Date: February 22th, 2003
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Samsung Canada
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PRODUCT FEATURES

Oh boy, this unit is literally PACKED with features. I hope you're ready to check out some good photos, because I have a lot of them.

One of the most glaring features is the player's size. Very thin, very light and actually, quite stylish.

Using my laptop for a reference point, you can see just how small the unit is. The laptop pretty well dwarfs the player, and my laptop isn't the largest on the market either.

Having a thin player means you will have a thin monitor. And when I mean thin, I mean REAL thin. Breaking out the measuring tape and measuring the thickness brought about 3/8" . Can't get much thinner than that.

The 10" screen is configured in a 16:9 format to enable you to view your favorite widesceen DVD's. I will talk a little more on the picture quality in the "Movie Viewing" section of the review in a couple of pages.

Now, let's move onto to the player connections.

Contained within the left side of the player is the power adapter connection and the "Memory-Stick" receptacle. I unfortunately did not have a memory stick to use during the review so the details will be light, but from what I have been told, the memory stick is used to quickly view content captured on a Samsung digital camcorder. This capability is only used with Samsung products and is interchangeable with most of their new video components.

Rotating the unit to show the right hand side will enable you to see the volume control and above it, the brightness control for the display. Further down the line, you will notice the before mentioned dual headphone jacks, the digital out for 5.1 surround sound and the video out.