Deal of the Day for March 5th

Samsung 1080 P HD DVD Player

This awesome DVD player lets you watch your old, regular DVD movies in high definition resolution.  Thats right folks, theres no reason why you cant watch your old movies in crisp HD quality now.  Blow the dust off your Goonies dvd and watch the truffle shuffle in all its glory!  This DVD player lets you enjoy your DVD movies and digital photos with great quality. The HD upconversion lets you watch DVDs at up to 1080p resolution on a HDTV.


Helpful links for the Samsung 1080p Up-Conversion HD DVD Player:

Users Manual

Download Latest Version Of Your Firmware

How To Upgrade The Firmware On Your Hi Def Conversion DVD player (instructions from the Samsung Website).

Step 1. Creating a Firmware Disc

To create a firmware disc with the new firmware for your DVD player, follow these steps:

  1. Download the latest version of the firmware for your DVD player onto your computer from the Samsung Download Center.
  2. The firmware comes compressed in .ZIP file format.  Extract the file or files from the firmware ZIP file.
  3. With the CD burning software on your computer, burn the firmware file or files to a CD-R, and then finalize the disc.

To install the firmware on your DVD player, follow the steps below.

  • Turn on your DVD player and your TV, and then set the TV to the DVD players source.
  • Put the firmware CD in the DVDs disc tray. After the disc loads, a prompt appears on your TV screen asking if you want to upgrade to the new firmware.  Below is an image of the prompt.
  • Use the directional arrows player on your DVD player remote to highlight the word YES in the prompt, and then press the [ENTER] button. The update process begins and the upgrade screen appears. Below is an image of the upgrade screen.

    Important: While the firmware is installing, do not disrupt the unit, do not press any buttons, or power off the unit.

  • When the upgrade is complete, your TV displays the upgrade complete screen. Below is an image of the upgrade complete screen.

Product Features

Upconverts standard-definition DVDs to HD-compliant 720p, 1080i or 1080p resolution for display on an HDTV
Plays DVD, DVD-R, DVR+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, WMA, JPEG and DivX formats
JPEG viewer lets you view digital photos on your TV screen
Built-in Dolby Digital sound decoder for rich sound
HDMI output provides an uncompressed all-digital audio/video link for the highest-quality connection and supports copy-protected HD broadcast content
108MHz/14-bit video D/A conversion rate
192KHz/24-bit audio D/A conversion rate
Outputs: 1 optical digital audio, 1 coaxial digital audio, 1 composite video, 1 stereo audio, 1 HDMI, 1 component video

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