture. It also is quicker to load and change pages. It plays video much better than it's predecessor.

Overall it has been a hit with my grand daughter and it should contribute to her education for many years. She is very skilled in operating it already.
3078558
I upgraded to this Samsung DVD-HD931 from a Sony DVP-NS715, and the improvement in picture quality was immediately noticeable. That's not meant to be a slam on the Sony product (the little player served me well).
But this new Samsung progressive scan DVD player offered a higher quality picture with my Toshiba HDTV - there was a noticeable difference in image sharpness and clarity - particularly on high-quality DVDs such as the new Indiana Jones box set.
I am told that DVI offers an even greater picture, but sadly my TV does not support this. I am using Monster 3 component video cables.
This is a very impressive DVD player with a wonder picture. Although I would like to see a DVD player that offers a black & white button (which my original first Sanyo DVD player did have). Those looking for an excellent picture should not deter from this DVD player.
1641729
The S-Video does give you slightly better video quality than the normal red,white, and yellow cables.  Remember, this still isn't an HD cable.
795538
Video Quality was a little suspect, but what can you expect for something this old.
4125482
If you don't have much desire to watch video files from your computer on your television, you might want to get a different DVD player. This one is very good, but you can do better in terms of features, or just get a less expensive one.

However, if you're like me and you have far more video files than DVDs, this player is a blessing. I'm sure you're tired of watching things on a monitor, a couple feet from your face. This player will decode and play almost all files as well as, or better than, your computer. I stuck in a CD with RealPlayer files just to see if it would work, and unsurprisingly it doesn't, but everything else has played. A couple CDs (out of many) produce a buzzing noise while the CD is in the player (not just while playing), but that's with cheap CDs and I have no other playback complaints.

The on-screen menus are easy to use and while there aren't that many features beyond the standards, nothing is really missing. The remote is a little frustrating to use, but in total, this player easily earns 5 stars of life improvement.
4366720
Was leary of buying a refurbished player but it works better than my $200 player I replaced.
1167946
I just can't let the last review go by without comment, especially given some plain errors in fact.
>>On VHS input, it suffers from signal drop, skipping over dropped out audio and video.<<
Video tape is far from the archival medium of choice, what with the ease at which the tape or its metallic coating can be affected. The quality of the tape, and thus recording, will deteriorate over time even if obvious damage to the tape cannot be seen by the naked eye. Now, the Philips DVDR985 will skip over dropouts in audio and video - but the cut it makes is clean. I thus have a clean DVD copy of a videotape without having to watch all the defects and glitches in the original tape itself.
It would be wise to also ensure that your VCR is in good working order and its heads are clean. But no DVD recorder will be able to bring back video or audio that has become damaged over time.
I have recorded several hours from various VHS casettes with very fine results. You won't get a recording that looks like a DVD from a VHS source, but all but the most hard to please users will be more than satisfied.
>>Also, be aware that this unit while it will play some DVD recordable formats it doesn't write to, it WON'T play pressed DVD-ROM, e.g. the DVD movies you buy in a store! The video keeps skipping, with no audio.<<
... I have been playing all sorts of pre-recorded DVD Video discs,... and all play with remarkable sound and picture quality (of course your TV and sound system will affect performance, but saying it won't play DVD movies from a store is pure BS).
It's an excellent player, incorporating the Crystal Clear Pro Progressive-Scan system with a sophisticated Motion Adaptive System (DCDi chip by Faroudja). This is well known to produce superior results. I am far happier with it than my previous highly rated Panasonic RP91K player.
>>Also, DVD+R, the write once/read many (WORM) DVD disc format, is only just now coming out, and, the entire DVD+ format is more expensive than the traditional DVD- format used in most other recorders. The DVD+ format was made to capitalize on a market without standards yet, so, don't be pulled into it.<<
...Microsoft has just put its backing behind the DVD+RW format so I hardly think that issues of expense or standards will be issues for too much longer. I have already played DVD+RW discs recorded on the DVDR985 on a Panasonic portable, my HP DVD+RW drive, and a standard Pioneer DVD player all with impressive results. ...If there is any DVD standard I'd put money on, it is DVD+RW. ...
In addition, this player has an iLink firewire input missing from some other recorders so you can connect digital camcorders. You also get both optical and coaxial digital outputs for digital receivers.
To sum up, this is the player to get if you are looking for a DVD Recorder for your home entertainment system. Sure these units are ...[pricy], but most newer technology usually is. This is a great DVD recorder and a superb DVD player. By all means get this most highly recommended item if you can.
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I have the other O'Play R2 that we really love. Since I think the R2 is no longer in production, we got this O Play mini. This little devil plays all mkv, avi, mp4,  mpg, ...that we tried. looks like it is going to be able to play all what R2 could play, including rmvb, jpg, mp3, and other formats. We played tons of k-drama, c-drama and tw-drama from sdtv,720 p to 1080 p format, from those of 200 mb size per file to 2+ GB size of 1 hour series, in mkv. The subtitle can be changed colors, can move up and down (to avoid the low bar ads/tickers), can change size, etc. The Main menu allows me to select the hard drive, the different with the R2 is that it does not display the preview while selecting video files, but that's not important for me. But access to hard-drive is faster (connected to usb 2, 2TB WD), connected to the tv (1080 p, Philips or Sharp) via HDMI. The charger, 100  to 240 voltage, has a deep blue LED lite, serves as a night light to our room... I have been playing the R2 roughly 3000 hours, the minis is just new, so it has just been played for 200 hours roughly during 2 months, at many times played for consecutive 12 hours w/o problems. It hanged twice so far, I just restarted and it was back to normal. To my observation, the default setting of this Mini is brighter and sharper (mo contrast) than the R2. We love either settings. I have another media player than the ASUS, but we love the ASUS. In my comparisons, ASUS is better in playing more varieties of Codecs as well as new codecs mostly used to record the hdtv broadcasts  in korea and japan. In conclusion, ASUS OPlay Mini is a low price minis but delivers a high value.
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I was recently in the market to purchase a replacement player after my last generation Sony player, which was quite good, gave up the ghost. Not really being interested in 4K or 3D playback, I found a strong interest in this particular model, as well as the fact that it was wireless just like my previous model. The setup with my home network was a breeze, no problem. I updated the firmware to the latest release, again no problem.

The player is very fast and I really enjoy the non-XMB user interface that is used for app selection. Though the XMB style interface is still used in the setup menus, the new interface layout is very nice and quick to navigate with ease.

So far I've been very happy with the unit and would certainly buy it again.
2071693
I had one installed and had to reboot it every day.  I replaced it, and the new one does the same thing.  It is also very slow to start showing video when you try to view it remotely.
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Only had this about a week and I do like the player.  Very nice interface that is similar to a PS3 menu--so much better.  DVD load times are faster than my old Panasonic, but still not as fast as a PS3.  I'm just streaming things from Netflix right now and it seems OK, but I expected better quality video.  Not sure where the limitation is on that and still experimenting.  Setup was super easy and no problems to complain about right now.
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I'm very glad I spent the extra money for this item there was another one for less but the reviews made me changed my mind, I was very happy with the video quality there was no video degradation at all, was just as good as before I hooked it up, and on a side note I use 3-D and blue-ray, even made my DVD's look more crisp probably do to the power supply boosting the signal in the cable. I had a very long HDMI cable before I started using this item. Only thing I don't like is the signal seems to have a delay when playing on two screens the delay is just bad enough to never want to play two at the same time ever, allthough I imagine if the TV's where exactly the same this may not happen, I will be trying this later so I will probably update this review,.. to be continued
903385
due to the slim frame of these tvs, you can see some things that would otherwise be covered by a thicker frame: dark corners, edge bleeding at top and bottom. setting brightness too high is the only way they become blatantly obvious, so if you use default or ideal picture settings, its barely noticeable--but it is. but its something my old samsung doesnt have. aside from that, the picture is very nice, handling contrast a bit better than older models. plus the thin size is sleek but still allows for vesa mounting.

the remote has a trackpad instead of the crosshair for directional inputs, making fast forward and rewind more of a chore, as you could hold down the button before but now have to keep swiping repeatedly to advance/rewind in spurts. also, i don't like that the remote has a built in microphone--paranoid. it is smaller and sleeker though, and my wife likes it.

app selection is great. has netflix and amazon vod, along with a bunch of other popular ones, and a browser. a bit annoying though that you cant get to the apps in a single button press like with older models.

dlna support is good, handling all types of video files. im not able to get thumbnails for videos for some reason, but that my be the media servers fault. an improvement to their old dlna is being able to search video timelines as the current video still plays.
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My first unit was defective and thus returned because the Netflix streaming function did not work. Netflix would not play movies from my queue when selected. LG wanted me to send it to them for repair, but I opted for a quick replacement thru amazon. In the end, I'm glad I gave the BD370 a second chance! Netflix now works flawlessly, so much better than my laptop. YouTube is also a nice feature, although video quality is obviously not going to be great. The 1080p Blu-ray picture is incredible. This being my first Blu-ray player, I really have nothing to compare it to, but I absolutely love it. Overall, I'll give the BD370 3 stars as an average rating of the two I've now owned (1 star vs 5 stars).
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I'm not sure if the video and audio quality really so significantly depends on the cable, but I'm enjoying of what it delivers from my BD player.
2373738
Great video quality.  Does what we need it to do.
2069856
This was an upgrade from my first purchase of the Firestick.  It seems to download and stream faster than the stick.  It's also able to download and run more apps due to a larger memory.