Samsung DVD-S221 DVD Player

I love this DVD player-no complaints! My TV doesn't have a "S" video cable input, so I used the RCA video cable that was provided with the DVD player-great picture! After plugging in the video RCA cable, I ran the 2 audio RCA cables from the DVD player to my amplifier/reciever-the stereo sound this DVD player provides sounds great on an analog stereo! It's better than being in a movie theatre, though, because you can press the "I. REPLAY" button and have the movie replay the last 10 seconds just viewed (great for a football game with a bad call-you can replay the play and zoom in or change viewing angles to decide for yourself if the referee made a good call). This DVD player also has the subtitle option for those DVDs that have subtitles on them. The player is also capable of playing any language on the DVD. I like to play movies in other languages with English subtitles active-then I can learn other languages while being entertained! This DVD player does have digital options if your TV is digital or you have a digital receiver. It is has an "S Video" output as well as digital out (optical and coaxial for DTS sound), however you need to have these cables because Samsung only provides RCA cables. This is a great DVD player that's pretty inexpensive. I would (and have) definitely recommend it to a friend! Read more

There was no remote control and no user's guide as supposed. I wasn't happy. Read more

I've had this player for about 8 months now and I'm happy with it. Reading some of the other reviews, I've heard comments about skipping DVD's, but I've never noticed a problem. I did end up having to buy speakers in order to get the audio to sound good, but that's the fault of my TV (only one audio input, while the DVD player has a left and right output). I've personally never had a problem with it, and I'd certainly recommend it to anyone. Read more

I saw no one has commented on this dvd player in forever, but since it's still selling on amazon I figured I'd mention that this player even works with my hdtv! The picture looks amazing especially considering it's not even progressive scan, and I've loved it all these years for it's ability to get through scratched discs and to withstand a toddler who likes to turn it off and on over and over and switch discs frequently... Read more

I bought this to get away from the pixelly PS2 DVD Player. This purchase was worth it, for the price. The video quality, even with S-Video was slightly pixelated in the background, which distracts me from watching movies. The remote sensor on the player is weak at best, as you have to nearly point straight at the DVD Player to get a response, and you can't be more than about 5 feet away for it to actually work. Also when playing a CD, it cuts out 5-10 seconds from the beginning and end of every song. This DVD Player is good for the casual movie-watcher. Movie-gurus should look elsewhere. Read more

Another reviewer mentioned the horizontally "squeezed" look of the picture. Indeed, when first taken out of the box, the DVD player is set to display on a 16x9 set -- not what most of us have these days! All one has to do to "fix" this is to go to the settings menu and set your TV type according to what you have (I used 4x3, letterbox and the picture looks just fine). The remote control is better laid out than many that ship with similarly-priced DVD players. A/V quality is pretty standard. There are component, RCA, S-video, and both coax and optical digital audio outputs. I lowered the point score of my review for the following reasons: 1) The remote control sensitivity is below average. It works, but it's not nearly as sensitive as most of my other equipment; 2) There's only one set of RCA A/V outputs. Granted, it has a full complement of outputs (see above), but an additional set of RCA A/V outputs would have been helpful in my particular configuration. Read more

I purchsed this product about 2 1/2 years ago. We barely used it, and when I say barely, I mean it maybe once or twice a month. However, recently, the DVD has had more use with people comming over etc. While the DVD was working, I was satisfied with it, since I'm not a DVD conosour, I didn't notice all these technical defencies others have listed. Yet, I have a gripe with any product I spend a decent amount of money on that stops working in a short period of time. Evidnetly the driver-read header for the DVD is the problem, since it still runs SVCDs. I looked the problem up in sites like "Video-Help" and it seems others who have purchased this product have had the same problem (either the VCD or DVD read-head crapping out after 1 - 2 years). I imagine if we had used this product more frequently (that is to say maybe once a week instead once a month), we would have had the product break earlier. Either way, I can't recommend this item to anyone who wants a reaosnably long-term investement item. Read more

I didn't realize it was used. It came with no cords, or remote Read more