DVD Players > Hitachi DVD Players

Advantages: What you get for the price.
Disadvantages: Not multi-region(?) - if that matters to you.

...cheapest one there, and the Hitachi had a nice silvery look to it. It cost me £199 on 26 Jan 01. It supports VideoCD and CD as well as DVD. I played a compact disc, and it sounded fine to me through my TV's nicam stereo speakers. I like the handset. It has straightforward buttons for navigation, rather than one of those fiddly joysticks I've tried elsewhere. The player has options for zoom (x2 and x4) from any of 64 positions over the screen. ...
...in the DVD world the scart (RGB) lead gave a noticeably better picture than the S-video one. It even said so in the manual, so it isn't just me. I don't know if this is true generally, or just for Hitachi models. Overall a very satisfactory purchase. ... Read review

Advantages: compact and cuts down on cable mess
Disadvantages: got all your eggs in one basket

Have had this dvd/video player in my house now for a couple of months. Its excellent does everything we wanted from a dvd player and video. Its easy to use. With straight forward instructions . Just pluged it in and got on with it. Buttons all well labled remote is easy to use withsome of the controls shared between dvd and video functions. Coped well even with my homemade movies as well as mp3 disks. Have yet to find anything that i can find fault ...
...breaking our video's etc and its has survived her so must be reasonably well made. I would strongly recomend anyone looking to replace there exsisting equipment to take at look at this one. THE SPEC'S Plays the following disks DVD / DVD/R CD / CD/R / CD/RW MP3 Supports dolby digital and dts sound formats when connected to a suitable amp DVD PLAYBACK MODE Screen saver/auto power off Camera angle change (subject to disk) Still/step/slow/fast ... Read review

Advantages: Simple to install and use
Disadvantages: small niggles

Two years ago, my partner and I caught up with this area of technology when we realised that DVDs were the new videos. We needed to buy a DVD player for our new DVDs but also a machine that played our extensive collection of videos. So our search centred on a machine that would do both and also would be as simple as possible enough to operate for our poor technophobe minds. Without really any research or recommendation we chose this product. It ...
...polystyrene foam. The latter and the box were soon purloined by the children for their own games. It has a nice look (you can have it in any colour as long as it is grey metal!) and fitted easily on the top of our portable television in the kitchen. There is a fully detailed manual included and the initial set up was easy and straightforward, even for us. The supplied accessories are: a remote control plus two AA batteries and an aerial cable. Initially ... Read review

Advantages: as good as blu-ray , extreamly cheap , bargins to be had everywhere
Disadvantages: no longer supported format

..., with the announcement that Toshiba is to withdraw from the hd race for the next format it leaves hd-dvd players in a very poor position in the market place , however do not let this put you off , there is already a great library off hd-dvd discs out there and as there is no region coding on the discs ,this means you can order via eBay direct from use for even more titles , of course the likelihood of new movies coming out on this format are very ...
...and the latest firmware via Toshiba brings it right unto date with picture and sound , if your savvy you can get one of these and a collection of discs for a fraction of the price of a blu-ray player and start enjoying high definition discs , the money you save get be put to one side to but a blu-ray / ps3 when they inevitably come down in price later this year ... Read review

Advantages: most popular multimedia formats,upconver,small Compact
Disadvantages: No display on unit

Small Compact, reads most format DVD, Upconver No display on unit (but its on screen if needed) "Overall Im happy with purchase. you cant go wrong with it. The remote is a bit small but works great. I have ordered an HDMI cable and cant wait to see how good the upconvertion is." plays the most popular multimedia formats like DivX, MP3, WMA, JPEG and MPEG-4 clips. Slim, Why have a huge dvd player when you know the guts only take up a small fraction ...
...One HDMI cable is so nice as well. DVDs look great on my 42"" 1080i LCD tv. But setup menu is REALLY slow to respond. No bundled HDMI cable, just a completely useless RCA cable.Weird buttons on the top. I wish they'd just have front buttons so I can stack stuff on it - but I guess it looks cooler. ... Read review