Are there any reviews of the Samsung HD945 DVD Player?

[Paul Adams]

Reviews are normally done waaay in advance of public release, I thought?

I can't find any consumer magazine review of the Samsung HD945 DVD player anywhere online:
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...-HD945-Eng.pdf

Anyone have one of these and can comment on it, in particular with a view to the HDMI output and region/HDCP disabling?

[Rave]

A thread on AV Forums reckons that they're very very hard to come by at the moment. Opinions vary as to whether there are any in the wild at all.

Rich :¬)

[Paul Adams]

Was that the thread about Digi-UK lying about release dates and stock by any chance?

I saw a thread elsewhere that had some French guy saying he had one in the middle of November, and all the threads seem to die around the 3rd week last month.

With the level of playback support, progressive component and HDMI output, and a reasonable price tag this is looking like the favourite for me - a couple of Swedish sites say they stock it, but I want to know if it is soft-hackable.