Aiwa XD-DV 170

Advantages: Good price, good-looking machine
Disadvantages: Problems with playback of soundtracks

...Having reviewed all the options open to me for a DVD player under £250, I decided on the Aiwa XD-DV370. It certainly looks the part, plays multiregion CD's (See Slinky Steve's review for the hack) and is intuitive enough to use for a mere beginner like me. However, the specific player which I have purchased has a habit of skipping about every 10 minutes. This affects mainly the sound quality - it sounds like a record jumping. This is a shame as the whole point of owning a DVD player is the excellent quality sound and visual playback! This fault is indiscriminate across CDs and DVDs, which play back perfectly well on other people's players. I am currently battling to exchange this product with the reatiler I purchased it from (who do not agree with me that it is faulty). Therefore as it stands I'm afraid I can't recommend this player... Read review

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Advantages: Plays MP3 and VCDs, Multi Region (Remote Hack)
Disadvantages: None that I found

...The Aiwa XD-DV370 is my second DVD player after I decided that my LG3200E wasn't good enough for me. Although, the LG was a quality player for the price and it was multi-region (Remote Hack) I was after some extras. The XD-DV370 is a clone of the LG 3350E, it has an alternative style and some reduced features. Though, it plays the same media as the LG (DVD, MP3, Audio CD and VCD). Another attraction is that it is an multi-region player once the remote hack is used (for more info see www.lgdvd.co.uk). This means that imported DVDs from the USA can played. With it able to play VCD this is quite handy as if you have a CDR you can create your VCDs and watch them. DVDs: I have had no trouble playing any DVDs and have watched region 1 DVDs on my player. MP3: This for me is the impressive feature, put all your favourite songs on a CD... Read review

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Advantages: high tech sound and video
Disadvantages: to many wires

...the new product from aiwa brings a totaly new prospective on how to percive dvd technology. the sound is superb an so is the the video. the fact is that this new dvd player is one of the best of its kind. if your are able to configurate the aiwa xd-dw1-prtable dvd player with other high quality products it should give you all of the benefits that dvd can offer. the only trouble you ight get with this product is that there are too many wires and the instalation is not easy as it might seem on the first look. overall it is a fine piece of technology that everyone should be able to afford. jaka... Read review

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