It staggers me that all CE manufacturers supply composite cables, it's no wonder new tech struggles some times, J6 would hook this up using composite and think WTF??. I own an XA2, a unit that arguably is/was the best HD player ever made and it came with composite cables! All these players should at least come with component!
Because as someone who works at a retailer, this allows us to sell the average customer our over-priced HDMI cables.
Its easier to say, "No, this does not come with the cable" vs. "Well, it DOES come with a HDMI cable, but you need to spend another $80 on this premium one"
Samsung would gladly toss a 6' HDMI cable in the box, but the retailers would not be happy, hence the fact they only come with the basic composite cables.
Some of the first upconverting Samsing DVD players did come with a HDMI cable, and it was a PITA to try and sell the 'premium' ones.
Ken, how many people will buy a product like this without being upsold, I have never had a HDMI cable offered to me as an upgrade, I have always had to ask. As Gus said, imagine when J6P gets his new BR player home, plugs it in with composite cables and cant see F all difference if any. I would think the percentages for this happening must be huge, the need for greed is out weighing the growth of the sector and handicapping a product that is handicapping itself anyway with the the ridiculous greed that is BR.
I think my Samsung HD-960 upscaler is the only thing I have ever seen that came with an HDMI cable in the box.
On another note, does anybody know if there's a firmware update for this same DVD player? It seems to have issues even since I hooked it up to my Onkyo TX-SR705. Every few minutes the screen will flash black and the sound drops out for a few seconds. It's really annoying!
Ken I use to work @ Seras in electronics and I know what you mean.....
although I cant say I got mad at the few people that bought the upconverting DVD players that came with HDMI.........because I made my money on the side by selling HDMI cables that I purchased for $4 or less and resold for $20 which was STILL a LOT less than the cheapest HDMI cables you could find in the store at the time(around $50)
but hell with 10% commission on Monster Cables I can see why salesmen push them........
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I'm curious as to WHY this comes with COMPOSITE cables.............
Come on Sammy.........
HDMI cables are only like $3 when bought in bulk......STEP YA GAME UP!!!
It staggers me that all CE manufacturers supply composite cables, it's no wonder new tech struggles some times, J6 would hook this up using composite and think WTF??.
I own an XA2, a unit that arguably is/was the best HD player ever made and it came with composite cables!
All these players should at least come with component!
Because as someone who works at a retailer, this allows us to sell the average customer our over-priced HDMI cables.
Its easier to say, "No, this does not come with the cable" vs. "Well, it DOES come with a HDMI cable, but you need to spend another $80 on this premium one"
Samsung would gladly toss a 6' HDMI cable in the box, but the retailers would not be happy, hence the fact they only come with the basic composite cables.
Some of the first upconverting Samsing DVD players did come with a HDMI cable, and it was a PITA to try and sell the 'premium' ones.
So, you see, its all business :p
Ken, I had to rank you up for the brutally factual post, even though the facts sicken me.
My newly purchased TiVo HD at least came with component cables, but still no HDMI or Toslink audio cable. Sad.
Ken, how many people will buy a product like this without being upsold, I have never had a HDMI cable offered to me as an upgrade, I have always had to ask.
As Gus said, imagine when J6P gets his new BR player home, plugs it in with composite cables and cant see F all difference if any.
I would think the percentages for this happening must be huge, the need for greed is out weighing the growth of the sector and handicapping a product that is handicapping itself anyway with the the ridiculous greed that is BR.
I think my Samsung HD-960 upscaler is the only thing I have ever seen that came with an HDMI cable in the box.
On another note, does anybody know if there's a firmware update for this same DVD player? It seems to have issues even since I hooked it up to my Onkyo TX-SR705. Every few minutes the screen will flash black and the sound drops out for a few seconds. It's really annoying!
Ken I use to work @ Seras in electronics and I know what you mean.....
although I cant say I got mad at the few people that bought the upconverting DVD players that came with HDMI.........because I made my money on the side by selling HDMI cables that I purchased for $4 or less and resold for $20 which was STILL a LOT less than the cheapest HDMI cables you could find in the store at the time(around $50)
but hell with 10% commission on Monster Cables I can see why salesmen push them........