Well gang, I finally decided to come into the 21st century and get a DVD
player...

My mom was hounding me to get one for years. I kept saying "They're still new
now but give it time. People will be throwing them out eventually just like
VCRs"

So I managed to get my hands on a discarded Samsung DVD-511.

I hooked it up to the AUX input on my TV (works like a "channel 0"). It plays
audio CDs fine but when I play a DVD I get sound only, no picture. Other than
that it seems to work great.

It did not come with a remote. Do I need to use one?

Well the price was right anyway. I suppose I can always use it as a second CD
player at the very least, but it would be nice to get this thing working.