Akura Ahltv 15 DVD

Advantages: Very, Very Cheap; Does What It Says On The Tin
Disadvantages: Big , Quite Heavy, Don't Know When It's On

...SPECIFICATION Manufacturer: Akura Model: ADV147AS Type: DVD Player Standards: DVD, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW,CD-Video, MP3, Kodak Picture CD. Region: 2 Decoder: MPEG-II - Progressive Scan TV Standard: PAL/NTSC Audio: DTS Digital, Linear PCM, Coaxial output Audio DAC: 18bit/48KHz Video DAC: 10bit/27MHz, 500 Lines Horizontal, 720 x 576 HD output Remote Control: Included. PRICE: £29.98 SUPPLIER: Somerfield REVIEW I have a TV with a built-in DVD player that frankly is pants. It has an annoying tendency to forget that humans like to hear their movies as well as look at them. Some months ago, after a particularly irritating night getting the TV/DVD to play a movie I particularly wanted to watch, (having just rented it at great expense from blockbusters), I made the decision to go out the following day and find... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Good value, a fair few features
Disadvantages: Some people may require more features, not the best on the market

..., but what I do know is that I’m really pleased with it. So, I’m hoping that’s enough to go on and to satisfy your needs. ▲ Initial Tuning ▲ When I bought the TV/DVD it was very simple to tune in. It took me a mere 15 minutes and by that time I had all my channels tuned and my DVD raring to go. Tuning was simple, you simply chose “search” from the menu and then you had three choices – you either chose Auto Search (which tuned in any channel it finds onto one channel number. This is the quickest solution, but what it doesn’t always do is put BBC1 on 1, and ITV1 on 3 and so on.) The second was Fine Tune (which found the channels for you on certain channel numbers and you decided to save it or not. Finally, there was Search (which allowed you to search yourself which can take forever... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: 5 disk changer, DTS, Multi Region
Disadvantages: not that featured with mp3 playback etc.

...I've owned this player for about 2 years now and have been very happy with it. it is possible to make this player multi region there is a website with instructions on how to do it. the sound quality and picture qualty is excellent on dvd's and i also use it as my cd player and it sounds amazing even on plain audio cd's. another advantage of this player is the 5 disk data bank where all the cd's go in and out of the same place no big tray like most 5 disk changers. i have had a few problems with playing some region 1 dvd's on it but have always got there in the end a power off and on normal sorts it out.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful