Blu-ray is the only true HD format with releases you can find and rent in video rental stores and purchase at retailers like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target and others now. If you want true HD, I suggest Blu-ray, there are modestly priced players such as the Magnavox you might find at Wal-Mart or Insignia at Best Buy and Target probably has a couple of models. More expensive players made by Sony and Panasonic are available at those stores as well. You can get a very nice player for under $300 now and a modest player for under $200. If you just can't or won't pay for a Blu-ray player, almost any modest upconverting player will work well with your Samsung HDTV.
Let us know whether you want Blu-ray or DVD and what you will use to handle audio and I can give specific recommendations as to models. Some Blu-ray players require audio processing over HDMI while others can handle all audio codecs over analog audio connections.
Chris
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