Cheap Samsung DVD-P230 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Black) (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of Samsung DVD-P230 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Black)

Not as bad as they say, but it's not high end equipment to begin with
I purchased one of these several years ago for my office reception area. It has played, and played, and played and still looks great, never a problem since purchased in late 2001. The picture is very clear and sound is average for a low end unit. I have been in the professional video and audio production business for 24 years and I am a video/audio technician. We have professional DVD players and recorders in my studio and they really don't look that much better than the Samsung DVD-P230, 231, or the 331. It's a toss-up which one of the Samsung DVD players I would buy now! But if you want to spend a lot of money then yes, go with a high end Sony or Pioneer, they will be glad to take your money too.

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A Lemon... Save Your Money For A Better Player
Although it's good to read that others have had the same problem(s) I've had with this unit, it's still sad to see that this remarkable hunk of junk suckered others in as well. As with most others, mine originally conked out approximately one year after I bought it. Fortunately, I had purchased the extended warranty plan and had it fixed. As I understood it, the laser inside the unit was defective and needed to be replaced. Okay, so maybe that's the case but then how do you explain that approximately a year and some months later I have the exact same problem? Like others, mine will display the loading screen for an eternity and then come up as "No Disc". Admittedly I use my player quite often, but still... I have a VCR that's over 10 years old and still plays as well as the day I bought it and it's gone through a lot more than this DVD player has. I'm sorry, but Samsung has gone down the tubes quality-wise and I urge you to look to another company (such as RCA or Sony - two manufacturers I've never had a problem with). Sad to say, it would cost twice as much to repair this unit as it would to replace it with a better brand - so it's to the trash with this hunk of garbage. I mean, really... a little over two years was all I got out of this? And that's with repairing it once halfway through those two years? Please. It's poor quality and bad manufacturing. This is a real piece of junk and, from what I've seen of their other products, a prime example of Samsung's lack of quality. Save your money and get a better player. Don't be fooled by this lemon.

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Heap of Junk
This was a replacement for another Samsung that I previously owned that had tons of problems. In fact, I got this DVD Player refurbished as a result of Class Action suite against Samsung (several years back). <
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>Well this replacement was just as bad, and Samsung got away with another lemon. I had intalled this particular player in my guest room; hence, it wasn't used as much (I've used it about 6 times) and after awhile, it just stop reading any of my DVD discs. <
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>Unfortunately, I can not have it replaced since it only had 90 days warranty on it. Since this is the second time I had bad DVD Player from Samsung, I will never again patronize Samsung products. I'ts a waste of money.