Advantages: DVD/MP3/CDR playback which is good and its cheap Disadvantages: looks a bit cheap but it does the job
First of all I would like to state that the picture above is quite misleading as the Dansai 701 DVD/MP3/CDR player is much slimmer and stylish than the picture shown on the site here. I believe the picture shown is the first ever 701 model from Dansai and doesn't reflect subsequent upgrades over the years.
I have owned 3 DVD players in the last 10 years and all have been made by Dansai, and all have been the 701 models so I feel qualified to give my opinion on what I consider to be the best value for money DVD player on the market. My first purchase in 1998 was £40 at a time when most DVD players retailed in excess of £100 and since I have paid £35 and then £30 for the most recent. Each purchase has lasted and lasted playing DVDs without fault. The earliest model was passed onto a friend, the second onto my nephew and now the cheapest ...
reallyhandsomeharry 13.09.2008
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Advantages: Cheap in comparison to most other DVD players; fits in with mod cons; plays almost anything Disadvantages: support (or lack of it); not sure about if it could recover after a knock
-fast-forward and fast-rewind features and, coupled with the fact that it has played every single DVD I have put into it, is a very well designed system.
Looks
Even by today’s standards, the Dansai1010DVD player looks very modern. All of the buttons on the front of the player are either circular (like the power button) or shaped in a semi-circular pattern, giving the player a stylish look. The actual DVD drive itself is pretty bog-standard; its shape is the normal rectangular shape you see on nearly every DVD player. Below the drive is a row of function logos; VCD, of course, being one of them.
Setting It Up
Setup was extremely simple and required no look at the instructions whatsoever. All you have to do is hook up the DVD player with the TV via a ‘scart lead’ (you need to make sure beforehand that your TV has one of these – most, if ...
chizster 20.07.2004
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Advantages: MultiRegion, plays all formats of CD/DVD Disadvantages: Minor glitches on some DVD's and certain CDR media
As someone who travels a lot to other countries, I purchase a lot of DVD's from overseas. This saves me a lot of money for starters and also allows me to own the film prior to UK release.
Prior to owning one of these players, I have had numerous others including those which had been 'chipped'. With a hardware chipped player, certain film studios decided to use a seperate encryption process which would mean that the DVD would not play on machines that had said 'chips' installed. A classic example of this is the Region 1 version of "A Knights Tale".
I purchased a DansaiDVD1010 prior to this one, and although it had all the same functions as the 955, it lacked analogue 5:1 output (which I already owned a 5:1 analogue speaker setup). So I returned the DVD1010 to Tesco & exchanged it for the 955.
The 955 is of a much higher build ...
DarrenWilson 18.07.2003
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