Hitachi DV-P 745

Advantages: easy to use inexpensive top features
Disadvantages: none found yet

...I have recently purchased the hitachi dvd player dv -p305, the purchase price was £229.95, i had been told that the dvd was far superior in picture quality to that of a vcr. How right they where ,needless to say the video is now in the skip,the picture quality of the dvd is beyond belief. Setting the unit up was a piece of cake, just plug in and play, controls on the unit where very easy to understand and not to close together,so anyone with a disability should have no problem using it. The handset is quite slim, but the buttons are arranged for ease of use On the rear of the set is ample aux/scart sockets for every type of in home entertainment i can think of,i have connected mine via the hi fi so now i can enjoy full cinema sound,at a fraction of the cost. The menue from the onset give you ample variations on screen layout ,so... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

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

...choice. I was reluctant to go for the 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. It can play back up to x32 speed. You can repeat a particular segment over and over; you can bookmark up to three positions, to which you can easily return; and you can set it to play DVD scenes (or CD tracks) in any order you choose. But for all I know, most other players will do this too. One thing that surprised me was the output behaviour... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Excellent picture quality
Disadvantages: No manual, reigon 2 only see op

...Question1. Did I need a DVD player? Answer: No! Question 2. Did I watch DVD’s? Answer: Yes, you bought a lap top that you could hook up to the T.V. so that you could watch them downstairs instead of hurting your neck watching them on the P.C. upstairs. Question 3. So why did you buy a DVD player then? Answer: Because I could. You may have gathered from the above conversation that I had with myself that I am gadget mad, as opposed to the ‘stark raving’ version that I have been accused of in the past. Whatever it as that finally prompted me to take the plunge, (I think it was envy); I’m glad that I listened. The picture quality is so superior that if our elderly video weren’t like a member of the family now, then euthanasia would have been the solution. The only reasons that we keep... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful