This DVD player comes with a very well designed remote control, which makes it easy to navigate the buttons in a dark room with my eyes on the TV. All remotes should be this well designed. (Most aren't.) Unfortunately, the 5-disc carousel is worthless. You can put five CDs into it, but it won't switch from one CD to the next on its own. If you hit "Play," it will play only the current CD. If you choose "Random Play," it will randomly choose tracks only on the current CD. The only way to switch discs is to manually hit the "disc skip" button. This defeats the purpose of buying a 5-disc changer!

The manual claims that Random Play will give you the option to switch between discs, but Samsung Tech Support told me that the manual is wrong.

That said, it plays DVDs very well, and the excellent remote control makes it very easy to use. I especially like the "Instant Replay" button, which lets me jump back about ten seconds to catch whatever piece of dialog I might have missed due to room noise. They also took care to make it very easy to view photo CDs. (This was a problem with earlier models.)

I don't have an HD-TV, so I can't comment on the qualities of the Progressive Scan display.

In summary, this would make a fine, inexpensive single-disc DVD player. It's less expensive than many other single disc progressive scan players, so if you're not counting on a useful carousel, it's a very good buy. But if you want a 5-disc carousel, choose a different model.

I give it three stars for its good remote control.

Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 100