Hitachi DV-P 345

Advantages: Excellent playback and simple interface
Disadvantages: Perhaps not ideal for an entry level machine

...Having purchased my Hitachi DVP-250 back in November 1999 I don’t have any real complaints at all. At the time I purchased the player it was exceptionally good value for money as not only can it handle Dolby 5.1 it is multi-regional and has DTS capability something not widely available at the time. The main attraction was the multi-regional capability as films are one of my real loves and I wanted to buy Region 1 DVD’s for two main reasons. The first was the early release dates and the second was the extra features on the Region 1 DVD’s. The only downer was that I had to have the player in a brushed chrome/silver colour but that was a small price to pay for the quality of the machine. It has the normal SCART connections and more than sufficient input/output ports to satisfy all but the most picky of people... Read review

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Advantages: lots of features
Disadvantages: power button takes too long to go on/off

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Advantages: Looks Good and is Very Easy to Use
Disadvantages: Sometimes stops recording for no reason

...We had this DVD Recorder for just over a year, and we were very cautious as to which one to go for. After much deliberation we thought we would go for the Hitachi DVD Recorder, which we bought from Argos at around £350.00. I have always rated Hitachi very highly, and most of there stuff does ooze quality, as does this DVD recorder. We were very impressed with it. It looks real sophisicated. It is very slim and stylish and would fit almost anywhere. ----------------------------- Some of its Features: It has lots of connection points, which is always good, and can be used with scart leads, coaxial cables and rgb scart etc. Some Televisions only have maybe one scart lead socket, so if this is the case, you can always connect up via the DVD recorders coaxial cable sockets. I must add though that this does alter the quality... Read review

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