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Advantages: Plays large range
Disadvantages: not multi regional

We bought the Philips DVP3100v DVD/VCR combi as it plays a large range of media types and has a 6 head VCR player with PAL I and PAL B/G which is suitable for UK and Australia. The DVD player does recognize my home movies in divX format (converted from wmv format - Windows Movie Maker files) and standard jpeg photos on CD-R discs - which is great. Unfortunately, we have not managed to make this machine multi-regional despite attempts at the more ...
...poor quality of VCR playback with some videos virtually unwatchable with flickering black screens enough to frustrate even our four year old. The manual tracking function doesn\'t help and now the Automatic Tracking doesn\'t seem to work (despite pressing \"0\" as the manual suggests). We have no problems with our 10 year old 2 head Panasonic VCR so it\'s not a problem with the tape. The menu system seems very primitive for the VCR so it would seem ... Read review

Advantages: Rugged and reliable
Disadvantages: Doesn't receive digital channels! It's a dinosaur!

...I'll explain them. The Panasonic DMR-E55EBS will record onto two recordable media formats: DVD RAM and DVD-R (known as 'minus R', as opposed to 'plus R' which is a different format). Let me tell you a little about each, and the implications of using them on this machine. It's simple really. DVD RAM is re-recordable, and DVD-R isn't. DVD RAM discs are a little more expensive than other recordable DVDs (about £3 each), and slightly harder to find ...
...right now. But with the Panasonic DMR-E55EBS this needn't be too much of a worry, because when you've 'finalised' a DVD-R (see above), it will play back on any DVD player. Because of their nature DVD RAM discs can't be finalised, but the good news is that they WILL play back on all the DVD players I've tried them on (namely a Bush 2020xi, a Matsui portable, a Panasonic S27-EBS and the built in player in my Apple Mac computer). It takes some time ... Read review

Advantages: Really good offer
Disadvantages: For my opinion without disadvantages

I have got this model 3 months ago. After carrying out of tests (viewing of disks of various manufacturers, and also disks made independently on we wash a personal computer) I have understood, that have made favourable purchase. I was pleased with fast loading of disks, also very silent operating mode, is absolutely not audible as the drive works. At its all pluss also me all has pleased the menu which is clear even to the child, very simply and ...
...look through at connection to the large-format TV. Ideal in my opinion a colour rendition, I speak you as the present repairman of electronic technics - this model will not broken and will arrange everyone. At all this I consider this model cheap, as on parameters an ideal variant for a house cinema. I ADVISE!!! ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent value for money,
Disadvantages: doesn't play DIV X

...the first disc in the Sony was how sharp the picture was. I don't have a huge HD ready TV, just a 28" widescreen at the cheaper end of the market, but the picture looks very impressive. To me it looks like the contrast & sharpness are naturally set quite high but I must point out this is an assumption on my part. You can alter the picture quality using either 5 pre set options, or your own custom pre sets, altough there is only one available pre ...
...different DVD's. As far as I'm concerned this is no real problem. The sound quality is acceptable, not exceptional. I live in a flat, so cannot really have the sound too high without really annoying the neighbours. You can play through the TV, and again, there is a selection of different settings for virtual sorround settings to make your 2 speaker tv sound like it has surround sound. To be honest it's not that effective. I have a seperate Dolby ... Read review

Advantages: All-in-one, Popular make. Good price
Disadvantages: confusing remote control!

I purchased my unit from Sky.buy for £110 so i was already happy with the all-in-one combi before i even took it out of the box. It is a standard 'Region-2' dvd player althgouh, after much searching, i managed to find a disk which unlocks it to 'Multi-region' and is RCE compatible. In general this is a superb machine, the picture quality is above-par, the design is fantastic and there are more than enough choices for connecting htis unit to your ...
...I must confess that it took me over half an hour to tune the VCD into the TV (maybe i'm now too old for new technology!) but once it was set it did the job. The remote control is cumbersome and i tend not to avoid using it. You can re-program the remote to work on your tv so avoiding loads of controllers on the arm of the sofa! Copying DVD-to-Vidoe is very straightforward although this will only let you copy 'un-copyrighted' material. If it is your ... Read review