Mico Pregon 1000

Advantages: Inexpensive, quiet & easy to use
Disadvantages: None that I have found yet

...The Mico R311 is just the best DVD recorder I know of. It is very easy to use with on screen display and the children find it no problem. The pictured index feature is excellent and the system has five different quality recording modes. The highest quality recording mode is very similar in picture quality to the lowest quality setting. The recorded picture and sound are as good as the original. The SCART in socket and audio & video jacks allow you to connect video players and camcorders to it to record you favorite items straight onto DVD. The system is very quiet when in operation and runs very cool. The option to have a low power display when off is a neat feature which limits the lights being emmitted from the player when not in use.... Read review

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Advantages: Video and sound quality, price, features, Dolby decoder
Disadvantages: Odd handset layout.

...I recently purchase the MICO DVD-A980 DVD player from Unbeatable.co.uk. Despite a slightly late arrival, I opened the box with baited breath. After plugging the player into the back of my television, I inserted Ghostbusters and waited. The machine takes about 5 seconds to load the introductory screen. The first thing I noticed was the picture quality. In a word, superb! Not a single fault or digital artifact could be noticed until the digital zoom function was raised to 4x magnification. The sound too is magnificent, and as a bonus the machine has an internal Dolby Digital decoder. The sound can be put through an onboard graphic equaliser to sound even better. The machine's features include playback for MP3s, CD-RW, Video CDs and audio CDs. The only poor part of the machine is its rather oddly designed remote control, which I found... Read review

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Advantages: Plays many formats. Slimline, Very good value
Disadvantages: None, occasional lock up or freeze

...I got a Mico Diamante 3000 DVD player about 3 months ago and since I got it for £60 I have never though once about taking it back and I absolutlely love it. The DVD player has no problems playing any DVD disc and the machine comes with a easy to use remote control with all the standard controls and extra ones. The player supports many formats inclusing DVD-R/CD-RW and JPEG cd's and this is great. The thing that I must love about the DVD player is that it has a 64x search both in rewind and fast forward, which as I know of, is the only DVD player that has this speed. The DVD player has lots of features including an easy selector buttons and enter buttons, an A-B repeat system where you can replay a certain part of a film over and over again, there are easy menu buttons and a 4x zoom and 4x slow motion. There is also lots of options you... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful