Opening the box reveals a teaser board acknowledging the owner's purchase, and underneath follows the player, instruction manual and a product kit housing the remote control with batteries and a component, analogue and HDMI cable. No separate power cord is included as the cord is not detachable from the unit. The HD-A1's cord is, therefore affording the opportunity to upgrade if a cleaner power feed is desired.

The Remote

Samsung has elected to include their now familiar remote control design carried across a variety of product lines. It feels like a feather in comparison to the bulky Toshiba beast, and suffers from the same unintuitive button configuration issues. Only small bumps on Play and Stop make those buttons stand out, and backlight illumination is restricted to channel, volume and mute control. There is a button to change the video input selector; however, there is no button to change the video output resolution like there is on the HD-A1. More on that in a bit.