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 ... Read review
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A review by sjwtsn on Hitachi DVPF3E February 19th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Picture Playback
Excellent
Sound Level
Good
Range of Features
Excellent
Durability
Good
Value for Money
Good
Advantages:
compact and cuts down on cable mess
Disadvantages:
got all your eggs in one basket
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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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 with. I have small child who is usualy resposible for 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 playback Parental lock Chapter search Zoom Repeat Virtual surround Disk navigation search (handy if you stop watching a movie half way through as it plays the first scene of each chapter untill you stop it) On screen display
CD / MP3 Random playback Programable playback
VIDEO 4 head hifi stereo Auto head cleaner Auto tracking 2 speed picture search Index search One touch recording Video plus+
On the back of the machine you have sockets for 2 scart leads optical output and coaxial out for digital sound . s-video , analog out and arial input and output.
On the front there is controls for opening the dvd tray also play and stop buttons. Then there is controls for fast forward/reverse record,play ,stop ,and timer for the video mode . Also controls for channel selection and to switch between dvd and video mode. There is also sockets to connect a video camera / games console etc.
REMOTE Most of the control is done from the remote and is quite well laid out with a alot of the buttons shared by both the video and dvd modes ( play/stop/pause/slowmotion/fastforward/rewind. there is then seperate buttons for menu access, zoom, camera angle, subtitle,repeat, on dvd mode . And programing buttons for recording (video plus and manual) including a one touch record button for that last minute panic.
Advantages: Simple to install and use Disadvantages: small niggles
...to know the time to turn over channel. I know you could look at another clock but we do not have one nearby. A useful feature, though, is for video playback of videos recorded on another machine. By pressing the channel up/down buttons you can track the video to a clearer picture.
The machine is quite sturdy and has stood up to the treatment that only young children can mete out. They find it easy to use as well and they are very proficient at its use in playing videos and DVDs without supervision and they can use the remote control to change channel, find what they want on videos and DVDs and even play the games that some DVDs have as Extras.
The following discs can be played on this DVD/VCR: DVD video, DVD-R, Audio CD, CD-R/RW and MP3. The following discs cannot be played on this DVD/VCR: DVD with region codes other than 2 or ALL, DVD...
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I purchased this TV some time ago now and am still impressed with it. It looks very plain and simple from a distance but when your are quite close you can appreciate the minimal design efforts!
One thing that I have found is that If you rgoing to get more
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